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| Constantia Duropack becomes the single largest shareholder in Croatia-based Belisce d.d. |
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Duropack AG acquired a 20% equity investment in Belisce d.d. as part of a block sale
by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank and longtime
financial partner of the Croatian company.
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| 30.04.2008 |
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| Private Equity continues to lead the way in CEE |
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Heinrich Pecina is the founder and managing director of one of the largest private equity (PE) funds in the region, Vienna Capital Partners AG, a company with a stellar record in direct investment and corporate financing in Central and Eastern Europe over the last two decades.
Together with Permira Funds, VCP was instrumental in the biggest PE deal in the region to date– the E850 million buy out and delisting from the Budapest Stock Exchange Zrt (BÉT) of Hungary’s BorsodChem. Pecina’s VCP is also active in all countries in the region, and is, he says, focused on both corporate finance advisory and selective direct investments in undervalued companies with high potential for growth.
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| 17.04.2008 |
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| VCP gets regulatory approval to acquire 10.33% voting right in FHB |
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Budapest, 15 April 2008 – VCP Capital Partners (“VCP”) hereby announces that yesterday VCP obtained an approval from the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority to acquire a 10.33% qualifying holding in FHB Jelzálogbank Nyrt (FHB).
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| 15.04.2008 |
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| Vienna Capital Partners increases its media investment in Croatia |
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VCP increases its stake in NCL Media Grupa d.o.o. to 75%. The Group with its weekly “News” is market leader in free newspaper publishing and holds a leading position on the Croatian market, with the weekly magazine „Nacional“. Together with its managing director and previous majority shareholder, the Group will maintain its position as independent local publishing house.
The transaction was co-financed by the South-German publisher DDr. Axel Diekmann as a private investment.
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| 08.04.2008 |
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| Pecina: I share the interests of other FHB shareholders |
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Pecina expects the recent turbulence to prevail throughout the year and perhaps even in early 2009 in capital markets. After the crisis, he thinks the financial community would return to traditional prudent banking principles.
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| 26.02.2008 |
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| Vienna Capital Partners does not intend to acquire FHB |
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Vienna Capital Partners (VCP) Senior Partner Heinrich Pecina told the business daily Napi Gazdasag that VCP is a long-term investor in Hungarian mortgage bank FHB but has no intention to reach a share leading to a takeover bid.
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| 26.02.2008 |
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| Interview with Heinrich Pecina, major owner of FHB – I do not want to control FHB |
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Heinrich Pecina (see picture) is the most well-known Austrian private investor in Hungary. His company, Vienna Capital Partners has acquired sizeable stakes in Hungarian companies including BorsodChem and FHB, and he has completed several successful stock exchange deals. While investors are trying to get rid of banking shares worldwide, Pecina has recently increased its stake in FHB to 10%.
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| 26.02.2008 |
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| Austria's VCP signs forward agreement for 300,000 more shares of mortgage bank FHB |
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BUDAPEST. FEBRUARY 5. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Austrian financial investor VCP announced late Monday that it has entered into a conditional forward transaction on purchasing an additional 300,000 shares in Hungarian listed mortgage bank FHB.
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| 06.02.2008 |
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