26.4.2024

Purmo Group Project Grand Bidco’s public tender offer on Purmo Group

We are acting as the legal advisor to Purmo Group Plc in Project Grand Bidco (UK) Limited’s voluntary public cash tender offer for all the issued and outstanding shares in Purmo Group. The tender offer values Purmo Group’s total equity at approximately EUR 392 million.

Project Grand Bidco (UK) Limited is a special purpose vehicle incorporated and existing under the laws of England and Wales that will be indirectly owned by a consortium formed for purposes of the tender offer of certain affiliated funds of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and Rettig Oy Ab. The consortium intends to support the development of Purmo Group with industrial expertise, and the planned tender offer is expected to accelerate the implementation of Purmo Group’s growth strategy.

Purmo Group’s class C shares are listed on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki. Purmo Group is at the centre of the global sustainability journey by offering full solutions and sustainable ways of heating and cooling homes to mitigate global warming. Purmo Group provides complete heating and cooling solutions to residential and non-residential buildings, including underfloor heating and cooling systems, a broad range of radiators, heat pumps, flow control and hydronic distribution systems, as well as smart products.

The completion of the tender offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the offeror of certain customary conditions on or prior to the offeror’s announcement of the final results of the tender offer. The tender offer is currently expected to be completed at the end of the second quarter or at the beginning of the third quarter of 2024.

The team includes Thomas Landell, Janne Lauha, Heidi Paalanen-Koev, Sakari Sedbom, Maarit Taurula, Annika Harju, Jaakko Henriksson and Nicklas Svento.