Dun & Bradstreet Holdings B.V. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bisnode Business Information Group AB (publ) from Ratos AB (publ) (OM:RATO B) and Bonnier Holding AB for an enterprise value of approximately $810 million on October 7, 2020. The 75% of consideration will be paid in cash and 25% will be paid in newly issued shares of common stock of the Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. in a private placement. The transaction was settled through a combination of approximately $630 million (SEK 5.1 billion) net cash and 6.2 million newly issued shares of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. Ratos AB (“Ratos”) will sell its entire 70% holding in Bisnode, excluding operations in Belgium, to Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet Holdings B.V. is also selling its 30% stake in Bisnode to Dun & Bradstreet. On November 18, 2020, Dun & Bradstreet Holdings B.V. intends to establish term loans of $300 million (SEK 2.56 billion) from Bank of America, N.A. for financing the cash consideration. Bisnode AB will continue to operate in the same way as a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings B.V. The consideration is corresponding to 13.8 times EV / EBITA and an equity value of approximately SEK 3,900 million. Bisnode team will join Dun & Bradstreet. Jonas Wiström, Chief Executive Officer for Ratos AB will join Dun & Bradstreet International Strategic Advisory Board which will be Chaired by Neeraj Sahai. Additional appointments to the Board will be announced later in the quarter. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close in January 2021. Henrik Wireklint, Johan Thiman and Johan Thiman of White & Case Advokat AB, Darragh Byrne, Tilman Kuhn of White & Case, L.L.P. (Germany), Colin Diamond, Tamer Nagy of White & Case LLP, Thomas Glauden of White & Case LLP Avocats-Advocaten acted as legal advisors to Bisnode Business Information Group AB (publ) and Ratos AB (publ). Lazard Group LLC acted as financial advisor to Ratos AB, parent company of Bisnode Business Information Group AB (publ). David J. Malliband and Carl M. Svernlöv and Airi Hammalov of Baker & McKenzie LLP acted as legal advisors to Dun & Bradstreet Holdings. Dun & Bradstreet Holdings B.V completed the acquisition of Bisnode Business Information Group AB (publ) from Ratos AB (publ) (OM:RATO B) and Bonnier Holding AB on January 8, 2021. This transaction has now been completed after the customary regulatory approval and other conditions were met, including payment of the equity value.