
Nordic Financials ASA Annual Report 2025 4
Letter from the CEO
Dear shareholders,
With 2025 now behind us, it is time to reflect on a
year that proved to be both transformative and
value-creating for Nordic Financials. The decisions
taken and progress achieved during the year have
significantly strengthened our strategic position
and laid a solid foundation for continued growth.
Looking back at the first half of 2025, this period
marked the beginning of a focused journey to
establish Nordic Financials as a debt-free, capital-
light, and highly agile investment company. This
shift represented a decisive turning point, enabling
us to operate with greater flexibility, improved risk
management, and enhanced return potential. In
close collaboration with our stakeholders, we
realigned our objectives and sharpened our
execution capabilities to support sustainable, long-
term value creation.
During the first half of 2025, Nordic Financials
completed two share issues and received
subscriptions of nearly NOK 100 million, despite
targeting and raising NOK 40 million. In addition,
we paid down all debt and together with our legal
partners, sharpened all our corporate governance.
Investments
Throughout the second half of the year, we
dedicated substantial resources to identifying and
analyzing attractive investment opportunities. Our
participation as guarantor in a share issue
demonstrated that this activity could generate
attractive risk-adjusted returns when supported by
solid underlying business fundamentals.
In the fourth quarter, we capitalized on what we
believe was a clear market mispricing in two bonds
issued by Snowball Software (formerly Hawk
Infinity). This position remained in our portfolio at
year-end, and both coupon payments as bond
prices have developed favorably following our
investment. The position delivered an annualized
yield with mid double digits when we divested the
bonds in 2026, and proved our ability to identify
and act on compelling opportunities in the credit
market.
Towards the end of the year, Nordic Financials also
participated in a share issue in Gold Road Inc. The
company owns a fully operating gold mine in
Arizona and benefits from a strong Norwegian
investor base, including a Norwegian Chairman. We
believe the transaction was completed at attractive
levels, offering significant upside potential given the
current macroeconomic backdrop and favorable
outlook for precious metals. This is a strategic,
long-term investment, and our current ownership
of approximately 3% places Nordic Financials
among the ten largest shareholders in Gold Road
Inc.
In addition, I would like to highlight several
strategic priorities that will continue to guide the
development of Nordic Financials ASA:
Investment Focus
Nordic Financials will actively invest in Nordic
companies, or companies with a strong Nordic
anchoring across equity, debt, and rights issues.
Our ambition is to access and capitalize on high-
return opportunities typically reserved for
institutional investors, thereby delivering superior
returns to our shareholders
Operational Efficiency
We are implementing a lean, scalable operating
model designed to keep overhead costs low while
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