On February 4, Jean Eric Salata, through the company Maximus Elm Investments Holding, acquired 2.59 million shares in the private equity firm EQT. The shares were purchased at a price of SEK 296.34 per share, amounting to a transaction value of SEK 767.2 million. The deal was executed on Nasdaq Stockholm. This information is disclosed in the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority's insider register.

Jean Eric Salata is the head of BPEA EQT and serves as the chairman of EQT Asia. He is also a major shareholder and, prior to this share acquisition, held 119.08 million shares, corresponding to 9.59 percent of EQT's shares, according to an update from the ownership service Holdings.

Salata has been proposed to succeed Conni Jonsson as chairman of the board at EQT during the annual general meeting in May.