Danske Bank A/S is a Nordic banking group headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded in 1871. It provides retail, corporate, and institutional banking services across Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and selected international markets. Activities include lending and deposits, payments, cash management, trade finance, and capital markets services via Danske Markets, alongside asset and wealth management. The group also offers mortgage financing through Realkredit Danmark and life insurance and pensions via Danica Pension.
For industrial clients, including companies in the chemicals value chain, Danske Bank supports liquidity and investment needs through working capital facilities, project and acquisition financing, and risk management solutions such as foreign-exchange and interest-rate hedging. The bank also offers green and sustainability-linked financing in line with market standards used by Nordic corporates to fund efficiency, safety, and decarbonisation initiatives.
Deal uses a 0.25 share exchange valuing Nexa at ~USD 2.03bn equity (USD 3.67bn EV); closing targeted Q1 2027 with a VTO for remaining shares and USD 2.0bn bridge financing.
Boliden replaces EUR 850m credit with a new EUR 1bn facility, enhancing liquidity and flexibility. BNP Paribas and Danske Bank lead the arrangement.
The €600M bond supports projects like plant modernization and carbon capture. It was 2.8x oversubscribed, reflecting strong investor confidence.