Industri Kapital completes the acquisition of Alfa Laval

Industri Kapital completes the acquisition of Alfa Laval The Industri Kapital 2000 Fund has today completed the largest ever Scandinavian leveraged buy-out transaction, through the acquisition of Alfa Laval from Tetra Laval. Tetra Laval participates with a continuing minority interest in the business. Industri Kapital aims to further develop Alfa Laval into one of the leading global process technology companies. This will be achieved through focusing on superior products, systems and services as well as emphasizing the development of innovative solutions and first class after sales service. The intention is to list the company within a five-year period. Background information Industri Kapital is a leading European private equity firm with equity capital under management in excess of 2.5 billion Euro. Since 1989, 37 investments have been made in European companies in various industries. The fund investors are large Nordic, European and American institutional investors such as pension funds, investment and insurance companies. Alfa Laval employs approximately 11 100 people and has operations in 95 countries. In 1999 the company reported a turnover of 1.6 billion Euro. Tetra Pak acquired Alfa Laval in 1991, by a public bid on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Subsequent to this divestment Tetra Laval will consist of three independent industrial groups - Tetra Pak, DeLaval and Tetra Pak Hoyer. The three companies are market leaders in their respective areas of operations. The companies' activities are primarily focused on systems for production and distribution of food. Tetra Laval has close to 25 000 employees in more than 100 countries. 1999 sales were over 8 billion Euro. For further information please contact: Harald Mix, Deputy Chief Executive, Industri Kapital, +46 8 678 95 00 Sigge Haraldsson, Chief Executive, Alfa Laval, +46 46 36 7000 Peter Torstensson, Vice President Communications, Alfa Laval, +46 46 36 7000 Jörgen Haglind, Vice President Communications, Tetra Laval, +46 46 36 46 10 www.industrikapital.com www.alfalaval.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/08/24/20000824BIT01090/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/08/24/20000824BIT01090/bit0002.pdf