EQT’s Liquidity-Boosting Lock-Up Release Brings No Imminent Sale

Investment firm EQT AB said it’s ready to support partners who might wish to sell stock in the dealmaker after a lock-up on about 18 billion kronor ($1.6 billion) of shares lifts, adding to liquidity.

The end-of-September lifting of sales restrictions allows partners who hold shares corresponding to a 7.3% slice of the company to divest holdings, but no transaction is possible before the company exits its silent period on Oct. 17, according to Olof Svensson, head of shareholder relations.

EQT stands ready to “facilitate different types of transactions,” but it’s “up to each relevant individual to decide how ...