J&T Private Equity takes 7.9 pct in Slovenia's Petrol

Petrol dd Ljubljana

25/03/2015 15:00

PRAGUE, March 25 (Reuters) - A unit of J&T Private Equity 
Group has taken an over 7.9 percent stake in Slovenia's main 
fuel retailer Petrol, expanding its drive into the 
petrochemicals industry, the financial group said on Wednesday. 
    Petrol company operates 479 filling stations in Slovenia, 
Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo and posted a net 
profit of 60.7 million euros  ($66.58 million) last year. 
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    The stake was taken by J&T Investment Opportunities Limited, 
a subsidiary of JTPEG.   
    JTPEG has been spun off from the closely held Czecho-Slovak 
financial group J&T,  
($1 = 0.9117 euros) 
 
 (Reporting by Jan Lopatka) 
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Keywords: PETROL JTPEG/