Merodis

Merodis assists POM NV with its financing round.

Brussels, Belgium, September 4, 2018

Merodis, an independent corporate finance advisory firm, is pleased to announce that it successfully advised POM NV (https://www.pom.be) with its latest capital increase.

This successful private placing provides the company with the means to accelerate its growth path in Belgium as well as abroad and to further develop POM’s range of services to be able to fully anticipate the rapidly changing market conditions.

POM is a state-of-the-art invoice payment platform, which adds value to both the biller and the end-user. It offers advanced e-payment technology solutions (QR-code, PayMail and PayButton), which can be deployed in a multichannel environment (across e-mail, mobile, messaging, and paper)

POM optimizes the invoicing process for both sides of the market – billers and end-users. Its e-payment services allow companies – large and small – to both significantly lower their collection costs and speed up receivables, thus impacting their financial health. At the same time their customers are able to enjoy POM’s superior mobile payment experience. Today, POM has negotiated contracts with the largest distribution partners in Belgium and with clients in nearly every sector. Current customer list includes bpost, EDF Luminus, Xerius, Octa+, City of Antwerp, UZA, …

For more information, please contact:

Steven Meuldermans

sme@merodis.com, +32 494 57 36 98

Patrick Michielsen

pmi@merodis.com, +32 478 88 58 82

Merodis assists Kebony AS with its EUR 10m financing round.

Brussels, Belgium, May 30, 2018

Merodis, an independent corporate finance advisory firm, is pleased to announce that it successfully advised Kebony AS in securing FPIM’s (Federale Participatie- en Investeringsmaatschappij) investment of EUR 10m, of which EUR 7.5m in equity and EUR 2.5m in debt.

This successful private placing provides the company with the means to implement an accelerated sales and marketing plan and co-finances the doubling of its production capacity following the commissioning of its newly-built factory in Antwerp, Belgium, due to take place during Q3 2018.

Kebony AS (http://www.kebony.com) is a leading wood modification technology company producing high-end cladding and decking on an industrial scale, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, currently employing 85 people. Kebony products are sold in 32 countries. Primary markets are Scandinavia, Germany, UK, France and US. In 2017, Kebony AS generated sales of over EUR 20m.

“With FPIM’s long term commitment to growth businesses, we welcome a sophisticated new partner to Kebony. We are excited about scaling the business and to serve European customers better from Antwerp. We would also like to thank Merodis for presenting the company well, and running a tight and fast process”: says Chairman Thomas Hoegh.

All Kebony products have been treated with the Kebony technology, an environmentally friendly, patented process which enhances the properties of typical softwoods using a bio based liquid (Furfurylalcohol), enabling a cost effective transformation of fast growing sustainable softwood into high performance timber, becoming an ecological and commercial alternative for endangered tropical hardwood and environmentally damaging toxic-treated wood.

For more information, please contact:

Dirk Marckx

dma@merodis.com, +32 495 38 17 81

Steven Meuldermans

sme@merodis.com, +32 494 57 36 98

Merodis assists Fintech Koalaboox with its EUR 13 million bond placing

Brussels, Belgium, December 22, 2017

Merodis, an independent corporate finance advisory firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised Koalaboox, a Belgian Fintech, with the issue of asset-backed bonds to finance its factoring activity aimed at SMEs.

Koalaboox (http://www.koalaboox.com) operates an e-invoicing and factoring SaaS platform for small and mid-sized companies. The platform is backed by strong demand from these corporates for a sophisticated, albeit user-friendly, invoicing management tool with invoice-financing as a unique feature in the market. The platform has attracted 14,000 users in Belgium.

The factoring activity, launched in mid-2015, gives SMEs crucial access to financing. This tool is also gaining strong momentum, with a total of close to 700 companies having used the platform, from less than 200 twelve months ago. A total of 16,415 invoices were financed since inception, with just over 11,000 in 2017 alone. All-in-all, financing volumes have exceeded EUR 67 million, a significant amount which supports the growth ambitions of Belgian SMEs.

The platform’s main financing entity is KoalaFund, a strictly-regulated Luxembourg-based asset-backed fund which has collected financing commitments for a total of EUR 13 million in 2017. KoalaFund issues secured asset-backed bonds offering an attractive risk-reward profile. Merodis is looking forward to continue to support its strong expansion expected in 2018.

Interested to find out more about our services and about KoalaFund? Please contact:

Arnaud Goossens

ago@merodis.com, +32 473 53 04 66

Steven Meuldermans

sme@merodis.com , +32 494 57 36 98

Dirk Marckx

dma@merodis.com, +32 495 38 17 81