Ringier Axel Springer Media AG
Azet.sk founds new subsidiary United Classifieds s.r.o. for all its classifieds business
Zürich (ots)
United Classifieds becomes sole owner of real-estate classifieds portal reality.sk / Akcionar s.r.o., a company controlled by Penta Investments, invests in United Classifieds
Effective December 1, 2015, Azet.sk, a company of Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia, transferred all its classifieds business, including 100% of Autovia s.r.o. and a 42.1% stake in Narks Infoservis a.s., into the newly founded subsidiary United Classifieds s.r.o. Subsequently, the new company acquired all outstanding shares in Narks Infoservis a.s. - the operator of the real-estate classifieds portal reality.sk - from Akcionar s.r.o. and thereby became sole owner of reality.sk.
Furthermore, Akcionar, a company controlled by Penta Investments, invested in United Classifieds s.r.o., becoming a 40% shareholder as financial investor. Azet.sk will have sole operational control of United Classifieds s.r.o. Its General Manager will be Katarina Trnovcova, former Head of Classifieds and Small and Medium-sized Businesses at Azet.sk.
Milan Dubec, CEO Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia and Azet.sk: "We are eager to develop our assets in the classifieds business with this new structure and to attract the best talent in the market. I congratulate Katarina Trnovcova on her new role as General Manager of United Classifieds and wish her much success."
Peter Andits, Investment Manager Penta Investments: "We see significant potential in the field of classifieds. We consider United Classifieds to be a good investment opportunity and trust in the competence of Azet.sk to further develop this business."
Azet.sk's portfolio in classifieds consists of the online-marketplace Bazar.sk, the real-estate classifieds portals Nehnutelnosti.sk Byty.sk, Chaty.sk and Novostavby.sk as well as the automotive classifieds sites Autobazar.sk, Autovia.sk, Noveauta.sk, ABmanager.sk, and Autozor.sk.
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