New Issue of Lider: Shareholder Wars – How to Win When Conflict is Inevitable

The battle for the wealthy Adris shows how long-standing partnerships can quickly collapse. What to do to prevent this, and what when disagreements escalate?

In the new issue of Lider, in the weekly topic, Željka Laslavić, Tin Bašić, and Vanja Figenwald answer the question of how to protect oneself from takeovers or, on the other hand, achieve complete control over a company. Experts propose various mechanisms for attack and defense. In the end, it often comes down to the price offered by the acquirer. And supposedly, we all have a price. Even every small or large shareholder.

Gordana Gelenčer writes about how the failed monetization of roads poses the greatest danger for the electoral winner. Namely, Karamarko was against the monetization of roads to come to power. Milanović abandoned monetization in an attempt to win a second term. And whoever wins will be burdened by a guarantee weight of 40 billion kuna for road companies…

We also bring the story of Robert Jukić, a Croatian businessman from Gothenburg, who has brought Croatian builders and furniture makers to Sweden. Namely, there is not enough workforce in Sweden to realize all projects from the large investment cycle, so all companies are welcome in the north. This high-standard market has been opened to Croatia by this businessman born in Nova Gradiška.

We also write about how forest owners will have to return 400 million kuna in forest fees. The Ministry of Agriculture has not yet notified most of the incentive funds from the compensation for the public utility functions of forests, so Hrvatske šume and 600 thousand other forest owners will have to return that money due to EU company rules. Negligence or preparation for granting state forests for concession?

In the Entrepreneurs section, we present one of the ten largest European manufacturers of toilet seats. Ivanićplast is a company that exports eighty percent of its products, and which entrepreneur Vitomir Klasić saved from bankruptcy. In just three days, he unblocked one of the five connected companies, this one which still operates successfully today.

In the world block, we bring an analysis of the mini-summit at the EU on the migrant crisis, which for many meant a sobering from humanitarian enthusiasm. Not only will the countries on the so-called Balkan route still be ‘hotspots’, but as stated in point 7 of the final document, they will ‘cooperate with the EIB, EBRD, and the Council of Europe Development Bank.’ We also write about Match, the group behind Tinder, an extremely successful dating service, which will test its market appeal by going public on the New York NASDAQ, just as users of its applications do.

In the new issue of Lider, we also bring two special supplements: Consultants and Savings.