Registered office :
Robotnícka ul., Považská Bystrica

IČO (Company identity number):
31561705

Securities data

Share capital:
3 994 018 000,- Sk

ISIN:
CS0005055151

Nominal value:
1 000,- Sk

Považské strojárne, a.s.

Description of the company

Považské strojárne a.s. strojárne was launched as an affiliated company of Zbrojovka Brno. Its production program consists of the production of semi-finished product for colour metallurgy, aircraft engines, production of bearings, agricultural machines and tools. The company exports around 30% of its production. It employs 2,850 employees and ranks among the ten biggest engineering companies in the SR.

Year 1995 31.12.1996 1997
Turnover 2.3 bill. Sk 1.8 bill. SK 1.3 bill. Sk
Profit 20 mil Sk -1.64 bill. Sk -858 mil. Sk

Acquisition

The acquisition of this company is the most significant. It was carried out in cooperation with HTC holding, a.s. on behalf of the company Strojárska akciová spolocnost, a.s. (SAS), in which we owned 50% of the share capital. This acquisition took place in February and March 1996 through purchases from institutional investors. This method allowed SAS to gain control over 39.77% of the share capital of Považské strojárne a.s. The acquisition value totalled 524 million SKK; approximately half the funding came from foreign sources. We sold our stake in SAS in 1997.