Nordstjernan AB entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire an additional 18.9% stake in Swedol AB (OM:SWOL B) from Aktiebolaget Zelda for approximately SEK 500 million on March 14, 2018. Nordstjernan will acquire 14.4 million series B shares and 1.3 million series A shares in this transaction. Subject to the completion of the acquisition, Nordstjernan AB’s ownership in Swedol AB will amount to 48.8% of the number of shares and 57.2% of the votes. Accordingly, Nordstjernan AB’s ownership in Swedol AB will pass the mandatory bid threshold and Nordstjernan AB will become obliged to; within four weeks of the completion of the acquisition, make a public offer to acquire the remaining shares in Swedol AB. In that event, Nordstjernan AB will make a mandatory bid at a price of SEK 32 per share. The acquisition is subject to approval from Swedish and Norwegian competition authorities. On March 27, 2018, the Swedish competition authority approved the deal while the Norwegian competition authority’s approval is still to be received. As of April 11, 2018, Norwegian competition authority approved the transaction. Accordingly, the conditions for the acquisition are fulfilled. The transaction is expected to be completed by the turn of the month April/May 2018. As of April 11, 2018, Nordstjernan AB expects to become holder of the shares on April 16, 2018. Roschier Holmberg & Waselius acted as legal advisor for Swedol AB.SEB Enskilda acted as financial advisor to Nordstjernan AB