More than 15 potential investors have shown interest in acquiring JSC First Kyiv Machine-Building Plant (formerly the Bilshovyk plant) at a privatization auction, the press service of the State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine has reported.
“As a result of high-quality preparation [of the enterprise for privatization], more than 15 potential investors have already shown interest in this asset, as evidenced by the non-disclosure agreements they signed to obtain detailed information on the enterprise,” the SPF said in a Friday press release.
The press service recalled that the SPF carried out “comprehensive work to stabilize this asset, defended the state interest in courts and returned the illegally alienated property, provided a deep audit of the enterprise and, despite all the obstacles, prepared the Bilshovyk plant for the privatization auction.”
The press service of the State Property Fund also declared attempts to impede the transparent privatization of the enterprise, and called them evidence of “the helplessness of the shadow employees separated from the large-scale state asset.”
“It is such a large-scale facility that the Bilshovyk plant is, which for decades was destroyed and was brought to a critical state: UAH 500 million in debt, seized property and destroyed production turned this facility into ruins – only for the illegal income of some individuals,” the press service said.
