ROCA Industry, the first industrial holding of construction materials in Romania, listed on the AeRO Premium market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), owned by ROCA Investments, announces the completion of the second stage of the share capital increase (private placement stage). Held between January 16 and 30, 2024, a number of 6,245,777 new shares were subscribed during this stage, with a total value of RON 62.5 million.

In total, during the two stages of the capital increase, carried out in a context marked by multiple challenges for the capital market, 7,172,649 new shares with a nominal value of 10 RON were issued, ROCA Industry thus increasing its capital social with a total nominal value of 71.7 million RON. The company’s share capital is thus increased from the nominal value of 176.9 million RON to 248.7 million RON, according to the current report issued by ROCA Industry.

ROCA Industry is one of the strategic pillars of ROCA Investments, whose mission is to invest local capital in Romanian companies, generating impact in the country’s economy. ROCA Industry brings together medium-sized companies that would otherwise have a slower growth path and difficult access to capital, opening up new opportunities for accelerated development and financing through the capital market.

The endeavour to increase the share capital assumed by ROCA Industry is part of the holding’s strategy to list on the BVB main market, in order to ensure access to sustainable sources of financing for holding companies that have a major potential to become regional champions.

“We started this capital increase in an extremely difficult market context, marked by unpredictability and significant drops in industry indicators. However, we managed in the two rounds of the process to increase the holding’s capital, ensuring the continuity of our ambitious development strategies for the portfolio companies and their transformation into regional champions. Through the trust granted and their investment, the shareholders adhere to ROCA Industry’s mission to contribute to increasing the added value of the national economy, to increasing exports and to the expansion of Romanian companies outside the country”, says Ionuț Bindea, CEO of ROCA Industry.