In April 2023, the sale of one of the oldest brands in the domestic durum pasta segment, the Durillo product family of Cerbona Élelmiszergyártó Zrt. to Balogh Tészta Zrt. was successfully closed.

The Durillo product family has been the dominant brand in Cerbona’s product portfolio for more than 20 years within its own product category. The wide range of products made from durum flour can be found in Spar, Tesco, CBA and Reál stores. Cerbona wanted to sell this business to streamline its product portfolio.

The assets and contracts related to this activity were acquired by Balogh Tészta Zrt. which has been Cerbona’s exclusive contract manufacturing partner for the production of Durillo products for the last 8 years.

The transaction will enable Balogh Tészta to expand its product portfolio towards a more popular product category with significant brand value and will also allow it to broaden its customer relationships.

CMBP was the exclusive transaction advisor of the owner of Cerbona Zrt.

In October 2022, the sale of the 100% stake of Tűzállótechnika Kft. to a group of Hungarian private investors was successfully closed.

Tűzállótechnika Kft. has been engaged in the production, assembly and maintenance of refractory linings and pertinent steel structures related to industrial furnaces, boilers, incinerators or other heat engineering equipment. Over the past 30 years, the Company has grown into a leading player in its industry in Hungary, providing complex solutions in a field that requires special knowledge. The Company’s high professional standards are recognized not only on the domestic market but also internationally, with its products being exported to Western Europe, especially Germany.

Prior to the transaction, the Company was owned by one of the founding Hungarian private individuals and his family, whose shares were sold to a group of Hungarian private investors.

Concorde MB Partners was the exclusive transaction advisor of the sellers.

In September 2022, OPLOG has successfully raised capital by the leading capital investment company, ESAS. The financial advisor of OPLOG was Concorde MB Partners. OPLOG was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Istanbul, the leading e-logistics company in Turkey. Has state-of-the-art warehouses in Gebze, Dilovasi and Izmir. Enables e-commerce brands to operate in various markets without physical boundaries through its international fulfilment network and the ability to track all the inventory and operational processes in several OPLOG fulfilment centers. Customer base includes well-known multinationals such as Sony, Rossmann, or Tupperware. ESAS is one of the leading private equity firms in Turkey. It focuses on buyout and growth capital investments in cash-generative, mid to large-sized companies with solid business models. ESAS has already made numerous technology investments.

In August 2022, the sale of the assets and contracts related to the activities of Nyírfacukor Kft, the most important sugar substitute product manufacturer on the domestic market to Lissé Kft. was successfully closed.

The Company was founded in 2008 with to distribute birch sugar, a modern and natural alternative of sugar. The Company sells its products under the well-known Nyírfacukor and Oligo Life brands for all food retail chains operating in Hungary.

The three-time MagyarBrands and one-time SuperBrands award-winning products are available on the stores’ shelves with an ever-expanding range. Besides erythritol-based sweeteners, the Company’s product portfolio currently includes houshold purpose confectionary products, breakfast products and snacks.

The assets of the Company were purchased by Lissé Kft., which deals in the production of seasonal confectionery products and premium category sweets. Its products can be found on the shelves of almost all multinational reatail chains, private domestic food chains, wholesale stores, and petrol stations.

As a result of the transaction Lissé can expand its product portfolio to the direction of an increasingly popular product category and it also has the opportunity to broaden its customer relationships.

The exclusive transaction advisor to the Seller was Concorde MB Partners.

In June 2022, Webshippy Kft. successfully raised 3 million EUR capital from a circle of investors led by the venture capital fund Day One Capital. Concorde MB Partners acted as exclusive transaction advisor to Trans-Sped Kft. − a significant minority shareholder of Webshippy – supporting the financial and business negotiations, and the closing of the transaction.

Over the past years Webshippy has become market leader in the e-commerce fulfillment logistics sector with 50% market share in Hungary. Webshippy is planning to use the received capital to further developing its services and to expand internationally.

Day One Capital is one of the most successful venture capital funds in Hungary, providing not only financial but also professional support for Webshippy’s international expansion. Besides Day One, the round was also joined by private investors such as Gábor Szórád, former European Director of DeliveryHero (formerly Netpincér) and Anton Kovách, founder of Shiwaforce, one of the most successful Hungarian technology companies.

Trans-Sped Kft. started out as an international freight forwarding company in 1990, but since then it developed into a complex logistics service provider. Its service portfolio includes both transport, freight forwarding, warehousing, customs clearance and value-added logistics activities, as well as serving larger customers requiring complex logistics solutions in e-commerce fulfillment. Trans-Sped Kft is a significant minority shareholder and an important professional partner of Webshippy enabling the two companies to complement and strengthen each other in the market.

In May 2022, 100% stake in Intergraf Digiflex Kft. has been sold to a Hungarian private investor.

For almost 40 years, Intergraf Digiflex (in itself and via its legal predecessors) has been a stable and reliable partner of the largest packaging companies, the Hungarian flagship of flexo plate making, producing printing plates for corrugated and flexible packaging. Their outstanding quality, maintained through a strict quality control system, is recognized by FlexoExpert certification; while the value of its unified production processes is also acknowledged by the ever-growing orders from the industry leaders. The Company uses state-of-the-art software, equipment and technologies to provide a full range of services, from press-specific flexographic preparation to delivery of finished products, in close collaboration with its clients. The Company has been owned by the four founding families.

The buyer aims to rely on the Company’s highly qualified senior executives and the experience of loyal colleagues going forward.

The exclusive transaction advisor to the Sellers was Concorde MB Partners.

In March 2022, Concorde Befektetési és Eszközkezelő Zrt. successfully sold its stake in HOLD Alapkezelő Zrt. (Company) to its management (Management Buy-Out).

Concorde Befektetési és Eszközkezelő Zrt. is a holding company of the owners of Concorde Értékpapír Zrt.., which manages the non-consolidated financial investments related to the company group.

HOLD Alapkezelő Zrt. is the largest independent investment fund manager in the Hungarian market with more than HUF 400 billion in assets under management. The clientele of HOLD consists mainly of Hungarian and foreign institutions, as well as domestic and foreign individuals.

The buyout provides an opportunity for the management to build on the Company’s strong fundamentals, further develop its operations and exploit its growth potential by expanding its customer base and further broadening its competencies.

The transaction advisor of Concorde Befektetési és Eszközkezelő Zrt. was Concorde MB Partners.

In February, 2022, the majority owner of Nextent Informatika Zrt. successfully sold his shares to the Company’s management (Management Buy-Out).

With more than 20 years of experience, Nextent is a notable, stable player in the Hungarian IT sector. It has a wide range of service portfolio including data management, software development, system implementation and integration, business consultancy, devops. Nextent’s clientele consist of multinational companies’ local subsidiaries and Hungarian large-sized companies who are usually from the telecommunication, banking, energy and automotive industry.

This transaction presents an opportunity to the management to further develop the Company and exploit its growth potential by expanding its clientele and widen its IT competencies.

The sole financial advisor of Antra ID Kft. was Concorde MB Partners.

In February, 2022, the Budapest based, digital consulting and project engineering firm, IncepTech Ltd. was bought by McKinsey& Company. Via this transaction, McKinsey has created its fourth „digital studio” in the continent, just after London, Berlin and Stockholm.

This successful transaction was supported Concorde MB Partners.

In February 2022, the sale of the majority stake of CanalCom Kft. to FCSM Mélyépítő és Karbantartó Kft., a subsidiary of the Budapest Sewage Works, the sewage system provider of Budapest was successfully closed.

As a pioneer of optical fiber network development in the Hungarian telecommunications industry, CanalCom Kft, together with its partners, has been engaged in the design, construction, sale, rent, operation and maintenance of optical fiber networks deployed in sewers for more than 20 years in Hungary. The CanalCom team is the sole expert team in Hungary that applies international technology and knowledge in this niche market.

Prior to the transaction, the company was owned by the founding Hungarian private individuals, whose majority stake was sold to a subsidiary of the Company’s strategic partner, Budapest Sewage Works, which is the sewage system provider of Budapest.

Concorde MB Partners was the exclusive transaction advisor of the sellers.

In December 2021, GOPD participated in the Bond Funding for Growth Scheme (NKP) announced by the National Bank of Hungary and issued bonds with a nominal value of HUF 5.5 billion. The proceeds will be used to purchase and develop new plots and to buy shares in SunDell Estate Nyrt.

GOPD Nyrt. was founded in 2018 with the participation of professionals and strategic investors working in real estate development for decades. The goal of its founding was to create a stable, long-term viable formation. Accordingly, the company covers the full spectrum of real estate investments, including real estate planning, development, construction, financing and sales. In August 2019, GOPD shares were listed on the Xtend category of the Budapest Stock Exchange.

The financial advisor to GOPD Nyrt. in the credit rating and bond issuance was Concorde MB Partners.

In December 2021, Eprolius Ingatlan Nyrt. was listed in the standard category of the Budapest Stock Exchange.

Eprolius Ingatlan Nyrt. is a real estate investment company with the ambition to become a real estate investment trust (REIT), regulated under Hungarian law as SZIT, in 2021. The Company primarily buys, restructures and leases commercial properties located in the center of cities with county status, and secondarily buys and leases industrial and logistics properties in the vicinity of Budapest. The main owner of the Company is Eprolius Hungary Zrt., which manages the private investments of the owners of LISS Zrt. The clear goal of going public is to professionalize so that the Company can grow into a dominant and diversified real estate investment company and to allow outside players to benefit from Eprolius’s growth. With listing, the owners do not raise new capital, they solely sell shares to third party investors.

Concorde MB Partners acted as sole financial advisor to Eprolius Ingatlan Nyrt. during the listing.

In December 2021, the sale of the 100% stake of Schneider Kft. to a group of Hungarian private investors was successfully closed.

Schneider Kft. has been engaged in the production and maintenance of fixed cranes since 1991 by providing its customers with a wide range of travelling and jib cranes, HB-systems, chain hoists and other parts. Over the past 30 years, the group has grown into one of the industry’s leading companies in the regional market, with – in addition to the local operations of its Romanian subsidiary – active presence in other European countries, such as Bulgaria, Russia, Germany and Switzerland.

Prior to the transaction, the group was owned by the founding Austrian and Hungarian private individuals, whose shares were sold to a group of Hungarian private investors.

Concorde MB Partners was the exclusive transaction advisor of the sellers.

On November 10, 2021, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics International GmbH acquired a 100% stake in Innight Hungary Express Kft.

Since 2010, Innight has been providing Hungarian and international overnight express delivery services to its customers. In the field of overnight forwarding, customers receive their shipments by the beginning of the work day, no later than 8 am in the morning, thus gaining a significant competitive advantage over users of traditional daytime express delivery. In recent years, Innight has grown into Hungary’s leading overnight express solutions provider, also establishing subsidiaries in Romania and Slovakia.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics was founded in 1871 in Osnabrueck, Germany by Carl Heinrich Hellmann and is still family-owned today. Hellmann is a major global player in the fields of logistics, with more than 263 sites in 59 countries and € 2.5 billion in net sales in 2020. Hellmann’s range of services includes classic forwarding services by Airfreight, Seafreight, Road & Rail, as well as a comprehensive range of CEP services, Contract Logistics, Industry and IT solutions.

Through the transaction, Hellmann entered the Hungarian market and aims also to grow into related overnight express delivery markets.

The exclusive transaction advisor to the buyer was Concorde MB Partners.

In November 2, 2021. Central European Automation Holding a.s. successfully acquired the 100% of shares of Antra ID Kft.

Antra ID has been dealing with the development, distribution, implementation and support of automatic identification (Auto ID) systems since 1990. As a system integration, the Company optimizes its customers’ logistical and production processes with its proprietary, tailor-made solutions which also fulfil the Industry 4.0 requirements. The Company’s solutions, Auto ID systems are available for all industries whether it is automotive, pharma, retail, FMCG, 3PL or electronics. Antra ID offers and uses various technologies such as barcode, RFID solutions, real-time location systems, RF terminals, voice picking systems, automated guided vehicles / autonomous mobile robots.

Central European Automation Holding (CEAH) is a CEE-based group of companies, providing complex portfolio of services in industrial automation CEAH was established by a private equity fund. As a whole, the group is able to provide end-to-end, turnkey industrial automation solutions from machine building, engineering services, control systems to intralogistics. CEAH currently consists of three, closely cooperating specialist companies.

The sole financial advisor of Antra ID Kft. was Concorde MB Partners.

In October 2021, the sale of majority shares of Inwatech Kft. to Susterra Capital Partners Venture Capital Fund Management Zrt., Water4All Kft. and the Company’s management was completed. Susterra Capital Partners manages the Water Impact Fund established with the investment of MFB Invest Zrt.

Since 2001, the engineering service company Inwatech Kft. has acquired a decisive role in the design and construction of residential and industrial wastewater treatment (50+ units) and biogas (10+ units) plants in Hungary, and in several cases it also operates them. Since 2014, the Company has been applying its own technological procedures in these areas. The complex service also includes the planning and execution of the project, together with different main and subcontractors, depending on the project

Prior to the transaction, the Company was owned by three individuals, two of whom were no longer actively involved in day-to-day operations, so they decided to sell their shares.

The exclusive transaction advisor to the Sellers was Concorde MB Partners.

On 30 September 2021, Trans-Sped Logisztikai Szolgáltató Központ Kft. purchased 100% of Euro-Log Kft.

Euro-Log has been providing tailor-made, value-creating, innovative solutions for its clientele in the field of international shipping, groupage transportation, custom clearance, warehousing and various further logistics services since 1994. The company serves the following directions: Baltic States – Scandinavia, former Soviet Union, Turkey – Middle East, Western Balkans, Hamburg.

Trans-Sped Kft. started its operation as an international freight forwarder company in 1990, and since it has developed into a dynamically growing company group employing nearly 800 people. Its complex service portfolio includes freight forwarding and road transportation, warehouse and production logistics, e-commerce logistics, air and sea freight forwarding, customs administration and other value added logistics services. With this transaction, Trans-Sped aims to strengthen Euro-Log’s current warehouse logistics, custom clearance, freight forwarding and transportation services and broaden its own groupage transportation service portfolio.

The sole transaction advisor of the buyer was Concorde MB Partners.

In September 2021, the partial sale of one of Hungary’s leading manufacturers of ready-to-eat salad and vegetable mixes was successfully completed. K&K Family Kft., founded in 2003 by Hungarian private individuals, processes and packs vegetables in its modern 3,500-square-meter plant in the village of Tök near Budapest. In 2020, the company’s revenue was HUF 2.81 billion and profit after tax HUF 267.5 million, most of which was generated by the international retail chains in Hungary, which make up the company’s main customer base.

The buyer is a dynamically growing Polish family company based on similar foundations, Green Factory Holding Sp.z oo. As a market leader, Green Factory supplies Poland’s largest retail chains and the HoReCa sector with ready-to-eat salads, fresh, washed vegetables and ready meals. The brand is also internationally recognized, leading in the markets of Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and the Baltic countries.

The exclusive transaction advisor to the sellers was Concorde MB Partners.

In August 2021 the sale of Marillen Kft., one of the leading fruit pulp and frozen fruit producers and the related Aranykajszi Kft., which is engaged in fruit production was successfully completed. Marillen Kft. was established in 1992 by Hungarian private individuals. Annual fruit processing capacity of the Company exceeds 8,000 tons, and its cold store, which was expanded in 2018, can store 1,000 tons of deep-frozen fruit. Clientele of Marillen mainly consists of domestic and Western European bakeries, soft drink producers, jam- and baby food manufacturers, the quality of its products is guaranteed by Bio certificate and FSSC certificate. Aranykajszi Kft., which leases a total of 40.5 hectares from private individuals, grows apricots on 22 hectares, while peaches and plums on the remaining area.

The Companies’ 100% stakes were purchased by a group of 5 private investors who were executives of various companies during their careers.

Concorde MB Partners was the exclusive transaction advisor of the Sellers.

In August 2021 the sale of the Kapos-Füszért Ltd. site was completed.

This means that the last element of the real estate portfolio previously managed by Balaton Füszért and later Csopak Rt. has been sold. The warehouses were built in Kaposvár in the early 1980s, initially operated as the central warehouse of Balaton-Füszért. The 15,000 sqm available for rent is 99.8% occupied, with a diverse tenant base: from retail, state/municipal tenants to manufacturing; offices are also available for rent in addition to warehousing. The 5-acre property complex was purchased by a domestic private individual in a competitive sales process.

Concorde MB Partners was the exclusive transaction advisor of the Sellers.

SunDell is a Hungarian real estate developer, formed by the merger of three independent companies, with the ambition of becoming a REIT, a Real Estate Investment Trust. The Company develops residential buildings and related business premises for sale in Budapest, however SunDell’s goal is to increase the share of its real estate assets used for lease purposes to 50%. The professional leadership is provided by one of the ultimate beneficiary owners, the Piukovics family, who has nearly 30 years of experience in real estate development.

In July 2020, the shares of SunDell were introduced on the Budapest Stock Exchange, and in August 2020, the Company obtained the REIT status. In November 2020, it participated for the first time in the Bond Funding for Growth Scheme (NKP) announced by the National Bank of Hungaryand issued bonds with a nominal value of HUF 11 billion. In spring 2021, SunDell established a framework for issuing green bonds, which Scope Ratings independently rated as the second highest available category. In July 2021, SunDell issued a green bond under the NKP. The planned issue size was HUF 5 billion, which was oversubscribed by more than 45%. The Company accepted a bid of HUF 5.5 billion in nominal value. The amount raised will be used to finance and develop ongoing green investments and to launch new green real estate development projects.

The financial advisor to SunDell Estate Nyrt. in the credit rating and bond issuance was Concorde MB Partners.

Union Biztosító and Doktor24 created a joint venture in order to build a nationwide private healthcare services provider network primarily through acquisitions, secondarily through greenfield investments. Első Magánegészségügyi Hálózat Zrt. aims to provide high quality insurance and healthcare services throughout the country.

Concorde MB Partners supported Union Biztosító in creating the joint venture, and developing its syndicate structure.