Nordstjernan accepts bid for Norwegian listed furniture Group Ekornes
The investment company Nordstjernan AB (“Nordstjernan”) has through pre-acceptance confirmed that the company is divesting its holding in the Norwegian listed furniture Group Ekornes ASA (“Ekornes”). This is provided that the transaction entered into today between Ekornes and a Chinese consortium, headed by the Chinese furniture company Qumei Home Furnishings Group Co. Ltd. (“Qumei”), is completed. Nordstjernan owns 6,359,652 shares in Ekornes, corresponding to 17.2 percent of capital and voting rights in the company. Ekornes was established in 1934 and Nordstjernan has been the largest