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...Thule said sales would be hit until early next year, sending shares in the company down 11 per cent on Monday....
...The fund risked losing control of Thule in 2008, but reinvested SKr500m ($78m) in a restructuring to preserve its controlling stake....
...Nordic Capital also owns Thule, the Swedish maker of car roof boxes that it bought for €1.3bn in 2007....
...If Nordic buys Britax it may combine it with Thule, the Swedish maker of car roof boxes that it also owns....
...One example in December 2008 was Nordic Capital with Thule, the Swedish maker of car roof boxes, snow chains and trailers....
...The rest of the share capital is held by management of Thule....
...Nordic Capital completed a similar deal at the end of December – injecting SKr500m (£40m, $57m) into Thule, its Swedish maker of car roof boxes, snow chains and trailers, to preserve its controlling stake...
...These have some difficult deals, such as Nordic Capital’s investment in Thule, the car roof box maker, but not enough drag them deeply into negative territory....
...Last year it acquired UPC Norway, the cable TV operator, for €450m, and in 2004 it bought Thule, a maker of car roof boxes and roof-rack systems, for €465m, and Vetco, the oil services company, for €729m...
...companies in the 19th century and created a network of small businesses, some of which have grown and thrive to this day, such as Ikea, the famous furniture company, which traces its roots to the area, and Thule...
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