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MidEuropa Partners (“MidEuropa”), the leading private equity investor in Central and South Eastern Europe Announced today the listing of its portfolio company, Waberer’s International Nyrt. (“Waberer’s” or the “Company”), through an initial public offering on the Budapest Stock Exchange (the “IPO” or the “Offering”). Waberer’s shares will start trading on 6 July 2017. Waberer’s IPO…

MidEuropa, the leading private equity firm focused on Central and South Eastern Europe, announced today that it has completed the sale of Zabka Polska (“Zabka” or the “Company”) to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners. The transaction was announced on 21st February 2017 and represents the largest ever transaction in Polish food retail sector and the…

MidEuropa, the leading private equity firm focused on Central and South Eastern Europe, announced today that it has completed the sale of Alpha Medical (“Alpha” or the “Company”), the leading provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to Unilabs. The transaction was announced on 9th February 2017 and represents the largest…

MidEuropa, the leading private equity investor in Central and South Eastern Europe, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell Zabka Polska (“Zabka” or the “Company”), to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (the “Transaction”). The Transaction is subject to customary competition authority clearance, and is expected to close in Q2 2017.…

MidEuropa, the leading private equity firm focused on Central and South Eastern Europe, announced today that it completed the acquisition of Profi Rom Food, the fastest growing supermarket chain in Romania. Profi is a modern retail network with the widest geographical spread in Romania, having a strong presence in almost 250 cities, smaller towns and…

MidEuropa, the leading private equity investor in Central and South Eastern Europe, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell Alpha Medical (“Alpha” or the “Company”), the leading provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Unilabs. The transaction is subject to customary clearance by local competition authorities,…

Funds advised by Cinven, Permira and MidEuropa have today completed the acquisition of the Allegro Group (‘Allegro ‘or ‘the Group’) the largest online marketplace and non-food shopping destination in Poland, from Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN.SJ and LSE: NPSN) for US$3.253 billion. Cinven, Permira and MidEuropa identified Allegro as an attractive investment opportunity based on the…

MidEuropa, the leading private equity firm in Central and South Eastern Europe, announced today that it has reached an agreement for the sale of its investment in Invitel Group to CEE Equity Partners (“CEE Equity”), the investment advisor to the China CEE Investment Co-operation Fund. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including competition…

MidEuropa, the leading private equity firm focused on Central and South Eastern Europe, announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of shares in Profi Rom Food, the largest supermarket chain in Romania, from Polish Enterprise Fund VI.  This is the largest deal ever completed by a private equity firm in Romania and…

Cinven, Permira and MidEuropa today announce that funds advised by them have agreed to acquire the Allegro Group (‘Allegro’ or ‘the Group’) the largest online marketplace and non-food shopping destination in Poland, from Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN.SJ and LSE: NPSN) for US $3.253bn. Established in 1999, Allegro has more than 20 million registered users who…

MidEuropa, the leading private equity firm focused on Central and South Eastern Europe, announced today that it has acquired full control of the leading CEE road freight transport company Waberer’s International Nyrt (“Waberer’s”or the”Company”), by acquiring the shares held by the founder and CEO, Gyorgy Waberer, and thereby increasing its stake from 56.8% to 97.1%…

MidEuropa, the leading private equity firm focused on Central and South East Europe, announces today that Thierry Baudon, its Founder and Managing Partner, will become Executive Chairman and Robert Knorr and Matthew Strassberg will take over as Co-Managing Partners, effective on 1 August 2016. As Executive Chairman, Thierry Baudon will continue to chair MidEuropa’s Investment…