ROCA Industry submits to shareholders the approval of the transfer to the BVB main market

Aurel Constantin 17/05/2023 | 12:33

ROCA Industry, the first Romanian holding company of construction materials companies, owned by ROCA Investments, aims to integrate in its portfolio the company ELECTROPLAST, one of the largest cable manufacturers and leader of the cable market electricity for the railway infrastructure. The shareholders of ROCA Industry will vote in June on the transaction, together with the increase of the companies’ capital by a maximum of 150 million RON and the transfer of ROCA Industry from the AeRO market to the main market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

 

Considering the specifics of the holding, with a focus on the construction materials segment and the intention of consolidating its position on this market, ROCA Industry aims to acquire a 99.99% stake in ELECTROPLAST shares. This involves a transaction worth approximately 9 million EUR from ROCA Investments, the private equity company that owns ELECTROPLAST. With over 30 years of experience in the manufacture of copper and aluminum electrical cables, the company recorded at the end of 2022 a turnover of 134.0 million RON (+47% compared to 2021), EBITDA in the amount of 10.0 million RON – with a margin of 7.47% of turnover (vs -0.8% in 2021) and a net profit of 3.0 million RON (the net profit margin in 2022 is 2 ,3%). 

“ELECTROPLAST is one more of the companies with regional prospects that we want to integrate into the ROCA Industry holding company, along with the other seven companies that it owns directly or indirectly. This intention is part of the plan to continue the strategic construction of our industrial holding, of consolidation and accelerated development, through the acquisition of new companies and the creation of added value around them, through synergies and joint tools. We thus propose to move to the next level of development, by submitting to the approval, during June, by the shareholders of the increase of the holding’s capital up to 150 million RON and of the transfer to the main market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange. We intend to become a landmark for the Romanian industry which, through a future listing on the main market of the Stock Exchange, ROCA Industry can reach the position of a first league player in the economy,” declares Ionuț Bindea, CEO of ROCA Industry.

The ROCA Industry holding company, founded in September 2021 and listed in January 2022 on the AeRO market of BVB, is aiming for a new level of development, by listing on the main market of the Stock Exchange. Thus, along with access to diversified sources of capital, through exposure to a new range of sophisticated professional investors or institutional investment funds, the holding will strengthen its visibility for the development of strategic partnerships, but also the international exposure and the credibility needed to scale the activity at European level. “In order to develop industrial champions that matter on the map of Europe, listing on the BVB main market is a mandatory step, and our construction to date reconfirms the strategic vision of the holding”, adds the company representative.

In the first quarter (Q1) of this year, ROCA Industry companies reported a cumulative turnover of 95.4 million RON, up 0.4% compared to Q1 2022, while in 2022 ROCA Industry reported cumulative revenues of almost 400 million lei. In the first quarter of the year, the productive companies within ROCA Industry achieved a cumulative EBITDA of 4.4 million RON, respectively an EBITDA margin of 4.6%.

At the holding level, ROCA Industry recorded financial income of 2.6 million RON, reporting a net profit of 1.3 million RON in Q1 2023.

The first months of the year were marked by inflationary pressure, the movements on the labor market, but also by the impact of access to credit under the effects of banking echoes on international markets. All this has led to a cautious reaction and hesitation in the building materials industry and its immediate users – the builders.

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