raised debt finance
€18.5 million
2009
Advisor to the Company
Best is engaged in manufacturing and sale of power and distribution transformers. It is the largest Turkish transformer company. In addition, it is a leading player in Middle East & Northern Africa, CIS Region and Europe.
Isbank, one the largest private banks in Türkiye supplied €18.5 million project finance and working capital finance to Best.
acquired 100% of
2009
Advisor to the Buyer
Lehman Brothers Menkul Değerler is the Turkish brokerage firm owned by Lehman Brothers Group.
Erste, is a leading Austria-based banking group. Erste has around 16,500 employees and serves with more than 1000 branches. Erste operates in Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Hungary and Ukraine through its subsidiaries.
Erste acquired 100% of Lehman Brothers Menkul Degerler.
acquired 37.4% of
US$303 million
2009
Advisor to the Seller
Akenerji owned by Akkök Group is an energy flagship firm owning 12 gas power plants, with total installed capacity of 541 MW to produce heat and electricity, and at the same time, developing hydro and wind power plant projects aiming to enlarge the production basis of the company to 960 MW.
CEZ Power Group is a leading vertically integrated European utility group with €6.3 billion in revenues in 2007, almost 7 million customers and a generation portfolio with an installed capacity of 14,300 MW. The company´s market capitalization exceeds €30 billion, and the company stocks are traded at the Prague and Warsaw Stock Exchanges.
CEZ Group acquired 37.4% of Akenerji for US$302.6 million, valuing the entire share capital for US$810 million.
