June 2018 – Private Placement BRABank ASA
In 2018 Bryan, Garnier & Co acted as joint manager for the NOK 300 million Share Placement in BRAbank.
The proceeds will be used to satisfy the regulatory capital requirements and to fund growth in accordance with the company’s business plan.
Deal team
Erik Furnes | Managing Director | Oslo | Investment Banking | efurnes@bryangarnier.com
Ståle Schmidt | Managing Director | Head of Norway | Investment Banking | sschmidt@bryangarnier.com
Ole Magnus Broch Tenstad | Director | Oslo | Investment Banking | otenstad@bryangarnier.com
Kristian Melandsø | Vice President | Oslo | Investment Banking | kmelandso@bryangarnier.com
BRAbank is a new niche bank with strong distribution power and a partner-based strategy. The product portfolio will include credit cards, check-out financing, consumer loans and deposit funding. BRAbank has signed an exclusive strategic partnership agreement with the Swedish airline Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA), which has approx. 400,000 loyalty members and annual revenue of more than SEK 2.5bn. Braganza AB is the sole owner of BRA and also the largest owner of BRAbank with close to 20% ownership. Additionally, Thon Holding AS holds 9.99% of the company’s shares following the Share Placement.