The investment team at Polaris is happy to announce a good start for one of our most recent portfolio companies, RelyOn Nutec (previously known as Falck Safety Services). For 2018, full year (unaudited) proforma revenue grew by 10% to DKK 831m with EBITDA increasing by 41% to DKK 97m driven mainly by increased activity in the [...]
Managing Partner at Polaris Private Equity, Jan Johan Kühl, is speaking at the Nordic Private Capital Day organized by Private Equity Insights. You can read more about the conference here.
The world’s leading safety training partner, RelyOn Nutec (formerly Falck Safety Services), changes name to consolidate global activities around one brand. With 34 locations across 20 countries, the company delivers safety and skills training to more than 250,000 people annually in oil & gas, maritime, renewables and other high-risk potential industries. The new name, RelyOn [...]
Polaris has entered into an agreement to divest its majority shareholding in Scandinavian Track Group (STG) to Track Group AB, owned by two of the original founders to the company, Patrik Stenberg and Henrik Svensson. Please see the press release below: Press Release For further information please contact: Polaris Jan Dahlqvist, Partner Phone: .+45 3525 [...]
We are pleased to announce that Polaris together with a consortium of co-investors have acquired 100% of the shares in Danica Pension Försäkringsaktiebolag (publ) (“Danica Pension Sweden”), the Swedish subsidiary of Danica Pension. Polaris is investing together with the financial services specialist investor Acathia and supported by several co-investors, including Sampension and Unigestion. Danica Pension [...]
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Polaris has been awarded “Best private equity house in Denmark 2018” by the business paper InsideBusiness. After a highly successful year with the sale of Louis Poulsen and the acquisitions of Menu, ProData Consult and Falck Safety Services, Polaris received the award after votes from 30 of the leading actors within the M&A industry in [...]
Molslinjen has acquired Danske Færger A/S from the Danish state and Clipper Group. Molslinjen will now operate an additional four ferry routes in Denmark. In total, Molslinjen operates nine ferry routes in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden as well as the express bus service called Kombardo Expressen. Please see the press release below: Dansk (Klik her) [...]
We are pleased to announce that Polaris has entered into an agreement with Falck to acquire 100% of its shares in Falck Safety Services Holding A/S (“FSS”) as well as all other safety activities within Falck. FSS is the world’s leading provider of safety trainings for the offshore, wind and maritime industries. The company currently [...]
Polaris has entered into an agreement to divest its majority shareholding in Louis Poulsen to Investindustrial Group Holdings SA, which is an investment subsidiary of Investindustrial VI L.P. (“Investindustrial”). Louis Poulsen has developed strongly under Polaris’ ownership since the acquisition in 2014, generating considerable revenue and earnings growth. The development has been driven by significant [...]