The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has permitted Cygnet Center LLC, part of the Cygnet Group, to acquire a stake in the charter capital of private enterprise Ruzhynsky Krai (both based in Zhytomyr region), which would grant over 50% of the votes in the management body of the agricultural company, the committee has reported on its website. “The committee permitted the company to acquire a private enterprise. After this acquisition the land bank of the Cygnet Group would expand by 5,500 ha, to 29,000 ha,” CFO of Cygnet Group Volodymyr Bondarenko told Interfax-Ukraine.
Cygnet was founded in 2011. The group cultivates around 24,000 ha in Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia region where it plans corn, soybeans, wheat and sugar beets.
The group also has dairy business (around 700 cows). The silo capacity is 60,000 tonnes. The group unites Cygnet Holding LLC, Cygnet Center LLC and Cygnet Milk LLC.
