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FinnishM&Aupdate-Q12025

FinnishM&Amarkettakingabreatherafterastrongeryear-endperformance

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25,000+professionalsglobally

Specialistsacrosssixcoreindustries

ConsumerandHealth

FinancialServices

GovernmentandInfrastructure

Industrialsandenergy

PrivateEquity

Technology,MediaandEntertainment,Telecommunications

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Quartersummary

120ε88mIndustrials

(Q42024:199)(Q42024:€43m)

#oftransactions

announced

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Averagediscloseddeal

value

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Mostactivesectorwith

37deals

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32%

1

5

(Q42024:36%)

(Q42024:1)

Shareofforeignbuyers

ListingsonNasdaqHelsinki

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TransactionTrends,publishedbyEY-Parthenon,isaquarterlypublicationthataimstoidentifytrendsintheFinnishM&A

market.

ThenewsletterreflectsallquarterlytransactionsinvolvingaFinnishtarget,buyer,orvendor,basedondatapresentedbyMergermarket.Thismakes

TransactionTrendsthemostcomprehensivetransactionnewsletteravailablefortheFinnishmarket.Wehopethatyoufindthisnewsletterinterestingandthatyouwillfollowourcomingquarterlyupdates.

Toaddyournametothemailinglistforthispublication,pleaseaccess

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PlateauingoftheFinnishM&Amarketvolumesafterastrongeryear-end

Duringthefirstquarterof2025,weobserved120transactionsintheFinnishM&Amarket.The

quarterslightlyunderperformedonaYoYbasiswithdealvolumesdownc.8%comparedtoQ12024.

Alike,LTMdealvolumestabilizedto597deals.LTMdealactivitywasprimarilydrivenbytheTMT(29%)andIndustrials(26%)sectors.ThedealcountinQ12025increasedbyc.19%forTMT,whileit

LTMnumberoftransactionsintheFinnishM&Amarketmarket.Thesefactorsmightpromptcautiontothe719734722

Source:Mergermarket,EYanalysisM&Aexecution.631614649663673676622607597

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186

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decreasedbyc.24%forIndustrials,comparedtoQ12024.

DealvolumeswererathermoderateinQ12025,

aftertheturnaroundinLTMvolumesstartedinQ32024,andstronglycontinuedduringthenext

quarter.

IntermsofM&Aactivity,thecurrenteconomic

landscapecanbeseenastwo-folded.Ononeside,Finnishinflation(CPI)hasdroppedbelow1.0%,andtheECBhascontinueditsinterestratecuts,

creatingafavourableenvironmentforM&A.In

contrast,geopoliticaltensionsarearisingfromtheUStariffsimposedonEuropeangoods,theFinnishunemploymentratehasrisento9.4%(Q12024:

189

152138152

11713099150121168103135133104

959911694939513074108

92879383

92

7.8%)andlaidoffsarenegativelyaffectingthejob

ThequarterhasbeencalmalsofortheFinnishPEs

butforeignPEshavebeenactiveonthebuy-sideinthelargestPEtransactions.TheFinnishPEshavebeenactiveontheM&Apreparationsandmany

fundshaveeitherexitpressureorspacefornew

investmentswhichcouldindicateincreasedactivityinthecomingquarters.

Q12025hasbeenquietalsoforIPOs,only

NightingaleHealthhastransferredtoNasdaq

Helsinki’smainlistfromFirstNorth.However,therearemultiplecompaniesactivelyengagedinIPO

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199

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173

162

154

135

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processes,supportedbythestrongperformanceofHelsinki’sstockmarketduringthefirstquarter.

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PerquarterLTMdeals

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Quarterhighlights

Averagedealvalue(€m)

Source:Mergermarket

Note:Onlyalimitednumberoftransactionshavediscloseddealvalue

271

RealEstate,Hospitality&Construction(RHC)

165

150

134

106

91

78

64

49

26

88

159

43

76

84

83

67

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TransactionsinQ12025

Thenumberoftransactionsobservedinthequarteramountedto120.Theaveragedealvaluestoodat

€88mbasedon34transactionswithannounceddealvalues.

Ofthe34transactions,50%sawdealvaluesbelow

€10m,while26%reporteddealvaluesbetween€10and€100m,andtheremaining24%exceeded€100m.Duetothemultipleover€100mdeals,thisquarter's

combinedreporteddealvalueamountedto€3.0bn,higherthanthe€2.6bnreportedinQ42024.

LTMshareoftransactionspersector

Source:Mergermarket

Power&Utilities

9%

HealthSciences&6%4%

Wellness(HS&W)

Financial

Services

ConsumerProducts(CP)

12%

597

Technology,Mediaand

Telecommunications(TMT)29%

13%

26%

Industrials

Dealspersector

ComparedtoQ12024,thedealactivityinQ12025hasfluctuatedconsiderablyinalmostallsectors.For

instance,FinancialServicesandHealthSciences&

Wellnesssectors’activityimprovedby100%and50%,respectively,comparedtoQ12024.TheIndustrials

sectorsawthelargestdeclineindealvolumes,withthenumberofdealsdecreasingfrom49to37onaYoY

basis.

IntheLTMperiod,TMTcontributesthehighestnumberofdeals(29%),followedbyIndustrials(26%),RHC(13%)andCP(12%).

LTMshareoftransactionsinvolvingPrivateEquityfirms

Source:Mergermarket

PrivateEquity

32%

68%

Other

32%

PEdealactivity

InQ12025,thenumberoftransactionswithPrivate

Equityparticipationwas38,indicatingashareof32%oftotaltransactions,inlinewiththeLTMshare(32%)buthigherthanthethree-yearrollingaverage(28%).

AmongtheFinnishPElandscape,StaffPointhas

changedownershipfromSponsorCapitaltoMBfunds,SenticaPartnershasexitedUrsvikenTechnology,andHartwallCapitalhasmadeaninvestmentinLinkity.

ThelargestPEdealofthequarterhasbeentheSweden-basedPolhemInfra’sacquisitionofa49%stakeinPoriEnergiafromthecityofPorifor€360m.

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Keytransactionsthisquarteracrosssectors

Dealvalue*

5

Avg.

88m

360m

300m

1234

SectorDescription

1

121m

185m

Thisquarter,theaveragedeal

value(fortransactionswith

reporteddealvalues)was€88m.

Thenumberoftransactionswithreporteddealvalueamountedto34outof120transactions

announced.

On10March,

MandatumPlc,the

Finnishlistedfinancialservicesprovider,and

GeelyFinancials

DenmarkA/S,agreedtosellalltheirshares(19.9%and49.9%)inSaxoBankA/S,the

Danishinternetbank.Thetransaction

supportsMandatum’sstrategicfocuson

capital-lightbusiness.

FinancialServices

126m

On20January,the

SwedishinfrastructurefundPolhemInfraABannouncedthe

acquisitionofa49%

stakeofPoriEnergia

Oy,theFinnishenergycompany.The

partnershipaimsto

enhancePoriEnergia’sfinancialstabilityandalignswithPolhem

Infra’ssustainableinvestingstrategy.

On23March,AgilitasPrivateEquityLLP,theUK-basedprivate

equitycompany,

announcedthe

acquisitionoftheTechServicesbusinessfromTietoEVRYOyj,the

FinnishlistedIT

company.The

divestmentallows

TietoEVRYtofocusonsoftwareanddigital

engineering.

On29January,

MeriauraGroupOyj,

theFinnishlisted

marinelogistics

company,announcedashareexchange

agreementwithSummaDefenceOy,theFinnishdefenceandsecurity

group.Thenew

companywillbecalledSummaDefenceOyjonHelsinki’sstock

exchange.

On12March,the

Sweden-basedlisted

operatorofdisabled

andelderlycare

centers,AmbeaAB,

agreedtoacquire

ValidiaOy,theFinnishcareprovider.The

acquisitionstrengthensAmbea’sabilitytomeetitsfinancialtargetsandprovidesaplatformforgrowthinFinland.

Industrials

Technology,Media&Telecommunications

Industrials

HealthSciences&Wellness

*Pleasenotethatfiguresareineuros,ifnotstatedotherwise.Source:Mergermarket,companywebsites

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3-yearmedian

EV/

Rev

EV/

EBITDA

EV/

EBIT

0.7x

8.8x

14.4x

0.7x

6.5x

13.4x

2.2x

13.2x

13.2x

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

2.3x

14.0x

14.9x

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

15.3x

n.a.

7.9x

2.5x

22.9x

21.0x

1.5x

13.1x

15.0x

#ofobservations

EV/

Rev

EV/

EBITDA

EV/

EBIT

19

15

14

8

4

5

9

8

8

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

6

1

2

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

2

n.a.

1

25

19

15

69

47

45

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Activitybysectorandobservedmultiples

ActivitybySector

#oftransactions

Sector

20232024

Qrt.

Avg.

21-25

Q1

2024

Q1

2025

Q1

Trend

Industrials

201

169

50

49

37

ConsumerProducts

99

82

21

18

10

FinancialServices

17

19

4

3

6

Government,PublicSector&Organisations

2

3

2

2

-

HealthSciences&Wellness

41

49

14

10

15

Oil&Gas

2

2

2

-

-

Power&Utilities

24

34

7

6

8

RealEstate,Hospitality&Construction

69

83

13

16

13

TMT

167

166

39

26

31

Total

622

607

152

130

120

Source:Mergermarket,S&PCapitalIQ

Note:The3YEV/Revenue,EV/EBITDAandEV/EBITmultiplesarebasedonatotalof69,47and45observations,respectively.Pleasenotethatthenumberoftransactionsisverylowinsomesectors,andthusthepresentedmedianmultiplesmaynotaccuratelyreflectrealisticlong-termvaluationlevels.

Sectoractivity

DealactivityinQ12025hasshownmixed

volumesacrossthevarioussectorsonaYoY

basis.FinancialServiceshasimprovedfrom3

dealsinQ12024to6inQ12025,ledby

bankingandaccountingcompanies.Ontheothersideofthespectrum,IndustrialsandConsumerProducts’dealvolumeshavedecreasedthemostcomparedtobothQ12024andthequarter

averagesince2021.

Multiples

TheshareofdealswithdisclosedtransactionvalueinQ12025was28%,whichisslightlylowerthanthe30%ofQ42024.

Transactionmultipleshaveslightlydecreasedformostsectors,evidencingthenarrowingvaluationgap.However,forexampleNordeaand

Mandatumhavebeenabletodivestathigher

multiplesincomparisontoprevioustransactionswithintheFinancialServicessector.

TheFinnishstockmarketshowedapositive

performanceforthefirstquarter,increasingthetradingmultiplesforlistedcompanies,theappealforIPOsandseemstohaveresultedtoapauseinlastyear’sdelistingtrend.

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Buyerregion,Q12025

Source:Mergermarket,S&PCapitalIQ

LTMbuyerregionperQ12025

Source:Mergermarket,S&PCapitalIQ

18%

68%

68%

11%

2%

Finland

Nordics(excl.Finland)

18%

65%

5%

65%

2%

10%

RestofEuropeAmericas

Asia-Pacific

Undisclosed

Buyerregion

Finnishbuyersaccountedfor68%ofthedealsannouncedinQ12025,four

percentagepointsmorethaninQ42024(64%)andthisismainlydrivenbya

decreasedshareofNordic(excl.Finland)andNorth-Americanbuyers.The

quarterlybuyerregionsplitisratherinlinewiththeLTMsplit,withFinlandandAmericasslightlydiverginginoppositedirections.

ForeignbuyershavemostlybeeninterestedinFinnishIndustrialsandTMT

companies,withrespectively12IndustrialsandnineTMTcompaniesacquiredbyforeignbuyers.Forinstance,NeqstPartnerAB,Sweden-basedPEfirm,

announcedtoacquirethecybersecurityconsultingbusinessfromWithSecureOyj.

Targetregion,Q12025

Source:Mergermarket,S&PCapitalIQ

LTMtargetregionperQ12025

Source:Mergermarket,S&PCapitalIQ

14%

10%

73%2%2%

73%

13%

11%

73%2%2%

73%

Finland

RestofEuropeAmericas

口Nordics(excl.Finland)口

Asia-PacificUndisclosed

Targetregion

ThenumberofFinnishtargetsdecreasedfrom142inthepreviousquarterto87inQ12025.Still,theshareofFinnishtargetsincreasedby2percentagepointscomparedtoQ42024,from71%to73%.

Amongforeigntargets,Finnishbuyersacquired11companieswithinTMTsector,sevenIndustrialssectorandsixHealthSciences&Wellnesssectorcompanies.Forexample,MetsoOyjannouncedtheacquisitionofthescreeningbusiness,

operationsandkeyassetsofaChineseminingequipmentsupplierSelm(Beijing)TechnologyCo.

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Shareofdomesticvs.cross-bordertransactions

Source:Mergermarket,S&PCapitalIQ

Q12025

LTM

2021-Q12025

Cross-border

58%

61%

61%

Domestic

42%

39%

39%

Transactiongeography

TheshareofdomestictransactionsinQ12025(42%)washigherthanboththe

LTMperiod(39%)andthehistoricalaveragefrom2021toQ12025(39%).

MajorityofFinancialServices,TMT,Power&Utilities,HealthSciences&WellnessandIndustrialssectordealswerecross-border.

Theaveragecross-borderdealvalueincreasedto€130minQ12025,comparedtotheLTMaverageof€118m.Ontheotherhand,domesticdealvalueof€20minQ12025wasslightlybelowtheLTMaverageof€26m.

Shareofpublic*vs.privatetransactions

Source:Mergermarket,S&PCapitalIQ

Q12025

LTM

2021-Q12025

Private

72%

68%

69%

Public

32%

31%

28%

*Publictransactionsaredefinedasthosewhereeitherthetarget,buyerorvendorcompanyisalistedentity.

Transactiontype

TheshareofpublictransactionsinQ12025(28%)wasbelowboththeLTMperiod(32%)andthehistoricalaveragefrom2021toQ12025(31%),with71%ofthe

publictransactionsbeingcross-border.

Amongthepublictransactions,76%hadapublicbuyer.Tomentionafew,Alma

MediaacquiredEdilexLakitietoOy,adirectorybusiness,Koskisenacquired

IisvedenMetsäOy,awoodproductsprovider,andSwecoacquiredSiptiConsultingOy,atechnicalconsultingcompany.Inaddition,MandatumandTietoEVRYhave

divestedpartsoftheirbusinesses.

TheobservedaveragedealvalueofpublicdealsinQ12025was€164m,whichissomewhathigherthantheLTMaveragevalueof€158m.

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Marketupdate

OMXH25Index

Source:S&PCapitalIQ

6,000

+15.0%

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

LTMQ12025

2.6%

Q12025

4.4%

1,000

-

20182019202020212022202320242025

Q12025hasbeenapositivestartfortheOMXH25

index,amidstgeopoliticalandeconomical

turbulences,withanincreaseof4.4%.ThebestLargeCapperformerduringQ12025hasbeenOrionafterapositiveearningsrelease,anticipatedbyapositiveprofitwarning.Also,Outokumpuhasbeenableto

rankamongthebestperformersforthequarter,

despitethechallengingearningrelease,asmarket’sexpectationsweresetlowafterDecember’snegativeprofitwarning.Theworstperformerofthequarter

wasNeste,whichsharepricecontinueditsdeclineafteranegativeearningsreleaseandthe

announcementoflaidoffstocutexpenses.

IndexperformanceQ12025

Source:S&PCapitalIQ

STOXX600SP500

OMXS30

14%

12%

OMXH25OMXC25OBX

10%

8%

6%

4%

2%

-

-2%

-4%

-6%

-8%

1.1.202531.1.202528.2.202531.3.2025

DuringQ12025,NasdaqOMXH25performedratherinlinewithEurope(STOXXEurope600:+5.2%)and

rankedsecondinperformanceincomparisontothe

otherNordicmarkets(OMXCopenhagen25:-6.2%,

OMXStockholm30:+0.4%,OsloOBX:+8.6%),andtheUSmarket(S&P500,-4.6%).

Newlistings

Source:NasdaqHelsinki

32

28

24

20

16

12

8

4

-

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

31

NasdaqHelsinki

8

FirstNorthHelsinki

14

6

13

7

6

14

12

5

7

11

6

5

9

3

6

23

8

7

2

6

5

1

7

3

5

2

3

3

1

1

8

4

1

1

5

2

2

6

3

NasdaqHelsinkisawonelistingduringthefirst

quarterof2025asNightingaleHealthtransferred

fromFirstNorthtothemainlist.However,IPO

processeshavebeenongoingwithmultiple

companies,suchasNokianPanimo,oneofthelargestFinnishbreweries,GRKInfra,activewithinthe

infrastructureconstructionbusiness,Summa

Defence,anewplayerwithinthedefencesector,andSunborn,luxuryyachthoteloperator.NokianPanimoandGRKhadongoingsubscriptionperiodsinQ1,

whileSummaDefencepreparedtoenterthemarket

throughashareexchangewithMeriaura.AllthreeareexpectedtostartpubliclytradinginApril2025.

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HighlightsofEYsupportedtransactionsofthequarter

Buyer

Target

Seller

primary

UPM-KymmeneOyj

Metamark(UK)Ltd

PrimaryCapitalLtd

Dealdescription

•UPMRaflatac,partofUPM-KymmeneOyj,theFinnishlistedpulpandpapermanufacturer,hasacquiredMetamark,aUK-basedmanufacturerand

distributorofgraphicssolutions.

•ThedealacceleratesUPMRaflatac’sgrowthintheGraphicsmarket,bringingmajorsynergiesandmakingUPMRaflatacasignificantplayerinthefast-

growing,highvalue-addedGraphicssegment.

EYFinlandsupportedUPMRaflatacinthetransactionprocess,providing...

BuyerTargetSeller

InvaldaAB

Mehiläinen

InMedicaGroup

Dealdescription

•Mehiläinen,theFinland’slargestsocialcareandhealthcareprovider,has

acquiredInMedicaGroup,theLithuaniabasedoperatorofhealthcareclinics.

•InMedicaGroup’sserviceportfolioandbusinessmodelaligncloselywith

Mehiläinen’s,andtheexpansionintoLithuaniasupportsMehiläinen’sstronginternationalgrowthstrategy.

EYFinlandsupportedMehiläineninthetransactionprocess,providing…

Tax

structuring

work

Technologyduediligence

ESGqualityassessment

HRDiligence

FinancialandTaxdue

diligence

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Realestateserviceshighlights:EY-Parthenonsupportsitsrealestateservices

clientsthroughoutthewholelifecycleofthecompany

ThesectorhasseenconsolidationwhichhasoftenbeenledbyPEs

Fromliquiditychallengestogrowth.Despiterecent

liquidityandbankruptcychallengesinthesector,growthisseenintheconstructionandrealestatevaluechains,leadingtoincreasedtransactions

IncreasedM&Aactivity.In2024,therewereintotal20%morerealestateandconstructionrelatedtransactionsinFinlandcomparedto2023.InQ1of2025numberofdealsisalmostinpartoQ12024

PrivateEquitiestypicallydrivetheconsolidation.

Consolidationisoftendrivenbyprivateequityfirms,

whichthroughadd-onacquisitionsaimtoturnportfoliocompanieswithgrowthpotentialintomarketleaders

withintheFinnishandNordicmarkets

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Nordicoverview

Nordicquarterlytransactions,numberofdeals

1,500

1,400

1,300

1,200

1,100

1,000

900

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

-

Source:Mergermarket

●NordicLTMdeals

3,2393,160

3,0632,976

808

647

3,1273,118

2,8702,8052,900

847

901

782

220

162

195

131

119

216

273

692

163

104

164

261

702

146

117

157

282

125

171

183

368

674

108

112

126

328

134

171

152

351

139

96

152

260

174

187

320

161

267

742

Q1,

2023

Q4,

2023

Q2,

2023

Q3,

2023

Q1,

2024

Q2,

2024

Q4,

2024

Q1,

2025

Q3,

2024

DenmarkFinlandNorwaySweden

Note:CountrysplithierarchyconsidersfirsttargetgeographyandthenbuyergeographyfortransactionswithinNordiccountriestoavoidanyduplicates.

DuringQ12025,wesawadecreaseinthenumberofdealscomparedtotheremarkablyactivequarterofQ4

2024.However,Q12025wasmoreinlineonaYoYbasis,withdealvolumessimilartoQ12024.

Alike,NordicLTMdealvolumestabilizedat3118deals,aftertheturnaroundinLTMvolumesthatstartedinQ32024andstronglycontinuedduringthenextquarter.

Nordicsectorsplit,Q12025

Source:Mergermarket

LTMNordicsectorsplit,perQ12025

Source:Mergermarket

4,000

3,500

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0

Power&

Utilities

5%

Industrials30%

4%

Wellness(HS&W)8%

FinancialServices

HealthSciences&

9%

RealEstate, Hospitality&Construction(RHC)

692

18%

ConsumerProducts(CP)

25%

Technology,Mediaand

Telecommunications(TMT)

9%

3118

15%

26%

Power&

Utilities

FinancialServices5%HealthSciences&5%

Industrials31%

Wellness(HS&W)

8%

RealEstate, Hospitality&Construction(RHC)

ConsumerProducts(CP)

Technology,Mediaand

Telecommunications(TMT)

DuringQ12025,Industrials(30%)hasbeenthemostactivesectorwithintheNordiccountries,followedbyTMT(25%),andCP(18%).ThissplitisinlinewithLTMsplit,confirmingthepredominanceofIndustrialsandTMTasthemostactivesectorswithintheNordicM&Alandscape.

AlikeQ42024,CPhasbeencontinuingtoincreaseitsshareduringQ12025comparedtotheLTM,suggestingapositivemomentumforthesector.Ontheotherhand,Industrials’andTMT’sshareslightlydecreasedduringthelastquarter,despiteremainingastheleadingsectors.

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