October 2010

Resource Partners invested in the development of MAVIT Medical Center

Funds managed by Resource Partners participated in the capital increase and acquired a 30% equity stake in Centrum Medyczne MAVIT Sp. z o.o. (“MAVIT Medical Center”)
We decided to attract new equity in order to accelerate our investment plans, which include supplementing our specialized hospital in Katowice with a new ophthalmology ward” said Ryszard Stolarski, co-founder and Head of Supervisory Board at MAVIT Medical Center. 
We made the decision to acquire new shares in MAVIT Medical Center as we believe in the future prospects of the medical services sector and as we are impressed by the quality of MAVIT’s management, high quality of the services performed and the level of patients’ satisfaction” said Aleksander Kacprzyk, Managing Partner at Resource Partners.

We have gained a reliable partner, with significant experience in healthcare and businesses development, who will enable financing of our current development plan, as well as of future expansion ideas” – stressed Andrzej Mądrala, co-founder and CEO of MAVIT Medical Center.

Our investment strategy is to support ambitious development plans of successful entrepreneurs without taking over control of their companies. We are not only providing the resources to enable rapid expansion, but also – in the spirit of partnership and shared responsibility - we provide our expertise in long-term value creation.” – indicated Ryszard Wojtkowski, Managing Partner at Resource Partners.

MAVIT Medical Center was established in 2000 as a Private Healthcare Facility and has been operating an ophthalmology center in Bielany district of Warsaw since then. In 2003 the Company opened an ophthalmology diagnostics center in Ursynów district of Warsaw. MAVIT Medical Center has so far served over 93 thousand ophthalmological patients, performed over 15.5 thousand of cataract removal procedures and 6 thousand of laser eye correction procedures.

This year a new specialized hospital was opened in Katowice. The hospital includes a laryngological and a maxillofacial surgery ward, as well as offers advanced audiology diagnostic. Opening a new state-of-the-art ophthalmological ward in the Katowice hospital is scheduled for 2011.

Resource Partners advises private equity funds specializing in growth financing of consumer goods and service companies. Resource Partners operates in Central and Eastern Europe and has among its LP’s such leading international financial institutions as: AXA Private Equity, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Fund and Rabobank.

Ryszard Stolarski
Head of Supervisory Board
Centrum Medyczne Mavit sp. z o.o.
Tel. +48 501 531 500    
Email: rstolarski@mavit.pl    
Ryszard Wojtkowski
Managing Partner
Resource Partners sp. z o.o.
Tel. +48 601 250-101
Email: ryszard.wojtkowski@resourcepartners.eu

 

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