The investment holding company SFI (PJSC "EsEfAi") and Alfa-Bank have agreed on the purchase by the bank of 87.5% of shares of the independent car leasing company PJSC "LC "Europlan". This is stated in the message of the parties.
As part of the deal, Europlan is valued at 65 billion rubles for 100% of the company's shares.
The parties signed legally binding documents. The transaction is scheduled to be completed after the closure of the Europlan shareholder register in order to pay dividends for the first nine months of 2025, receive corporate approvals and consent from the Federal Antimonopoly Service. The final purchase price will be adjusted for the amount of these dividends. The company's shareholders' meeting, scheduled for December 4, will consider the issue of paying dividends in the amount of 6.96 billion rubles. After closing the transaction, Alfa-Bank will send a mandatory offer to buy back shares from Europlan's minority shareholders within the time limits prescribed by law.
LC Europlan (SFI asset) is a Russian non—governmental car leasing company. It provides a full range of services for leasing and further operation of passenger cars, trucks, commercial vehicles, as well as special equipment.
The key management staff owns 1.2% of the shares.
As of the end of June 2025, the company employs 2,908 employees.
The net profit of LC Europlan under IFRS for 2024 amounted to 14.9 billion rubles. Net profit excluding the one—time effect of the increase in the income tax rate is 17.2 billion rubles.
Europlan's net profit under IFRS for the first half of 2025 fell by 78% to RUB 19 billion. compared to a year earlier.
SFI (PJSC "EsEfAi") is a public diversified investment holding company with a portfolio of assets consisting of Russian companies. SFI combines leasing and insurance assets, invests in large minority stakes in industrial and retail companies.
The company's share structure as of December 31, 2024: 72.26% of the shares are owned by Russian legal entities owned by entrepreneur Said Gutseriev; 23.1% of the shares are in free circulation and owned by legal entities and individuals; 4.64% of the shares are owned by the holding itself.
EsEfAi's net profit under IFRS for the first half of 2025 amounted to 5.9 billion rubles against 15.2 billion rubles. a year earlier.
Alfa-Bank JSC (TIN 7728168971) was founded in 1990 and is a universal bank that performs most of the main types of banking operations on the financial services market.
Alfa-Bank's net profit in the first half of 2025 amounted to RUB 138.2 billion, which is twice as high as the result for the same period in 2024.
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