Penta Investments
The Central European private equity company Penta Investments was founded in 1994. The Penta Investments sro is based in Prague . Penta came into public coverage in 2011/2012 in connection with the gorilla affair .
history
In spring 2012, Penta was considered the only serious prospect in the insolvent Schlecker retail chain . However, there was no takeover. More than 60 employees of the Slovak newspaper SME quit in 2014 because half of its publishing house was taken over by the billion-dollar Penta Group. The journalists accuse Penta of corruption. They fear a restriction in the variety of media.
In the 2015 financial year, Penta achieved a consolidated net profit of 200 million euros and increased total portfolio assets to 7 billion euros. The German Penta Investments GmbH , based in Munich, announced its dissolution in the commercial register in October 2017.
In summer 2017, the Czech Ministry of the Environment gave the green light for the expansion of Vodochody Airport ( IATA code VOD) by the investor Penta. The airport is to be expanded for low-cost airlines and private airlines. DPP and Penta Investments are planning a joint venture to buy land for the construction of Prague's D metro line .
Investments
Penta was or is involved in the following companies (selection):
- Gehring Technologies (since 2012)
- H. von Gimborn (2008 to 2016)
- Aero (since 2006)
- Żabka Polska (2007-2011)
- Petit Press (since 2016), Verlag u. a. by SME (newspaper) and The Slovak Spectator
- Privatbanka , Bratislava (since 2007)
- Prima Banka Slovensko (since 2011)
- Masaryk Station Investment (together with CD ; see Praha Masarykovo nádraží # future of the station )
- Waltrovka (several real estate projects in Jinonice , named after Walter )
Web links
- Site of Penta Investments (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Focus from April 6, 2012
- ↑ Deutschlandfunk, October 17, 2014
- ↑ pentainvestments.com
- ↑ Amtsgericht München, HRB 204,770th
- ^ Radio Prague , August 14, 2017.
- ↑ Novinky.cz of May 24, 2018