Royal Unibrew A/S (CPSE:RBREW) signed an agreement to acquire Solera AS from CapMan Buyout IX, L.P. managed by CapMan Oyj (HLSE:CAPMAN) and others for an enterprise value of NOK 1.1 billion on June 1, 2021. The acquisition will be financed with existing credit facilities. The financials of Solera AS for 2020 are revenues of DKK 1.3 billion (NOK 1.8 billion) and EBITDA of DKK 70 million (NOK 98.6 million).

The acquisition multiple EV/EBITDA pre-synergies are 11x. As on September 10, 2021, the acquisition of Solera Beverage Group has been approved by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority. The transaction is expected to close in quarter 3, 2021.

As on September 10, 2021, closing of the deal will happen within the next few days. The acquisition will be dilutive to group EBIT margins and expect to be EPS accretive in 2022. As of December 13, 2021, Royal Unibrew have signed aloanagreement of DKK 500 million (NOK 679.54 million) with Nordic Investment Bank for the transaction.

ABG Sundal Collier Holding ASA acted as financial advisor to Royal Unibrew A/S. Lincoln International acted as financial advisor and Wiersholm, Mellbye & Bech acted as legal advisor to CapMan Oyj.