Resource Partners

Funds advised by Resource Partners will suport SPS Handel in taking active part in consolidation of the Polish retail and distribution market. We are interested in both small and large retail chains. We have already identified several potential targets – says Ryszard Wojtkowski, Managing Partner of Resource Partners.

Private equity funds from Resource Partners group will invest PLN 30m in Melvit – producer of groats and cereals. The money will be used for acquisitions in Poland and Baltics.

Resource Partners will invest PLN30 million in a producer of groats and flakes –Melvit. The funds will be used for M&As in Poland and the Baltic countries.

"We will help our portfolio company, SPS Handel, to take part in the rapid consolidation of the Polish retail and wholesale market. We are interested in large and small retail networks, and we are looking at some potential targets," said Ryszard Wojtkowski, Managing Partner of Resource Partners, in an interview with Portalspozywczy.pl

Funds managed by Resource Partners signed an investment agreement to participate in a capital increase in SPS Handel S.A. (“SPS”) in exchange for PLN 60 million investment.

Funds managed by Resource Partners signed an investment agreement to participate in a capital increase in Melvit S.A. (“Melvit”) in exchange for PLN 30 million investment.

We signed an investment agreement to acquire shares and increase capital in Interchem. Interchem S.A. Group was established in 1996. Since 2000 the company has been developing its network of “Aster” drugstores. Currently, the network includes 119 shops, mainly in the northeastern Poland, located in small and medium towns. The company is also one of the largest wholesalers in household and personal care products.

We signed an investment agreement to participate in a capital increase in Melvit according to which we will invest PLN30 million and acquire a significant minority stake. Established in 1998,Melvit S.A. specializes in the manufacturing, packaging and distribution of loose food ingredients such as groats, rice, flakes and flour. Products are offered under two brands: Melvit and Szczytno Premium, both in the traditional and modern trade.

We signed an investment agreement to participate in a capital increase in SPS Handel under which which we will invest PLN60 million and acquire a significant minority of shares.

Funds managed by Resource Partners participated in the capital increase and acquired a 30% equity stake in Centrum Medyczne MAVIT Sp. z o.o.

Carlyle spin-out Resource Partners has reached a third close on its debut fund on €158m against a target of €150m. The fund, CEE' s only first-time fund to raise money in 2009, overcame market negativity to reach a €51m first close last October and a second close on €102m in May this year.

Resource Partners, a private equity fund created by a former Carlyle Group team, has just closed the third transaction of its debut fund. The fund will manage EUR158 million, EUR8 million more than planned.

We signed an investment agreement to participate in a capital increase in Melvit, under which we acquired 30% of shares.

The newest private equity fund has PLN 1.2 billion for investments in the retail and consumer sector. We are interested in supporting growth of the companies rather than taking them over, says Ryszard Wojtkowski, Managing Partner of the Fund.

A new player on the private equity market has PLN1.2 billion to spend in consumer products sector. "We don't want to take over companies, we want to support their development," said Ryszard Wojtkowski, Managing Partner of the Fund.

AXA Private Equity, the leading European private equity firm, announced a strategic partnership with us. The goal of the partnership is investing in opportunities across Central and Eastern Europe. AXA Private Equity will commit EUR51 million to the funds managed by us.

AXA Private Equity, the leading European diversified private equity firm, today announces a strategic partnership with Resource Partners, one of Poland’s preeminent private equity advisers, to invest in opportunities across Central and Eastern Europe. AXA Private Equity will commit €51 million to the funds managed by Resource Partners.