4iG Acquires RÁBA Automotive Holding

In an extraordinary announcement of 4iG Plc. published on the website of the Budaoest Stock Exchange on concluding non-binding Memorandums of Understanding and an Option Agreement, 4iG Public Limited Company (4iG) informs the participants of the capital market that on September 7, 2025 a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between 4iG Space and Defence Technologies Private Limited Company (4iG S&D) - a member of 4iG Group - and CSG DEFENCE a.s. (CSG DEFENCE).

In the MoU the parties stipulated that if 4iG S&D’s subsidiary, 4iG SDT EGY Plc., successfully completes the previously announced acquisition to obtain majority control in RÁBA Automotive Holding Plc. (RÁBA Plc.), including the completion of the mandatory public takeover bid, and if the customary due diligence of RÁBA Plc. is concluded with satisfactory results for CSG DEFENCE, then under the option agreement entered into between 4iG S&D and CSG DEFENCE, CSG DEFENCE may acquire a 49% ownership stake in 4iG SDT EGY Plc, which represents an indirect – depending on the outcome of the mandatory public takeover bid phase, up to 37% – stake in RÁBA Plc.

In addition, 4iG S&D and CSG DEFENCE agreed in the MoU that 4iG SDT EGY Plc will obtain exclusive rights in Hungary for the sale, assembly, servicing, and distribution of TATRA military vehicles. They also agreed to work jointly to ensure that RÁBA becomes the second largest supplier of TATRA vehicles worldwide, and that a manufacturing and development centre serving the Central European region will be established in Győr.

Czechoslovak Group (CSG) is a global industrial and technology group owned by Czech businessman Michal Strnad, developing and manufacturing products, systems, and technologies for the defence, aerospace, automotive, and other strategic industries. Its production facilities operate, among others, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, and India, and its products are exported worldwide. Its key companies include Excalibur Army, Tatra Trucks, MSM Group, The Kinetic Group and Eldis.