BXR Mining B.V. (“BXRM”)
An investment company, which is indirectly owned by BXR Group Limited. The company owns approximately 63.7 % of A shares of NWR.
BXR Group Limited (“BXRG”)
An investment holding company that focuses on Central and Eastern Europe. The group is indirectly owned by Mr. Zdenek Bakala and other North American and EU investors. NWR represents the group’s most significant holding.
Zdenek Bakala
Zdenek Bakala has been involved in finance and business in the Czech Republic and the CEE since the early 1990s and as a result is an established figure in the Czech business community. Mr. Bakala is originally from, and has retained close ties with, the Czech Republic, establishing and building businesses and serving on boards of companies in the CEE region. In 1991, Mr. Bakala established the Prague office of Credit Suisse First Boston and, in 1994, he founded Patria Finance, one of the largest investment banking boutiques in the Czech Republic. In 2008, Mr. Bakala acquired a majority shareholding in Economia, a Czech publishing house. Mr. Bakala is a Non-Executive Director of NWR.
