Ströer announces strategic sale of its Turkish out-of-home media business to Turkish co-shareholder

COLOGNE, 11-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ströer successfully sold its Turkish out-of-home media business. The former co-shareholder Murat Ilbak acquired the 90% shareholding in Ströer Kentvizyon for a transaction value of around EUR 15m.

The Turkish business has not been part of Ströer’s core business since the termination of the contract for the City of Istanbul last year. The sale signals the end of the Cologne-based media company’s activities along the Bosporus.

By focusing on the German core business and future growth fields, the significance of the Turkish out-of-home business faded into the background. At the time of the sale, the Turkish business accounted for around 2% of revenue and just under 2% of the Ströer Group’s EBITDA. The deconsolidation will bolster the Company’s profitability in the long term with a view to the planned portfolio optimizations and further sharpen its financial profile. The transaction is slightly accretive for Ströer in terms of earnings and cash.

“The macroeconomic situation in Turkey is looking increasingly gloomy. Due to this and in light of the upcoming tender, we consider a continuation of our by far most significant contract in Ankara unlikely. This is why we decided to take the final step and sell our Turkish company,” said Udo Müller, founder and Co-CEO of Ströer SE & Co. KGaA.

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SOURCE: Ströer Group