Eastnine Ab (publ)

Eastnine AB (publ) is a private equity firm specializing in direct investments in private and public companies. The firm seeks to make emerging growth investments. The firm has shifted its focus from listed assets to primarily unlisted asset and from funds to direct investments. The firm also makes investments in real estate direct and fund of fund stages. It makes cash-flow and growth investments in small and medium sized companies. It may also invest in special situations on a selective basis. The firm invests in real estate sectors only. For real estate sector, it can also invest in land, real property, and other real estate assets. It primarily invests in Eastern Europe, Russia and other CIS countries including Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Moldova; the Balkans; the Baltic States; and Central Europe. The firm makes equity investments between €5 million ($5.9 million) and €50 million ($59.02 million) in its portfolio companies. It seeks to invest in companies with enterprise values between €10 million ($11.8 million) and €100 million ($118.04 million). The firm invests in the form of shares, fund units, options, convertibles, derivative instruments and other equity-related instruments. It may also make debt investments if related to an equity investment. The firm can also make investments into future East Capital private equity funds and real estate funds as well as in existing and future East Capital alternative funds. It also has the possibility to make limited investments in East Capital's open-ended daily-traded funds. The firm is a long term active investor. The firm makes balance sheet investments. Eastnine AB (publ) was founded in November 2007 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden with additional office in Tallinn, Estonia.