PPF and World Association of Newspapers to cooperate in launching the Prague International Multimedia Training Centre (IMTC)
18.02. 2009
The Prague-based company PPF Art, a division of the PPF Group, and the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers (WAN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, focused on advisory and consulting support in the field of new media education and training in Eastern Europe.
J&T and PPF Form an Energy and Industrial Holding Company
16.02. 2009
The J&T and PPF groups today announce that they signed the agreement establishing a joint venture company in the energy and industry sectors. The energy and industrial holding company will be formed from a PPF Group investment of CZK 6 billion, combined with the sale of energy and industrial equity stakes from the J&T group. Following this, PPF will hold a 40% stake in the new holding company; J&T will hold 40 % and 20 % will be held by Mr Daniel Křetínský, who will retain management responsibility for the newly-established holding company.
AVE, DEKONTA, ECOSOIL and PPF have created a consortium which applied for the public tender on removal of environmental burden in the Czech Republic
09.02. 2009
A consortium consisting of four leading Czech and international companies announces that it applied for the public tender on removal of environmental burden in the Czech Republic. Members of the consortium are AVE CZ s.r.o., DEKONTA a.s., ECOSOIL Süd GmbH and PPF Advisory a.s.
PPF Group to obtain a controlling stake in Eldorado
05.02. 2009
PPF Group, the international financial group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Russian businessman, Mr Igor Yakovlev, for a joint venture relating to his extensive retail operations in Russia.
PPF Group N.V. announces its financial results for HY 2008
09.10. 2008
Total equity of PPF Group has increased almost three-fold, exceeding EUR 4 billion
PPF Group in financing agreement with Eldorado retail network
17.09. 2008
PPF Group N. V. today announces that it has entered into a financing agreement with Eldorado, a major Russian consumer electronics retail network. The loan is to be made available in two tranches. Loans that have previously been provided to the Eldorado network by PPF Group will also be extended.
Gary Mazzotti joins PPF Group
12.09. 2008
Effective from September 10th, Gary Mazzotti (46), was appointed as Senior Investment Officer of PPF a.s. Identifying and undertaking new investment opportunities in order to extend PPF Group’s portfolio in Central and Eastern European emerging markets will be among his main responsibilities.
Roman Gallo to join the PPF Group
28.08. 2008
Roman Gallo (43) will be PPF Group's new Media Strategy Development Manager as of September 1, 2008. He will be responsible for the group's global strategy in media business and identification of new opportunities, especially in online media.
Publication of withdrawal of the voluntary cash offer made by Anthiarose Limited for Zentiva N.V.
30.07. 2008
Anthiarose Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PPF Group N.V., announces that in accordance with Czech Act No. 104/2008 of the Coll. on Takeover Bids, it publishes the withdrawal of its voluntary takeover bid addressed to all of the owners of shares and global depositary shares of Zentiva N.V. today. The intention of withdrawing from the bid has successfully gone through the supervisory process at the Czech National Bank, and the withdrawal notice in Czech is published in the nationally distributed daily, Hospodářské noviny, and also on the Internet at www.ppfgroup.nl/anthiarose in Czech and English.
Anthiarose Ltd. Announces its plan to withdraw the voluntary takeover bid for Zentiva N.V.
22.07. 2008
PPF Group does not intend to participate in a bidding war with Sanofi-Aventis