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Stock exchange release - 22 January 2001

Funds managed by CapMan will exit from Marli Group

The funds managed by CapMan will exit from Marli Group. Oy Rettig Ab, the owner with the majority of shares, and the minority shareholders i.e. the equity funds managed by CapMan Capital Management Oy, Oy Ingman Foods Ab, Merita Capital Oy and Nordic Beverages Holding Ltd will sell Marli Group to Vin och Sprit, which is a Swedish manufacturer of alcoholic beverages.

The sale of Marli Group will take place in two phases, where in the first phase, the minority shareholders will sell their shares, which comprise one third of the total shares of Marli Group. Oy Rettig Ab and the remaining individual shareholders will sell rest of the shares during next year.

 

The exit will have an effect of 3 EUR million on CapMan’s operating profit in 2001. As a result of the exit, Finnmezzanine Fund I will generate carried interest. The funds managed by CapMan, Finnventure Fund I, II and III, which have invested in Marli Group, are already generating carried interest.

 

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