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Nykredit’s all-cash voluntary takeover offer for Spar Nord

Nykredit Realkredit A/S has made an all-cash voluntary takeover offer for all shares in Spar Nord Bank A/S.

The merger will create the third-largest bank in Denmark with a strong customer-ownership, Denmark's largest branch network and solid market positions in the private and corporate areas.

The offer price of DKK 210 represents a premium of approx. 49% compared to the closing share price of DKK 140.6 on 9 December 2024, which is the last trading day prior to announcement of Nykredit’s decision to make the offer.

Spar Nord's board of directors supports the offer and unanimously recommends shareholders in Spar Nord to accept it. The Spar Nord Foundation also supports the offer and has given an irrevocable undertaking to accept the offer, subject to certain customary conditions.

This page contains relevant information about the offer.

Important documents

Nykredit announces all-cash voluntary takeover offer for Spar Nord Bank (Spar Nord Company Announcement no. 73 2024)
Publication of recommended voluntary public tender offer for Spar Nord Bank A/S (Announcement from Nykredit)
Publication of offer document and the board of directors’ statement (Spar Nord Company Announcement no. 1 2025)
Publication of offer document for Nykredit’s recommended voluntary public tender offer for Spar Nord Bank A/S
Statement of the board of directors
Offer Document
Acceptance form

Other documents

Interim Report Q3 2024
Investor FAQ
Annual Report 2023
Articles of Association

Schedule
The preliminary schedule for the transaction is, according to Nykredit:

  • 10 December 2024: Offer announcement.
  • 8 January 2025: Publication of offer document and commencement of offer period.
  • 8 January 2025: Publication of the Spar Nord board of directors’ statement.
  • 19 February 2025: Expected expiry of the offer period (which may be extended).
  • 24 Februar 2025: Expected publication of the result of the offer.
  • 27 Februar 2025: Day on which the Offer Price is expected to be available in the Shareholder’s bank account (subject to all conditions being met and the fact that the offer period is not extended)*.
  • In the first half of 2025: Completion of the transaction (subject to all conditions being met).

* Payment to Shareholders who do not have a Danish bank account may take longer to process.

This schedule is preliminary and may be changed.

Acceptance

An acceptance form is available on this website and in the offer document. You will need to complete and return the acceptance form to your custodian bank in due time to allow the custodian bank to process and communicate the acceptance to the settlement bank before the offer period expires.

Before accepting the offer, we recommend that all shareholders read the documents made available on this site including the offer document and the board of directors' statement.


Contact

Enquiries can be directed to Head of Communication Neel Rosenberg (media) at +45 25 27 04 33 or to CFO Rune Brandt Børglum (investors) at +45 96 34 42 36.