Bloomberg skriver – læs hele nyheden her:
- Nets is working with adviser after Hellman & Friedman approach
- Danish company has a market value of about $4 billion
Nets A/S, the Nordic payment services provider, has drawn interest from potential buyers including U.S. private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC, according to people familiar with the matter.
Nets, which held an initial public offering in Copenhagen last year, is working with a financial adviser to review options after getting inbound interest, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. Buyout firms and rival payment companies are likely to show interest, they said. Deliberations are at an early stage and may not lead to a sale, the people said.
Private equity firms are increasingly looking for opportunities to take publicly traded companies private or to carve out units from larger businesses as a way to invest mounting piles of cash. Hellman & Friedman has offered to buy Fairfax Media Ltd. for as much as A$2.9 billion in cash, topping a rival offer for the publisher of the Sydney Morning Herald from a group including TPG Capital.
Representatives for Hellman & Friedman, Advent, Bain and Nets declined to comment.
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Nets har udsendt en børsmeddelelse i forlængelse af Bloomberg telegrammet:
Media speculation about Nets
Nets notes speculation in the media that Nets has drawn interest from potential buyers.
Nets can confirm that it has been approached and is reviewing its options. However, it is very early stage and there can be no certainty as to the potential outcome.
Further information to the market will be made when appropriate.
