The Central European Investment group Penta has signed an agreement to sell 100% stake of Drumet Liny i Druty Sp.z o.o. to the strategic investor WireCo World Group. The value and terms of the transaction will not be disclosed. The transaction is subject of the Antimonopoly Office clearance. Drumet is a European producer of steel wires, wire ropes and steel staple band with a dominant position on the domestic market and significant presence in Western Europe in particular in Germany and Benelux countries.

Penta Investments, a Central European investment group, has become the owner of a 88.71 percent stake in the Dexia banka Slovensko. As of 1 April 2011 Jan Rollo takes up the position as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dexia banka Slovensko. He was appointed by the Supervisory Board of the Bank and approved by the National Bank of Slovakia. The Antimonopoly Office SR and the National Bank of Slovakia consented to the transaction.

Enterprise Investors has announced a deal to acquire a 27% share of Polish digital advertising firm Screen Network. The investment will be made through the Enterprise Venture Fund I, and is worth €2 million. The new funding will enable Screen Network to ramp up expansion plans which include outdoor signage and advertising, and what's known in the industry as Digital Out-Of-Home Media (DOOHM). The Screen Network deal marks the ninth investment for the Enterprise Venture Fund I thus far.

Poland's Enterprise Investors has agreed to a deal involving the sale of its entire stake in PharmaSwiss to Canadian pharmaceutical company Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. Enterprise Investors will get € 52.5 million for its share; the remainder of the PharmaSwiss shareholders will also sell, giving Valeant 100% ownership at a total cost estimated to be near € 350 million. Enterprise Investors originally invested in PharmaSwiss with a capital increase in 2008 via its Polish Enterprise Fund VI.

Citing the great potential of Poland's Meritum Bank, Wolfensohn Capital Partners is joining with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Innova Capital to pump yearly €34 million of new financing into the bank. The new funding will be used to expand Meritum's current services, develop new ones, and complete an ongoing restructuring process.