Divestment of KMD

KMD
Transaction:
Divestments
Date:
Mar 2009
Deal Value:
EUR 268 million
Industry:
Technology

KMD is a leading Danish supplier of IT solutions. KMD develops complex and effective solutions primarily to the Danish municipalities, but also increasingly to the Danish central government and the private enterprise market. KMD has approx. 3,000 employees and net sales in 2007 amounted to DKK 3.2bn (EUR 427m).The acquirer; EQT is one of the leading private equity funds in Europe. EQT is active in Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, China and USA. EQT has since its establishment in 1995 raised EUR 12bn distributed on 12 funds. Investors in EQT comprise Danish and International pension funds, banks, insurance companies, private enterprises and other funds.
ATP is one of Europe’s largest pension funds with 4.4 million Danish citizens and DKK 375bn (EUR 50bn) under administration.