Major shareholder Investor, the investment company, purchased 2.26 million shares in private equity firm EQT between February 4 and 6. The shares were acquired at an average price of SEK 291.04 per share, totaling a transaction value of SEK 657.3 million. The deal was executed across several different stock exchanges. This information is disclosed in the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority's insider registry.

Investor is the largest shareholder in EQT. As of January 28, Investor held 177.26 million shares, corresponding to 14.35 percent of the capital and 14.36 percent of the voting rights in the company, according to shareholder service Holdings.

Investor's share purchase coincided with a significant drop in EQT's share price last week, partly due to market concerns about how developments in AI might impact EQT's software investments.