EQT Partners

Infobox_Company
company_name = EQT Partners
company_
company_type =
foundation = 1994
key_people = Conni Jonsson, Managing Partner
location =
industry = Private Equity
products = Investments, private equity funds
assets = €11 billion
homepage = [http://www.eqt.se www.eqt.se]
num_employees =

EQT Partners is a private equity firm with approximately €11 billion in equity capital. Founded in 1994 by Investor AB, EQT Partners manages, through holding companies, numerous funds under the EQT banner.

Portfolio

*Company - Acquisition Date - Sales/Year [cite web|url=http://www.eqt.se/eqtiml/mainpages/investments/portfolio.aspx|title=Current holdings|accessdate=2006-11-03]
*SSP Group comprising Select Service Partner
*ADR-Haanpää Oy
*Bewator AB
* [http://www.carlzeissvision.com/ Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH]
*Com Hem AB - Jun 2003 - 176 million euros/ 2004
*Contex A/S
*Dometic International AB
*Duni AB
*Eldon Enclosures AB
*Findus AB - Jan 2000 - 559 million euros/ 2004
*FINN-POWER Oy
*Symrise Holding GmbH - Oct 2002 - 1138 million euros/ 2004

Deals

*March 29, 2005 - EQT Partners AB, a buyout firm backed by Sweden's Wallenberg family, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s private-equity arm agreed to buy Denmark's ISS A/S, the world's biggest cleaning company, for about $3.8 billion in cash. [cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aLyM7AZbFZ.c&refer=europe|title=Wallenberg's EQT, Goldman to Buy ISS for $3.8 Billion|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=2006-11-03]
*April 15, 2005 - EQT Sells FlexLink to ABN AMRO Capital [cite web|url=http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/?d=76328|title=EQT Sells FlexLink to ABN AMRO Capital|accessdate=2006-11-03]
*1Q 2006 - EQT buys MTU Friedrichshafen and Detroit Diesel's off-highway business from DaimlerChrysler. The group was named Tognum in July, 2006.

Management

*Conni Jonsson was part of the original team that founded EQT Partners in 1994 and has been Managing Partner since the company's foundation.

External links

* [http://www.eqt.se/ EQT home page]

References