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  • Birkenstock’s acquisition financing package saw changes to the documentation during syndication, announced on Monday. While the deal comes with an aggressive covenant package, the amendments do little to smooth the edges, instead raising the possibility that a rapid flotation of the business could see bondholders repaid inside the non-call period.
  • A wave of Russian equity capital markets activity has broken this week, taking advantage of a rise in optimism that geopolitical tensions between Russia and the US are decreasing.
  • Solidium, the organisation that manages the investments of the Finnish government, has reduced its stake in SSAB after the steel maker reported a strong set of first quarter earnings.
  • Equity investors showed they were stepping up in numbers to invest in primary growth capital raises across Europe after Elkem, the Norwegian silicone manufacturer, raised $228m-equivalent and Greek bank Piraeus completed a €1.38bn raise to help clean up its non-performing loan book.
  • TechnipFMC has completed the first placing of Technip Energies stock since its spinoff on the Paris bourse in February, boosting the freefloat of the company.
  • Neoen, the French renewable energy company, completed a €600m rights issue at the start of April to help fund it until 2025. Its CFO, Louis-Mathieu Perrin, spoke to GlobalCapital about the deal and explained how green equity stories can still win investors’ attention, despite a recent cooling off in stock valuations.
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