J&T ARCH INVESTMENTS announces investment in EMMA Capital Group

The J&T ARCH INVESTMENTS Qualified Investor Fund has become an indirect shareholder of EMMA APLHA HOLDING, which is EMMA Capital Group’s main investment platform. The stake will amount to 8.1%. &…

Read more

EMMA Capital to form joint venture with PNS

EMMA Capital Group has successfully concluded negotiations with První novinová společnost a.s. (PNS) on its capital entry into the finishing division of Mailstep. The latter supplies comprehensive ser…

Read more

CVC and EMMA Capital win tender for Packeta

CVC, a global private equity firm, and EMMA Capital have signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Packeta, s.r.o., the parent of the leading Czech logistics company Zásilkovna.cz. The current owners of…

Read more

Entain’s buyout offer for STS shares met with exceptionally positive response

Entain CEE, in which EMMA Capital Group will hold a 22.5% stake after the transaction is settled, has completed the process of a public share buy-back offer to shareholders of STS, Poland’s largest ga…

Read more

Entain CEE submits bid for Poland’s largest gaming company

EMMA Capital Group, a 25% shareholder in Entain CEE, announces that Entain CEE is ready to buy 100% of Polish sports betting operator STS – the largest Polish company operating in the industry listed…

Read more

EMMA Capital settles transaction with Entain

EMMA Capital Group has this week settled its transaction with Entain plc. which was concluded in August this year. Entain, one of the world's leading gaming and sports betting companies, acquired 75%…

Read more

Statement by EMMA Capital regarding the situation at KÜCHENQUELLE

  EMMA Capital Group notes that KÜCHENQUELLE has become the subject of insolvency proceedings. The company, which sells kitchens in Germany, has been faced with economic difficulties related to…

Read more

Martin Ždímal becomes new CEO of RIXO.cz

  Martin Ždímal has become the Chief Executive Officer CEO of the online insurance company RIXO.cz, effective November 1st. The current head of the product and technology department of RIXO.cz w…

Read more

EMMA Capital enters the Romanian gaming market

  EMMA Capital Group has successfully concluded negotiations for a capital entry into Romanian gaming companies Get’s Bet and Club King. It will acquire a majority stake of 67% in both companies…

Read more

EMMA Capital sells three quarters of SuperSport

  EMMA Capital Group announces that it has successfully concluded negotiations with Entain plc, a leading global sports betting and gaming group, for the sale of a 75% stake in the Croatian gami…

Read more

EMMA Capital acquires a majority stake in FAVI

  EMMA Capital Group has today successfully completed negotiations on its capital entry into online furniture and decoration search engine, FAVI online s.r.o. EMMA bought a 65% stake from its ex…

Read more

EMMA Capital buys further 33% stake in Croatian gaming company SuperSport

  EMMA Capital Group has successfully concluded negotiations with Danko Ćorić, a minority shareholder of gaming company SuperSport, to buy out his 33% stake. EMMA Capital thus becomes the domina…

Read more

EMMA Capital Group enters the green energy market

  EMMA Capital, through its wholly-owned energy group Premier Energy, has successfully closed the acquisition of two Romanian renewable energy companies. The acquisitions include a 100% stake in…

Read more

EMMA Capital acquires majority stake in Mailstep

  Mailstep, one of the largest domestic companies focused on logistics in the e-commerce sector, announced today that it has successfully concluded negotiations with EMMA Capital Group for the s…

Read more

Bazzar receives growth equity investment from EMMA Capital Group

  EMMA Capital Group, an investment holding focused on the emerging markets of Central and Southeast Europe, has completed a growth equity investment in Bazzar, a fastest growing technology comp…

Read more

Kiveda Group Holding forms new “Home Furniture Group”

  • Kiveda Group and its subsidiary “küchenquelle” get strengthened by new strategic partner, EMMA Capital. Together, EMMA and the existing shareholders form the new “Home Furniture Group” (HFG)…

Read more

EMMA Capital Group reports record profit in 2019

EMMA Alpha Holding, the main holding company of EMMA Capital Group, closed 2019 with a profit of EUR 630 million, according to its audited results. This represents the best economic result that the Gr…

Read more

EMMA Capital acquires majority stake in PROFARM

The EMMA Capital Group has acquired a 60% stake in the Greek pharmaceutical company PROFARM. The company is one of the largest wholesale distributors of medicines and medical supplies in the country.…

Read more

Pavel Krbec becomes the new CEO of the RIXO.cz Insurance Service

Related to the recent takeover of the RIXO.cz online insurance service by the EMMA Capital Group, the change of CEO of this service will take place on 19 May 2020. The current CEO, Aleš Žárský, will b…

Read more

EMMA Capital Group acquired the online insurance service RIXO.cz

EMMA Capital Group completed its acquisition of RIXO.cz, a company which checks people’s insurance contracts and helps to improve them free of charge. RIXO.cz provides an online service which, thanks…

Read more

EMMA Capital increases its stake in Moldovan energy companies

EMMA Capital Group has acquired a 24% shareholding in the Moldovan energy companies Premier Energy s.r.l. and Premier Energy Distribution S.A.

Read more

EMMA has submitted an offer to acquire Vivartia Group

EMMA Capital has made an offer to MIG financial group to acquire the food production group Vivartia, or a majority stake in it, from MIG.

Read more

The EMMA Capital Group completed the acquisition of Moldovan energy companies

The EMMA Capital Group and the London-based Duet Private Equity have completed a transaction in which their joint venture purchased from the Spanish energy group Naturgy companies Red Union Fenosa (RU…

Read more

KKCG and EMMA Groups Complete the Transfer of 25% of SAZKA Group Shares

The transfer of 25% of SAZKA Group shares held by the EMMA Group to the KKCG Group has been successfully completed.

Read more

New EMMA bonds sold out in advance

The full emission of bonds issued by EMMA GAMMA FINANCE, a.s. were sold out in advance of today’s issuing date. The bonds are intended to finance EMMA Capital's investment in the Croatian company Sup…

Read more

Agreement between PPF and EMMA Capital regarding further cooperation in Home Credit Group

PPF Group and EMMA Group agreed to complete the process of transferring a 2.5% ownership share of Home Credit Group from EMMA Group to PPF Group. This step fulfils a previous agreement between PPF and…

Read more

KKCG and EMMA have agreed to divide the assets in the SAZKA Group

Prague 14 March 2019 - KKCG Group, owned by Karel Komárek, and EMMA Capital, owned by Jiří Šmejc, have successfully concluded negotiations on the split of the assets in the SAZKA Group. The agree…

Read more

SAZKA Group becomes a strategic partner holding a controlling stake in SuperSport

Prague, April 27, 2018 SAZKA Group, one of Europe’s largest gaming operators, has become a strategic partner holding a controlling interest in SuperSport d.o.o. (“SuperSport”), the Croatian marke…

Read more

SAZKA Group raises its stake in Casinos Austria AG to 34%

Vienna, January 15, 2018 – The SAZKA Group has increased its indirect stake in Casinos Austria AG from 11.3% to 34%. The increase comes after the European lottery and gaming group completed the acquis…

Read more

Gambling Authorities grant SAZKA Group permission to acquire shares in Casinos Austria AG

After the closing, the indirect stake of the SAZKA Group in Casinos Austria AG increases to 34%    Vienna, December 27, 2017 - In December 2017, CAME Holding GmbH, which belo…

Read more

New bonds of the EMMA Group encountered a very positive reaction

The bonds, which were offered on the market from 4 July by EMMA Gamma Finance, a.s. and are secured by a 25% shareholding that the EMMA Group holds in the SAZKA Group, were successfully subscribed bef…

Read more

Sazka Group Increases Its Stake in OPAP

Prague, 9 June 2017 – The Sazka Group has purchased through its subsidiary Rubidium a 4.8% ownership interest in the EMMA Delta fund from Helixor, a partner of the J&T Private Equity Group. The pu…

Read more

SAZKA Group Website Launched

SAZKA Group Website Launched Prague, 23 May 2017 – SAZKA Group, one of the largest lottery and sports betting companies in Europe, has launched its new website. The website, presented in English, wil…

Read more

SAZKA Group Becomes the Majority Shareholder of OPAP

Prague, 31 January 2017 – The regulatory agencies of Greece and Cyprus have approved the transfer of shares of EMMA DELTA MANAGEMENT LTD to the SAZKA Group holding. The SAZKA Group is now the EMMA Del…

Read more

SAZKA Group entered into binding agreements on the acquisition of further shares in Casinos Austria AG

SAZKA Group entered into binding agreements on the acquisition of further shares in Casinos Austria AG At completion, SAZKA Group will increase its indirect stake in Casinos Austria AG to 34% Vienna…

Read more

PPF Group and EMMA Capital announce the sale of Eldorado

PPF Group and EMMA Capital announce the sale of Eldorado PPF Group N.V. and EMMA Capital announce that they have sold 100% of the shares of the Eldorado retail chain to a group of Russian investors r…

Read more

KKCG and EMMA CAPITAL merge their lottery assets

Prague, 17 August 2016 – Today's signature of agreements establishing the SAZKA Group joint-venture marks the conclusion of negotiations between the KKCG and EMMA Capital financial groups. The establishment of the joint venture will merge all lottery and gaming assets of the two financial groups, including shares in the largest Greek lottery company OPAP, the Italian company LOTTOITALIA, the Austria-based Casinos Austria and Österreichische Lotterien, as well as a 100% ownership interest in the Czech-based SAZKA a.s. Owned by Karel Komárek and Jiří Šmejc, KKCG and EMMA Capital will hold a 75% and 25% share in the SAZKA Group, respectively. The two groups have also agreed that each of them will be equally responsible for the management and oversight of the SAZKA Group.

Read more

KKCG and EMMA CAPITAL won the license to operate Lotto

Italian authorities issued today a provisional award about the new operator of the Lotto lottery. Italian authorities issued today a provisional award under which the new operator of the Lotto lottery will be a consortium of Italian Gaming Holding a.s. (a subsidiary of KKCG and EMMA Capital), Lottomatica, Novomatic Italia S.p.A., and Arianna 2001 S.p.A. The consortium's bid under a tender for the operator of Lotto was submitted on 16 March 2016, and the evaluation committee of the Italian Customs and Monopoly Agency announced the award of the license to the consortium today.

Read more

KKCG submitted bid for Italian Lotto concession

Italian Gaming Holding has entered into a consortium to bid for the Italian Lotto tender. Italian Gaming Holding a.s., a subsidiary of KKCG Group and EMMA Capital Group, has entered into a consortium to bid for the Italian Lotto tender. The other consortium members include Lottomatica S.p.A., a subsidiary of International Game Technology PLC (“IGT”) (NYSE: IGT), Novomatic Italia S.p.A., and Arianna 2001 S.p.A., a company owned by the Federation of Italian Tobacconists.

Read more

Home Credit: Profitable 2nd half powered by improved performance from restructured Russian business and rebalancing towards high-growth Asian markets

Amsterdam, 11 March 2016: Home Credit B.V. (‘HCBV’ or ‘the Group’), the Netherlands-based holding company for Home Credit’s leading multi-channel consumer finance operations in CEE and Asia, announces its consolidated financial results for the year ended 31 December 2015 in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Read more

Closing of the acquisition of CAME by KKCG and EMMA CAPITAL

KKCG and Emma Capital have closed the acquisition of CAME Holding GmbH (CAME) via Austria Gaming Holding a.s. AGH bought CAME from DONAU Versicherung AG member of Vienna Insurance Group. The signing already took place on 9 September 2015. With the closing AGH holds an indirect share of 11.34% in Casinos Austria AG (CASAG) Austria’s largest gaming and lottery company.

Read more

PPF and EMMA Group agreed on the sale of certain equity interests

PPF Group and EMMA Group, founded and led by Jin Smejc, have signed an agreement on the sale of certain equity interests in Home Credit B.V., Air Bank a.s., and Eldorado Ltd.

Read more

Home Credit: 2014 results impacted by economic environment in Russia while the business continues to rebalance towards high growth Asian markets

Amsterdam, 12 March 2015: Home Credit B.V. (‘HCBV’ or ‘the Group’), the Netherlands-based holding company for Home Credit’s leading multi-channel consumer finance operations in CEE and Asia, announces its consolidated financial results for the year ended 31 December 2014 in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Read more

EMMA DELTA completes acquisition of Greece’s OPAP Betting Group

LONDON 11 October 2013: Emma Delta Ltd. ("Emma Delta"), the investment fund, announces today that it has completed its acquisition of a controlling shareholding in OPAP, the Greek betting group, from the Greek state.

Read more

EMMA DELTA welcomes successful OPAP bid; ready to invest in state asset

Emma Delta today welcomed the confirmation that its landmark bid for the Greek state’s holding in the gambling group OPAP had been accepted by the national privatisation agency. The revised bid, submitted today, amounted to €650 million for the state’s 33% stake in OPAP.

Read more

PPF and Jiří Šmejc have signed an agreement on division of their assets: Jiří Šmejc gains direct stakes in Home Credit Group and in Air Bank

PPF Group informs about the completion of the process of assets division, which had been announced on May 18, 2012 following Jiří Šmejc’s departure from the position of PPF Group shareholder. The appropriate agreements have been signed recently. Jiří Šmejc gains a direct shareholding of 13.37% in Home Credit B.V., a holding company for Home Credit Group’s operations, as well as the same direct stake in Air Bank a.s. Dependent on business results of both companies his shareholding can be increased in the future up to 17.5%.

Read more