In the final straight for the Share capital increase With the aim of raising € 48 million for the implementation of an investment plan of more than € 100 million by the end of 2026 and the simultaneous strengthening and expansion of the shareholder base is the IDEAL Holdings.
As part of an event held today (10.6.2025), in the presence of senior executives from the banking and financial system as well as press representatives, the IDEAL Holdings administration presented the results of its proven successful investment strategy with continuous investment growth, as well as the strategy for the forthcoming growth strategy, attractive investment proposal.
Mr. Lambros Papakonstantinou, Chairman of the Board of Directors Ideal Holdings said in this regard: “Today we are entering a new and promising cycle of growth. By recognizing the important investment opportunities in the Greek market, we aim to accelerate investment activity with new acquisitions and to give the investment public the opportunity to participate in our already upward trend. With the funds that will be raised from the share capital increase, combined with increased liquidity, we aim for a new prospect of strong returns for our investment, investors and shareholders and the Greek market as a whole. “
IDEAL Holdings’ share capital increase will take place with the issue of 8 million new shares with a range of € 5.8–6.10, which corresponds to about 15% of the company’s current capitalization.
The public offer will run from Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 10:00 am by Friday, June 13, 2025 at 15:00 pm, with the allocation of 2.4 million shares to existing shareholders and 5.6 million shares for new investors. The negotiation of the new shares on the Athens Stock Exchange is expected to begin on June 18.
It is noted that the new investors who participate in the public bid will have the right to return capital (€ 0.30 per share) distributed on August 1, 2025.
Reliable and efficient dividend policy
Ideal Holdings has achieved, within 4 years, yields of 2.2x over initially investing funds (COC) while, with the scheduled refund, the reward for shareholders is a total of EUR 45 million (EUR 0.98 per share).
Investments of EUR 390 million from 2021 until today
Over 4 years, Ideal Holdings has completed investments of € 390 million in the Greek market. It currently has an expanded portfolio of companies with high annual operational performance and profitability in the department store (ATTICA), Food (Barba) and IT (ADacom, Byte, Bluestream and subsidiaries) and are directly and indirectly employed by more than 3,400 employees.
Within 2025, significant milestones on the course of Ideal Holdings are:
- Entrance to the durable food industry with the acquisition of Barba Stathis, an emblematic and historic Greek company,
- Completion of corporate restructuring in the IT sector for cost and functionality optimization and focus on the development of integrated solutions and services and
- The international confirmation of its investment strategy with the agreement with Oak Hill Advisors (OHA), the world’s leading investor with total funds over € 300 million to Ideal Holdings. OHA’s first investment (€ 61.5 million) has already been completed.
Its high financial performance is reflected in the financial results of the first quarter of 2025 where it presented an EBITDA comparable profits of EUR 11.1 million increased by +52% and comparable earnings before taxation of EUR 6.3 million increased by +113% compared to the first quarter 2024.