The Slovenian M&A market recorded 40 deals in 2019, which is broadly in line with the market’s long-term average. Fuelled by four deals with a value exceeding EUR 200m, the market had a relatively strong year in terms of deal value, which was up 31.5% y-o-y and reached EUR 1.4bn. Investment is mainly driven by domestic investors and those from neighbouring countries.
Activity in manufacturing nearly halved to just five deals and was overtaken by real estate & construction with nine, finance & insurance with eight, and telecoms & IT with seven, in terms of most active sector.
Volume and number of deals
Top five deals
| #1Target: Abanka Sector: Finance & Insurance Stake: 100% Buyer: Nova KBM Country of buyer: Slovenia Deal Value: EUR 444m Value Source: 1 |
| #2Target: SKB Banka Sector: Finance & Insurance Stake: 99.7% Buyer: OTP Bank Country of buyer: Hungary Deal Value: EUR 300m Value Source: 2 |
| #3Target: 19 Qlandia shopping centres Sector: Real Estate & Construction Stake: 100% Buyer: Supernova Country of buyer: Austria Deal Value: EUR 267m Value Source: 2 |
| #4Target: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) assets in Slovenia Sector: Media & Publishing Stake: 100% Buyer: PPF Group Country of buyer: Czech Republic Deal Value: EUR 208m* Value Source: 3 *Deal value estimate based on CME’s 2018 revenues attributable to Slovenia. |
| #5Target: Gorenjska banka* Sector: Finance & Insurance Stake: 43.9% Buyer: AIK Banka Country of buyer: Serbia Deal Value: EUR 50,8m** Value Source: 3 *The deals for Gorenjska banka are separate ones, in which AIK Banka first acquired a majority stake and then launched a tender offer. **Deal value estimate based on the price per share offered by AIK Banka. |
Value Source:
- Official data
- Market estimate provided by EMIS and based on publicly available information
- EMIS estimate
Top three sectors
Real Estate & Construction: 9 deals |
Finance & Insurance: 8 deals |
Telecoms & IT: 7 deals |
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