Brewpole B.V. is a defunct Brewery holding company that became part of Browary Zywiec S.A. It was a Dutch

holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the Security (finance), securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own Share ...

for Polish breweries founded in March 1993. During the period from March 1993 through December 1997, Brewpole acquired controlling shareholdings in four leading Polish breweries: Elbrewery, Heveliusz, Warka and Lezajsk. The combined

market share Market share is the percentage of the total revenue or sales in a Market (economics), market that a company's business makes up. For example, if there are 50,000 units sold per year in a given industry, a company whose sales were 5,000 of those ...

of the Brewpole Group in 1998 was 28%. Brands within the Brewpole Group included EB, Hevelius, Warka, Warka Strong, Lezajsk, Specjal, Gdanskie and Kaper. In December 1998, the shareholders of Brewpole B.V. sold the company to Browary Zywiec S.A. in a reverse acquisition (as Zywiec had a market share of 12%) and Brewpole B.V. was liquidated 24 November 1999. The subsequent merger with

Heineken Heineken Lager Beer (), or simply Heineken (), is a Dutch pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. History On 15 February 1864, ...

was cleared by EU competition authorities.

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