Romania’s Energy Ministry, as majority shareholder and Fondul Proprietatea as shareholder (20%) of Hidroelectrica approved payment of RON3.8 billion dividends by the country’s largest electricity producer, on April 28.
Agricover Group, the leader of the agribusiness market in Romania, ended 2021 with RON1.71 billion revenue, an increase of 50% year-on-year, as a result of an increase in market shares, it said in a release. Consolidated revenue stood at RON1.13 billion in 2020.
Romanian maker of parts for gas turbines and aircraft Turbomecanica (TBM.RO) has approved distribution of RON10.1 million dividends, the company said in a report to the Bucharest stock Exchange.
Erste Group, which owns Romanian lender Banca Comerciala Romana, on Friday published a report on the economy of the Central and Eastern European countries, in which it revised its forecast for Romania’s economic growth to 2.8% of the GDP.
ROCA Industry, a holding company set up by ROCA Investments as Holdingorck1 with the Trade Register, which serves as an umbrella for various Romanian construction material manufacturers, announced the acquisition wire product manufacturer Dial in Harsova in its entirety in a EUR14 million deal.
Regional investment fund SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) shareholders approved distribution of 39.95% of the 2021 net profit (RON37.5 million) or RON15 million as dividends, which ensures a gross dividend per share of RON0.03, during the general meeting whose decisions where published on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on April 28.
Recycling group Green Group, which includes eight companies with recycling and waste management operations in Romania and Eastern Europe, will relocate its Bucharest office to the One Tower building part of the multi-purpose complex One Floreasca City in July.
Romania's three-month ROBOR index, the interbank interest rate used as a reference to calculate variable interests for loans in lei taken out before May 2019, stood at 4.95% a year on Friday, April 29, an increase of 1.4% from 4.88% a year on Thursday (April 28), central bank data show.
Lender Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), controlled by Erste Group, ended the first quarter of 2022 with net profit worth RON477.5 million (EUR96.5 million), up 12.5% from RON424.6 million (EUR87.0 million) in 1Q/2021, owing to improved operating performance supported by ongoing strong lending.
In the context of the unprecedented high and volatile oil prices, generated by the Ukrainian war, and aid rising sales volumes, OMV Petrom, the biggest company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, saw its sales soar by 145% in the first three months of 2022 against the year-earlier period, while net profit tripled.