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By Albin Sybera Czech energy and media oligarch Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Corporate Group announced last week that it will acquire 20% of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe. “The parties agreed not to disclose any valuation of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the current fiscal year of ThyssenKrupp AG,” Kretinsky’s spokesperson and member of the board at Kretinsky’s Czech Media Invest, Daniel Castvaj, said in a press release. EPCG will acquire 20% and, in addition, is in talks to acquire a further 30% of the steel business in a pursuit of “forming a 50:50 joint venture,” the press r…

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