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Three manifestations of interest for the acquisition of Scandlines
They would be introduced by some societies of private equities
April 8, 2013
They are the three manifestations of interest for the acquisition of the Scandlines reached within slid friday, fixed date from the group 3i and Allianz Capital Partners (the ACP) that at the end of the 2012 Goldman Sachs and ING have charged to carry out the preliminary investigation to the sale from which the two partner they preview to gain about 10 billion Danish crowns (1,4 billion euros). In the 2007 3i and ACP they had bought each 40% of the capital stock of Scandlines and the German Deutsche remaining Seereederei 20%, quotas that were yielded by the group Deutsche Bahn and the Danish government; in the 2010 3i and ACP therefore they had found each an ulterior quota 10% from Deutsche Seereederei.
According to learned how much from the Reuters news agency, the interest manifestation is introduced by society of private equities between which Apollo, Axa Private Equity and Nordic Capital, while contrarily to the waits shipowning society Danish DFDS Seaways and the Italian shipowning society Grimaldi would not have participated to the selection.
Last year the Scandlines group, than work a fleet of ferries for the transport of passengers and goods mainly between Germany, Denmark and Sweden, has transported 11,7 million passengers, 2,7 million automobiles and goods for 800 thousand cargo unit. In the 2012 group, that it has 2,112 dependent, it has recorded an EBITDA of 212 million euros on revenues for 608 million euros against respective 167 million and 611 million euros in the exercise anniversary precedence.
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