CEZ, a. s. (SEP:CEZ) agreed to acquire SKODA JS a.s. from OMZ B.V. on June 17, 2022. CEZ is executing the complex transaction in cooperation with WOOD & Company, a leading investment bank in the CEE, which will hold the shares until the transaction is approved by the antitrust authorities. This approach will ensure that Škoda JS will cease to be endangered by sanctions immediately after signing of the transactions, while in normal circumstances this would happen only after CEZ has received the approval from the antitrust authorities to take over the company.