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Sample Portfolio Companies
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FiberNet is the largest independent cable television ("CATV") company in Hungary. ARGUS, together with a local entrepreneur, established the company in 1999 to lead the consolidation of the Hungarian CATV market which was very fragmented at the time. Over the following years, FiberNet acquired a diverse group of smaller networks, which were subsequently upgraded and integrated into a unified and efficiently managed operation with over 120,000 subscribers. ARGUS sold its controlling stake in the company to a financial investor in 2004.
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Palace Cinemas (Central Europe) BV is the leading multiplex cinema exhibitor in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, as measured by admissions and box office. Founded in 1999 together with two experienced media entrepreneurs, Palace has grown into the regional leader by developing its own high quality sites as well as through market consolidation, having made major acquisitions of its competitors in 2002, 2005 and 2006.
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Ceneupizza is the largest Pizza Express franchisee worldwide with operations in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. ARGUS recognized the gap in the restaurant segment in the Region, which lacked casual dining restaurants. In 1999, ARGUS established Ceneupizza together with Pizza Express and management as minority shareholders. The chain is recognized today as a market leader and trend setter in casual dining in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Svoboda Press a.s. is the largest commercial printing company in the Czech Republic. In early 2000, ARGUS acquired the company, which was then the number three player on the Czech market. Working closely with management, ARGUS restructured the company, focusing on core activities, investing in state-of-the-art technology, and expanding Svoboda's export capabilities. By 2006, when ARGUS sold the company to a pan-Regional printer, Svoboda was the leading commercial printer in the Czech Republic and one of the major players in the Region.
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eTel is a regional alternative telecommunications company with operations in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia offering voice and data services to corporate and residential customers. ARGUS, together with other financial investors, provided expansion capital to eTel in 2000. As the largest shareholder in eTel, ARGUS was instrumental in supporting the company throughout the telecoms crisis in the early 2000s. As a result, eTel has successfully realized its ambition to become a leading player in the Region and the company has increased its revenues from EUR 6 million in 2000 to EUR 115 million in 2006. eTel was sold to Telecom Austria in early 2007.
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ASTER is the leading cable television company in Warsaw, providing internet and cable television services to residential customers. In 2003, ARGUS was able to act quickly to organize a consortium that put together a debt and equity package in excess of US$ 100 million to complete the largest leveraged buy-out in Poland up to that time. ARGUS exited the investment in 2005.
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| Hanex is a leading Polish manufacturer of PET performs and bottles for many well known drinks manufacturers in Poland and adjacent countries. The company's competitive advantage lies in its patented designs, which the company continually develops and which offer its clients solutions with superior parameters to those offered by mainline manufacturers that produce commodity-like products. ARGUS acquired a super-majority stake in the company from a private seller in 2006. |
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