Author: miika

Edita Group decided to discontinue the learning material business of its subsidiary Edita Oppiminen Oy. The publishing rights to learning materials for secondary and vocational education were divested to Sanoma Pro. The divested product portfolio complemented Sanoma Pro’s learning offering in Finland and supported Sanoma’s strategy to grow its learning business in lower and upper secondary schools.

Sisu acted as financial advisor to Edita Group in the transaction.

Edita Group Plc divests its subsidiary Edita Prima Oy, focused on customer communications services, to a fund managed by CapMan Special Situations. CapMan Special Situations aims to accelerate the company’s business development as the industry transformation progresses. In connection with the transaction, Edita Prima’s management will also become shareholders of the company. The purchase agreement has been signed on 28 October 2024. The transaction is subject to approval by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority.

Sisu acted as financial advisor to Edita Group in the transaction.

Integrata has received a significant growth investment on 15.8.2024 in a transaction agreed with MAM Growth Equity. The growth investment supports Integrata’s geographical expansion and development of its technological solutions.

Integrata is an HR and payroll management service provider founded in 2008. The company supports its customers to focus on core operations with the help of its experts, automation and analytics solutions. Integrata is a fast-growing company, showcased by a net sales CAGR of over 25 percent during 2020-2023. Sisu Partners acted as the financial adviser to Integrata.

Korkia Consulting Oy has sold its sustainability-focused management consulting business to the European management and technology consulting company BearingPoint.

For several years now Korkia’s strategic focus has been to grow the renewable energy business. The transaction with BearingPoint further strengthens this strategic choice and at the same time offers the consulting business unit the best opportunities and resources to grow. With the acquisition, the consulting business will be relocated to BearingPoint as of the 1^st of March 2023. The experienced team of sustainability experts will complement BearingPoint’s offering in the fields of renewable energy, resource-wise industry and sustainable transport.

BearingPoint is an independent management and technology consultancy with European roots and a global reach.

Adelis Equity and Avidly announced on 12 July 2022 that they had entered into a combination agreement pursuant to which Adelis Equity undertook to make a voluntary recommended public cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares and special rights in Avidly.

The tender offer document is available in electronic format from 25 July 2022 onwards online in Finnish at https://investors.avidlyagency.com/adelis and in English at https://investors.avidlyagency.com/en/adelis/.

The price offered to Avidly’s shareholders is EUR 5.50 in cash for each issued and outstanding share in Avidly. The price offered for each issued and outstanding special right granted to certain members of Avidly’s management team under its share-based long-term incentive plan is EUR 5.49 in cash for each special right.

Sisu Partners acted as financial advisor for Efecte Oyj in the public tender offer of InteliWISE S.A., a Polish conversational artificial intelligence (AI) company listed on the NewConnect marketplace.

At the end of the acceptance period on 29 June 2022, Efecte received irrevocable subscriptions for an aggregate amount of 6 175 244 shares, which represents 90.03 percent of the shares and votes in InteliWISE. Efecte deemed this a sufficient result to be able to complete the transaction successfully and settled the offer for the irrevocable subscriptions it received by the end of the initial acceptance period.

Mintly has received a significant development and growth input in a share transaction concluded on February 22nd with MB Funds. As a result of the acquisition MB Funds will become the main owner of Mintly, with the current owners retaining a significant stake in the company.

Mintly, founded in 2017, is a Finnish independent IT networking- and information security company, whose expertise in network security, IT networks and infrastructure is reputed as the best in the market. Mintly has grown fast and established its position as a trusted and secure partner for large corporations and public administration organizations.

Sisu Partners advised the owners of Mintly Oy in the transaction.