Penta Holding Limited /Annual Report 2007
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Penta Holding Limited / Annual Report 2007 It doesn´t take just seeding – it takes more to have a good harvest. We know how. With the right care a single seed can be grown into a strong plant and the whole fi eld can fl ourish from its fruitage. Contents 04 Tombstones 06 Financial Highlights 08 Our Profi le 10 Director’s Statement 14 Holding Structure 16 Partners 18 Operational Structure 20 Penta’s Key Investments 30 Management Discussion & Analysis 40 Penta Holding Limited 50 Penta Investments Limited 60 Contacts Completed Investments ADAST, a.s. Letisko Košice, a.s. Slovenské lodenice, a.s. manufacturing transport manufacturing Czech Republic Slovakia Slovakia Česká konsolidační agentura Reštitučný investičný fond, a.s. Slovnaft, a.s. fi nancial investment fund oil and gas Czech Republic Slovakia Slovakia Severomoravské vodovody Drôtovňa Hlohovec, a.s. a kanalizace Ostrava a.s. Tento, a.s. manufacturing utilities manufacturing Slovakia Czech Republic Slovakia Elektrovod Bratislava, a.s. Slovenská plavba a prístavy, a.s. VÚB Kupón utilities transport investment fund Slovakia Slovakia Slovakia Chemolak, a.s. Slovenská poisťovňa, a.s. manufacturing insurance Slovakia Slovakia Real Estate Projects Digital Park, a.s. The Port, a.s. real estate real estate Slovakia Slovakia Investments in Progress Mobile Entertainment Company, a.s./ AERO Vodochody a.s. MOBILKING VSŽ - slovenské investičné družstvo aerospace telecommunications metal industry Czech Republic Poland Slovakia Alpha Medical Ventures, s.r.o. MobilKom, a.s./U:fon ZSNP, a.s. health care telecommunications metal industry Slovakia Czech Republic Slovakia AVC, a.s. PM Zbrojníky, a.s. Žabka manufacturing food processing retail Slovakia Slovakia Poland, Czech Republic Dr. Max Pharmacies PPC Energy Group Non-performing loans retail, health care energy fi nancial Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland Slovakia Slovakia DÔVERA zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s. Privatbanka, a.s. Realitní developerská, a.s. health care private banking transport Slovakia Slovakia Czech Republic Falck záchranná, a.s. ProCare, a.s. health care health care Slovakia Slovakia Fortuna Group Stream Communications entertainment telecommunications Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Croatia Poland 6 /7 Penta – Annual Report 2007 Financial Highlights Financial Highlights Total Equity (in €m) Total Equity Based on Internal Valuation (in €m) 68.7 200 295 460.2 580 207.8 334.3 458.5 717.7 1,164 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Consolidated Profi t Attributable to Total Own Assets (in €m) Shareholders (in €m) 281.2 602.9 860 862 1,749 21.5 73.8 82.3 160.4 103 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 8 /9 Penta – Annual Report 2007 About Us Penta is an investment group specializing in private equity and real estate and conducting its business mainly in the markets of Central and Eastern Europe. Penta was established in 1994 as a securities trader. In 2000 Penta has started to invest in private equity and in 2006, identifying new opportunities, added real estate as new business line. From less than 5 employees at the beginning, Penta has grown to the current 200 employees in 5 offi ces (Bratislava, Moscow, Paphos, Prague, Warsaw). We employ more than 25,000 people through our investee companies (IC), which ranks us Our Profi le among the main employers in the region. At present, Penta is pursuing the following key projects: the restructuring of the largest Czech aircraft manufacturer AERO Vodochody, consolidation of the meat-processing industry in Central Europe, development of Dr. Max pharmacy chain, development and expansion of Fortuna, the biggest sports betting operator in Central Europe, the launch of the fourth Czech mobile operator U:fon, development and expansion of Žabka retail chain, expansion in the energy sector through the restructuring of Paroplynový cyklus Bratislava and the exit from ZSNP Žiar nad Hronom. Penta is also an important investor in health services, especially in Slovakia, where it owns, among other ventures, the largest private health insurance company Dôvera, a network of emergency services and a chain of laboratories. Key Figures – revenues from IC – EUR 1,200 million – equity (IFRS) – EUR 580 million – equity based on internal valuation – EUR 1,164 million – total assets – EUR 1,749 million – average IRR 50% p/a since 2000 – consolidated profi t – EUR 103 million Our Profi le Investment Criteria ZSNP in Žiar nad Hronom. In 2002 Penta entered the Czech market; its projects include the acquisition – minimum of 30% IRR (Internal Rate of Return) of ADAST (engineering), LBO of Severomoravské required from every investment vodovody a kanalizace Ostrava (water utilities), – average Enterprise Value of EUR 150 million Sanitas ČR (health care) and of non-performing – we have no limits in timing the exit if the company loans from the Czech Consolidation Agency. In 2006 has signifi cant growth potential Penta set up an offi ce in Moscow and in the beginning of 2008 in Warsaw. The accelerating expansion will certainly call for many new offi ces to open across Preferred Industries Europe in the years to come. – Aerospace – Energy Philanthropy – Entertainment – Food Processing In 2002 Penta established the Penta Foundation whose – Health Care primary aim is to support educational activities. In – Manufacturing addition to being the principal sponsor of schools for – Metal Industry highly gifted children, Penta Foundation also supports – Private Banking university students and universities. The Foundation – Real Estate oversees all charitable and sponsoring activities of Penta – Retail in the sector of education, health care, environment, – Telecommunications arts and sports. – Transport History In 1994, Penta Group’s fi rst company was founded – Penta Brokers, s.r.o. At that time, the company had already fi ve partners. In 1996, the major driver of the company’s growth was its cooperation with the British company Regent Funds, and the joint acquisition of VÚB Kupón, the largest investment company in Slovakia at that time. In the following years Penta ventured into high-profi le investments in major Slovak companies such as Slovnaft (petroleum refi ning), Drôtovňa Hlohovec (mechanical engineering); Slovenská plavba a prístavy (shipping), Východoslovenské železiarne (former steel mill, currently Slovenské investičné družstvo, a closed investment cooperative) or the aluminum processing 10 /11 Penta – Annual Report 2007 Director’s Statement Director’s Statement Dear Shareholders, Ladies and Gentlemen, Having successfully bid in November 2006, Penta completed the acquisition of AERO Vodochody, the The year 2007 turned out to be the year of new business Czech military jet aircraft manufacturer, in January opportunities and expansion for Penta. The Group was 2007. Straight after the acquisition, AERO underwent able to meet its ambitious targets, paving the way for its a radical cost cutting aimed at excessive administration expansion and delivering strong results which I have expenses and a restructuring exercise, which the pleasure to report. generated an immediate positive eff ect in the form of EUR 10 million in profi t for 2007; the profi t followed In 2007, CEE region, the core territory of Penta’s after several successive years of losses. The production activities, seemed still to be left untouched by the capacity was saved and stabilised, and all existing growing global recession fears, the turmoil in the manufacturing contracts were extended. Through banking sector and the signs of recession in the fi eld of involvement in AERO, Penta also further increased fi nancial services and housing. The growing economies its presence in the aerospace industry with its fi rst of the region, ongoing privatizations, public tenders, Western European turnaround project. Penta acquired but also the existence of fragmented sectors provided a bankrupted aerospace composites manufacturer, the excellent deal opportunities, especially in the small and British company ROTORTECH. Despite its desolate mid-cap market for private equity transactions. fi nancial situation in which ROTORTECH was left by the previous management, we strongly believe Based on IFRS accounting, Penta reached in the company’s potential. The Group’s acquisition a consolidated profi t of EUR 105 million. In activity was also crowned by the successful acquisition comparison to the previous year, the decrease of profi t of ŽABKA, the biggest chain of 1,800 convenience by EUR 78 million, which was caused by the fact that stores in Poland. Using our valuable experiences from Penta did not exit from any major projects in 2007, was running the Polish operations, Penta continued with counterbalanced by an essential boost in assets. Using the plans to bring the concept of the convenience store own equity and available external fi nancing from banks to other CEE countries, the fi rst being the Czech operating in the region, Penta substantially increased Republic and Slovakia. After securing an approval of its buyout activity across the whole CEE region and the Slovak antimonopoly authority in March 2007, the also launched its fi rst acquisition in Western Europe. Group secured a fi rm foothold in the meat processing The acquisition wave resulted in the doubling of the sector through the fi nalisation of the acquisition of Group’s assets to the total of EUR 1,749 billion. the Slovak meat processing company PM Zbrojníky. By continuing negotiations with signifi cant players and thanks to the successful closure of the acquisitions in Slovakia and Hungary in the beginning of 2008,