OREANDA-NEWS. On October 29, 2007 Home Credit B.V. informed that PPF Group N.V., the ultimate shareholder of Home Credit Group companies, announced change in the shareholders’ structure of PPF Group N.V, reported the press-centre of HCFB.

PPF Group N.V. has three owners: Petr Kellner with 94,36 per cent of shares, Jiri Smejc who acquired a 5 per cent stake in 2005, and newly Ladislav Bartonicek with 0,64 per cent of the shares.

You may find the complete text of PPF Group N.V. Press Release with details on the change in the shareholders' structure as of 23 October 2007 as the attachment.

Notes to Editors:
Companies of the Home Credit Group have been operating in the Central and Eastern European as well as Central Asian consumer finance markets and had granted loans in the combined principal of USD 2,7 billion as of 2006 year end. Home Credit Group maintains a leading position in the consumer finance markets of the Czech Republic (entered in 1997), the Slovak Republic (1999), the Russian Federation (2002) and the Republic of Kazakhstan (since December of 2005). Home Credit Group also entered the Ukrainian and Belarusian market in 2006.

The Home Credit Group belongs to the PPF international group of companies which has interests in insurance and consumer finance, and provides complex asset management services. During its 16 years in business, PPF Group has become a leading international financial investor, managing assets of over USD 10 billion as at the end of 2006.