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Founded in 2007

By Cristian and Mihai Logofătu as an IT education company.

Joint-stock company (SA) - 2009

Bittnet transforms into a joint-stock company (SA) following the capital increase using profits generated in 2008.

Capital infusion from business angel - 2012

Răzvan Căpățînă, in exchange for a 24% stake in Bittnet.

Bittnet Advisory Board - 2012

Creation of the Bittnet Advisory Board, consisting of recognised investors and entrepreneurs

Listing on AeRO - march 2015

Lists on AeRO, company attracts €150,000 in exchange for 10% from Polish fund Carpathia Capital.

First bond issuance - july 2016

Attracts €950,000 through first issuance of corporate bonds (BNET19) on AeRO.

Profit capitalization - august 2016

Capitalizes profit of €200,000.

Capital increase - march 2017

Raises €175,000 through AeRO in exchange for 7% stake in the company.

First Takeover - april 2017

Announces takeover of GECAD NET.

Profit capitalization - july 2017

Capitalizes profit of  €320,000.

Second bond issuance - september 2017

Attracts €1,000,000 through issuing corporate bonds (BNET22) – capital used to acquire GECAD NET.

New takeovers - march 2018

Announces purchasing of 51% stake in ELIAN Solutions and 25% stake in EQUATORIAL.

Rebranding - april 2018

Rebrands GECAD NET to Dendrio – first multi-cloud integrator in Romania.

Third bond issuance - july 2018

Attracts €1,000,000 through BNET23 bonds for M&A in ELIAN and EQUATORIAL.

Significant transaction - october 2018

Announces intention to acquire the IT&C integration division of Crescendo International.

Crescendo M&A bonds - december 2018 /january 2019

Attracts €4,000,000 through bonds BNET23A and BNET23C.

BNET19 repayment - january 2019

Callback and repayment of BNET19 bonds.

Historical milestone, market capitalization - may 2019

Bittnet Group reaches historical milestone with market capitalization of over 100 million ron.

Audited financial results in IFRS format - november 2019

Publishes audited financial results in IFRS format for 2016-2017-2018.

The most liquid company on the AeRO market - december 2019

The most liquid company on the AeRO market (23% of total transactions), the 17th most liquid on the main market.

The transfer on the main market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange - january 2020

The SGM approves the transfer on the main market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange and elects the board of directors (Mihai Logofatu, Cristian Logofatu, Lucian Anghel).

The capital increase operation - march /april 2020

Completes the capital increase operation, 9 million ron

The first IT company listed on BVB - june 2020

Starts trading on the regulated market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange – the first IT company listed on BVB.

BNET included in the BVB indices - october 2020

BNET shares are included in BVB indices: BET-XT, BET-XT-TR, BET-BK and BET-Plus.

BNET enters FTSE indices - february 2021

Bittnet shares are included in the FTSE Global Micro Cap and Total-Cap indices.

New acquisitions - november /december 2020

Acquisition of 23% of The e-Learning Company shares and 25% of Softbinator Technologies.

The first cross-border M&A - march 2021

Bittnet’s first cross-border M&A: The Group announces its intention to acquire 35% of Servodata, an IT&C solutions integrator in the Czech Republic. (M&A project canceled at the moment)

Repayment of the bond issuance - april 2021

Bittnet Group announces the repayment of BNET22 bond issuance.

Signing of multiple M&A transactions: ITPrepared, Nenos Software and Nonlinear - August 2021

Signing of investment agreements to take over majority stakes in the companies ITPrepared (rebranded: Optimizor – an IT managed services company), Nenos Software and Nonlinear (last two – software companies)

Signing of M&A transactions: ISEC Associates and Computer Learning Center - August 2021

Signing of investment contracts with the 2 companies that were part of the Provision group through which the majority stakes in ISEC (a cybersecurity company) and CLC (a IT training company) were taken over

Autodesk business Sale - September 2021

Sale of the division/business related to the Autodesk vendor for the amount of 450.000 euro by Dendrio

Acquisition of Global Resolution Experts (rebranded: FORT) - December 2021

Signing of the M&A contract for the acquisition of the majority stake in the cybersecurity company FORT

Signing of M&A contracts with TopTech and 2Net Computer - March-April 2022

Signing of acquisition contracts for the takeover of the two companies (with business in Transylvania) in the group’s Digital Infrastructure division

Co-opting a strategic investor in Dendrio

Sale of 12% of Dendrio Solutions to the investment fund Agista Investements for the amount of 7 million ron

Signing of the M&A contract with Dataware Consulting - December 2022

for the acquisition of 70% of the IT systems integrator – Dataware Consulting

Receiving the Competition Council's approval - July-September 2022

For the full takeover of the two companies: TopTech and 2Net. Signing of the closing certificates with the sellers and of the investment loan that partially financed the two M&As with Banca Transilvania

Private placement of BNET26E bonds - December 2022

the first euro bonds issue carried out by Bittnet (2 million eur – BNET26E)

Strategic investor co-optation in TopTech - December 2022

Sale of a 14% stake in TopTech to the investment fund Agista Investments for the amount of 3 million ron

Repayment at maturity of BNET23C bonds - January 2023

Bittnet reimbursed investors the amount of 10 million ron – the principal borrowed in January 2019

Share capital increase - January-March 2023

Conducting a public offering of new BNET shares and increasing the issuer’s capital by approx 30 million ron

BNET26E bond listing - March 2023

Admission to trading of euro-denominated bonds BNET26E

The first IPO of corporate bonds - May 2023

The first Bittnet bond IPO through which the issuer raised a committed financing of 5 million ron through the BNET27A issue

Repayment of the BNET23 bond issue - July 2023

Redemption of BNET23 bonds at maturity – repayment of the principal borrowed (4.7 million ron)

Full acquisition of Dataware Consulting - December 2023

Signing the contract for taking over the 30% difference from the IT systems integrator Dataware

A new IPO of corporate bonds - December 2023

Raising 10 million ron in financing from Bucharest Stock Exchange investors through the issuance of BNET28 bonds

Reorganization of Bittnet group into 4 pillars/business units

As a result of the multiple M&A projects carried out between 2018-2023, the group’s management decided to organize the companies into 4 main divisions/business units: Digital(Cloud) Infrastructure, IT Education, Cybersecurity and Platforms and software development.

Elections for a new Board of Directors - January 2024

The GSM to elect a new composition of the Board of Directors consisting of 5 members

BNET28 bond listing - February 2024

Admission to trading on the BSE regulated market of BNET28 bonds, issued in December 2023

A new IPO of BNET28A bonds - April-May 2024

The third public offering of corporate bonds in Bittnet’s history – raising 6.6 million ron from investors and listing them on the BSE regulated market

FORT share start to trading on AeRo market - May 2024

Listing on the AeRO-SMT market for the cybersecurity pillar, after (December 2023) it carried out a private placement of new shares through which it raised the amount of 1.67 million ron in new capital

BNET share buyback program of own shares - August 2024

Approval and initiation of a share buyback program up to 10 million BNET shares

Signing of an MoU for listing of Dendrio in Sweden - September 2024

Reaching an agreement in principle for the listing of the Digital Infrastructure pillar through a reverse-listing procedure on the Swedish capital market (part of Stuttgart Boerse Group)

Consolidation of holdings in the Digital Infra pillar, around Dendrio - April-October 2024

As part of the restructuring and simplification processes and the group structure – the companies in the Digital pillar (Dataware and TopTech) were integrated and rebranded around Dendrio Solutions

Rebranding of Digital Infrastructure pillar companies - November 2024

Dataware and TopTech companies have been rebranded under Dendrio, becoming Dendrio Innovations and Dendrio Technology respectively. Dendrio Solutions owns 100% of the two newly rebranded companies

Merger of 2Net Computer into Dendrio Technology (formerly TopTech) - Aug Dec 2024

Considering the profile of the two companies and the geography in which they carry out their activities (Transylvania region) , 2Net was merged by absorption into Dendrio Technology.

Company merger in the Education pillar - Aug-Dec.2024

Given the similar profile of the companies in the IT education area, the management has made the decision that Equatorial Training and Computer Learning Center will be merged by absorption into Equatorial Gaming. Part of the procedures to simplify the Bittnet group structure

Regarding in the Platforms and software pillar - November Dec 2024

The company acquired in December 2023, Kepler Management Systems, was rebranded as Elian Development Systems and integrated under Elian Solutions.

Cybersecurity Pillar Sale - FORT - December 2024

The first exit of a pillar/company within Bittnet group was the sale at the end of 2024 of Fort SA in a transaction of 23.5 million ron

Eqatorial Gaming rebranding to Bittnet Training - January 2025

Sale of Optimizer (ITPrepared) - May 2025

The sale of the majority stake in the IT managed services company Optimizor (ITPrepared) brought an IRR of approx 40%. The transaction price amounted to 6.12 million ron.