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Acquisition of shares in Aforti Holding S.A. by the President of the Management Board CR 21/2017
The Management Board of Aforti Holding S.A. (hereinafter “Company”) with is registered office in Warsaw informs that on 3rd April 2017 it received from its shareholder – Kaludiusz Sytek, the President of the Management Board of the Company, …
Acquisition of new shares and an increase of share capital of Aforti Securities S.A. (joint stock company).
The Management Board of Aforti Holding S.A. (joint stock company) would like to hereby announce that as of 17 June 2016 the company acquired 500 new shares worth …
Acquisition of bonds of the Subsidiary Aforti Finance S.A. CR 69/2018
The Management Board of Aforti Holding S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw (hereinafter: “the Company”, “the Issuer”) hereby informs that on 29th June 2018 the Issuer, for PLN 22,000,000.00 (PLN twenty two million), acquired 22,000 (twenty-two thousand) of Series I10 subordinated bonds with a nominal value of PLN 1,000.00 each.
The bonds were issued through private placement through Aforti Finance S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw – a subsidiary of the Issuer.
Legal basis: Article 17 paragraph 1 of the MAR – confidential information
Accepting to the Merger Plan of the subsidiaries Aforti Collections S.A. and LifeBelt Sp. z o.o. CR 112/2018
The board of Aforti Holding S.A. (“the Company”, “the Issuer”) headquartered in Warsaw, in reference to the currents reports of ESPI No. 29/2018 dated on 13/08/2018 and No. 34/2018 dated on 24/10/2018, hereby announces to the public that it received information that on November 26, 2018 an Extraordinary General Meeting of Aforti Collections SA with its registered office in Warsaw (“Aforti Collections”, “Acquiring Company”) and an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of LifeBelt sp. z o.o. with its registered office in Lublin (“LifeBelt”, “the Acquired
Company”) consented to a Merger Plan of the abovementioned companies.
The merger of the Acquiring Company with the Acquired Company will take place in the mode of art. 492 § 1 point 1 of the Commercial Companies Code (CCC) in connection with art. 515 § 1, ie by transferring all assets of the Acquired Company to the Acquiring Company (merger by acquisition). The merger of the companies will take place without increasing the share capital of the Acquiring Company.
Additionally, pursuant to art. 516 § 5 of the CCC in connection with art. 516 § 6 of
the Commercial Companies Code, the merger of the companies took place in the simplified mode provided for in the aforementioned regulations.
At the same time, the Management Boards of Issuer’s subsidiaries informed that no later than on December 5 this year, at the District Court in the Economic Department of the National Court Register the application for entering a combination of the above companies will be submitted. That, in practice, will involve deleting the Acquired Company from the register of entrepreneurs of the National Court Register.
Acquisition of an entity from the debt collection industry by Aforti Collections S.A. is the next step, after the AFORTI Group’s entry into foreign markets (including Romanian through the Aforti Finance and Aforti Exchange brands), which is a consistent implementation of the Group’s development strategy for 2018-2020. This activity will simultaneously expand and strengthen the presence of the Aforti Group and the Aforti Collections brand in the debt management segment on the Polish market.
Legal basis: Article 17 paragraph 1 of the MAR – confidential information
A merger of the subsidiary Aforti Collections S.A. with a debt recovery company CR 82/2018
The board of Aforti Holding S.A. (“the Company”, “the Issuer”) headquartered in Warsaw hereby announces to the public that on 10th August 2018 a subsidiary of the Company: Aforti Collections S.A. headquartered in Warsaw (“the Subsidiary”, “Aforti Collections”) has concluded a contract (hereinafter: “Agreement”) for the purchase of 300 shares with a par value of PLN 1,000.00 each, representing 76.92% of the share capital of a company from the debt collection industry: LifeBelt sp. o.o. with its registered office in Lublin (hereinafter: “LifeBelt”).
The Issuer does not disclose the value of the transaction because of the trade secrets of the transaction applicable to both sides.
In connection with the concluded Agreement, the following companies: LifeBelt and Aforti Collections plan in the fourth quarter of this year make the connection process to use synergy and mutual exchange of their competitive advantages. LifeBelt will complement the structures of Aforti Collections by including an experienced team of managers, as well as by providing an innovative, proprietary IT system that allows effective service for both large companies and entrepreneurs from the SME sector, offering B2B services. At the same time LifeBelt will gain a professional commercial department and a shared services center (IT support, accounting and HR services, legal and marketing services), which were previously outsourced by this company. Following the legal finalization of the merger of both entities, their activities will be carried out under the common brand: Aforti Collections S.A..
Combination of the above companies will strengthen the position of Aforti Colections on the debt collection market and will allow for the transfer of solutions used in the recovery of mass claims to the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME).
Aforti Collections will also develop a common commercial strategy that will take into account the know-how and experience of both companies in the debt collection industry.
LifeBelt, which began operations in January 2015, is an entity specializing in providing services related to receivables management, amicable debt collection, direct and court enforcement, industrial espionage and detective services. LifeBelt has an experienced and qualified team of 70 specialists. In 2017, LifeBelt serviced a debt portfolio worth PLN 789 million, while in the first half of 2018 this value amounted to almost PLN 220 million.
The company’s clients include well-known loan firms, leasing company, bank, debt servicing companies and companies from the marketing industry.
Conclusion of the Agreement constitutes the implementation of the Aforti Group’s development strategy for 2018-2020 in terms of development of subsidiaries’ structures in Poland.
Legal basis: Article 17 paragraph 1 of the MAR – confidential information