Lacking the large Chinese investments in the mining sector that Serbia saw in the record year in 2018, deal value fell sharply. Nevertheless, the market remained very active with 47 deals outperforming most of the previous years on record. Activity in real estate & construction nearly halved and the sector tumbled from first to fourth place in terms of deal numbers, leaving food & beverage, manufacturing and telecoms & IT to take the first three places.
There remains a healthy level of interest from a mix of corporates and private equity buyers, and a good pipeline of deals ahead.
Volume and number of deals
Top five deals
| #1Target: Koncern Bambi Sector: Food & Beverage Stake: 100% Buyer: Coca-Cola HBC Country of buyer: Switzerland Deal Value: EUR 260m Value Source: 1 |
| #2Target: Lower zone of Timok copper-gold project Sector: Mining (incl. Oil & Gas) Stake: 56% Buyer: Zijin Mining Group Country of buyer: China Deal Value: EUR 234,8m Value Source: 1 |
| #3Target: Komercijalna Banka* Sector: Finance & Insurance Stake: 34.6% Buyer: Government of Serbia Country of buyer: Serbia Deal Value: EUR 153,7m** Value Source: 3 *The deals for Komercijalna Banka are separate ones with different sellers and valuation. **Deal value estimate based on the target’s closing stock price the last trading day prior the deal. |
| #4Target: Komercijalna Bank* Sector: Finance & Insurance Stake: 6.8% Buyer: Government of Serbia Country of buyer: Serbia Deal Value: EUR 43,7m Value Source: 1 *The deals for Komercijalna Banka are separate ones with different sellers and valuation. |
| #5Target: Eipix Entertainment Sector: Telecoms & IT Stake: 100% Buyer: Playrix Country of buyer: Russia Deal Value: 40,6m EUR Value Source: 2 |
Value Source:
- Official data
- Market estimate provided by EMIS and based on publicly available information
- EMIS estimate
Top three sectors
Telecoms & IT: 9 deals |
Manufacturing: 9 deals |
Food & Beverage: 6 deals |
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