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acquired 51% of

2013
Advisor to the Seller

Mars is a leading logistics company in Türkiye providing services in international land transportation, warehousing, air & sea forwarding, etc. Mars has recently introduced multimodal solutions further strengthening its coverage in Europe. Mars’ client portfolio of over 8,000 accounts includes but is not limited to the leading multinational companies such as Renault, Inditex, Mango, Bosch Siemens, Daikin, L’Oreal and Atlas Copco.

Hitachi Transport System, a subsidiary of Hitachi, one of the World’s largest holding companies, is a leading Japanese logistics company. With consolidated revenues of over €5 billion, HTS carries out its operations through its 27 companies and 364 offices in Japan and 73 companies and 343 offices outside of Japan. As of the end of March 2013, total consolidated asset size of HTS was around €3.1 billion.

Hitachi Transport System acquired 51% of Mars.


acquired 100% of

€36.5 million

2013
Advisor to the Seller

Penkon is a leading fruit concentrate producer in Turkish and export markets. The Company has a facility in Çivril, Denizli which has a processing capacity of 100,000 tons per year. Penkon in jointly owned by Gençoğlu Holding, the major shareholder of publicly listed food company Penguen and ADM Capital, a private equity fund investing in Asia and Central and Eastern Europe,

ADM Capital has US$ 1.6 billion in assets under management and US$ 450 million investment in Türkiye.

Anadolu Etap, owned jointly by Anadolu Group, is part of one of the largest conglomerates in Türkiye, Özgörkey Holding, active in the beverage industry as well as printing and packaging, and the Cutrale Group, one of the largest global fruit juice producers based in Brazil, which is engaged in fruit plantation and production of fruit purees and concentrates and is one of the leading suppliers of the fruit juice sector in Türkiye and worldwide.

Anadolu Etap acquired 100% of Penkon for €36.5 million.


acquired 100% of

from

2013
Advisor to the Seller

CallUs, owned by KoçSistem, IT services subsidiary of Koç Group, is the fourth largest call center company in Türkiye with its two locations in Istanbul and Samsun and serves to important clients such as Vodafone Türkiye and several leading companies within Koç Group. CallUs continues its operations with its 1,850 seat capacity and over 1,400 employees. Koç Group is the largest industrial conglomerate in Türkiye with operations in a wide range of sectors.

Comdata is the leading Italian business process outsourcing company with revenues of €260 million and over 9,000 employees. Comdata provides services of contact center, help desk, back office, credit management and document management and is present in 12 operational hubs in Italy, Romania, Czech Republic, Argentina.

Comdata acquired 100% of CallUs.