The shareholders of Verkhnodniprovsky Machine-Building Plant JSC (VMZ, Dnipro region) plan to allocate UAH 43.107 million from retained earnings as of the end of 2023 for dividends, according to the agenda of the annual shareholders’ meeting scheduled for April 30.
According to the draft decision of the meeting, it is planned to pay dividends at the rate of UAH 1.61 per share (nominal value UAH 0.35). The remaining UAH 0.114 million is planned to remain undistributed.
The announcement does not contain any data on the company’s financial performance, but according to the Clarity-project resource, VMZ’s net profit in 2023 amounted to UAH 43.107 million, up 59.2% year-on-year, and retained earnings at the beginning of 2024 amounted to UAH 70.13 million.
According to the company’s website, based on the results of 2022, in the period from November 1, 2023, to April 29, 2024, it will pay dividends to shareholders in the amount of UAH 27.024 million (UAH 1.012 per share) out of the net profit of UAH 27.026 million.
According to the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), as of the third quarter of 2023, more than 62.13% of VMZ shares are owned by Viktor Rasporsky, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and another 31.07% belongs to Andrey Rasporsky.
Verkhnedneprovsky Machine-Building Plant specializes primarily in the development and manufacture of specialized railway rolling stock, non-standard equipment for car building and car repair.
According to Clarity-project, in 2023, VMZ’s net income increased by 45.2% compared to 2022, to UAH 155.12 million.
Number of vacancies as of 31.01.2024 (thousand units) according to the data of the state employment center
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
Since August 2023, the maritime corridor across the Danube created by the Ukrainian Navy has exported almost 33.8 million tons of cargo, which exceeds the performance indicators of the “grain initiative,” said Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine, Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development (Ministry of Reconstruction).
“Over 7 months, 33.8 million tons of goods were exported through the Ukrainian corridor. This exceeds the volume of exports for the whole year of the Grain Initiative,” he wrote on the social network X.
It is specified that 1.14 thousand vessels were sent from the ports of Greater Odesa to 40 countries.
Of the 33.8 million tons of cargo transported through the Ukrainian sea corridor, 23.1 million tons were the products of Ukrainian farmers. At the same time, 33 million tons of agricultural products were exported during the year of the Grain Initiative, Kubrakov noted.
According to the Ministry of Reconstruction, in January 2024, the volume of agricultural exports through the corridor amounted to 3.4 million tons, with a total export volume of 7.8 million tons, including other cargoes, in February – 2.7 million tons with a total of 8 million tons of cargo delivered abroad, in March – 2.1 million tons with 6.3 million tons, respectively.
According to Kubrakov, 150 vessels are currently waiting to approach the ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi, which are expected to export almost 5 million tons of cargo.
“We can say that we have reached almost pre-war export volumes from the ports of Greater Odesa, and we have introduced a much more efficient logistics route without the participation of the aggressor state, while continuing to be a guarantor of the world’s food security. This is another joint victory of the state, the Joint Defense Forces and the entire maritime infrastructure industry,” he wrote on Facebook.
Earlier it was reported that in February, exports from Ukraine via the sea corridor reached a record 8 million tons. In mid-March, Deputy Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Yuriy Vaskov said that more than 1,000 vessels had sailed through the Ukrainian sea corridor since its launch, transporting almost 31 million tons.
After obtaining the necessary permits from the Ukrainian Navy, the corridor began operating around the clock.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has imposed penalties on TAScombank, as well as financial companies “Ap. Mi. Finance” and “Hertz” for a total amount of UAH 272 thousand, stated on the website of the regulator.
“TASkombank” was fined for UAH 170 thousand for providing the NBU with statistical reporting data in violation of the procedure for their formation, which led to repeated provision within six months of reporting data with insignificant errors.
Meanwhile, Ap. Mi. Finance” and “Hertz” were fined UAH 51 thousand each for late submission of reports: for December 2023 and January of the current year, respectively.
These decisions were made on the basis of the results of off-site monitoring within the framework of the payment infrastructure oversight function and came into force on March 25, 2024.
Violators are obliged to pay the fine within five business days from the date of receipt of the relevant decision of the regulator.
Ap. mi. Finance, Hertz, NATIONAL BANK, NBU, TASCOMBANK, UKRAINE
Insurance company Quorum (Kyiv) in 2023 collected insurance premiums in the amount of UAH 49.5 mln, which is 35.2% more than in the same period a year earlier, said the rating agency (RA) Standard-Rating in the information on updating the credit rating / financial strength rating of the company on the national scale at the level of “uaAA”.
It is specified that the rating was updated on the basis of the analysis of the company’s results for the mentioned reporting period.
Receipts from individuals in IC for this period have grown by 36,36%, up to UAH 30,394 mln, and from reinsurers were absent. The share of individuals in gross premiums at the end of 2023 amounted to 61,42%.
Insurance payments sent to reinsurers amounted to UAH 16,067 million, which is 66,70% higher than in the same period of 2022. Thus, the ratio of reinsurers’ participation in insurance premiums has increased by 6,14 p.p., up to 32,47%.
Net premiums of the insurer have increased by 23,92%, to UAH 33,421 mln, and earned premiums – by 20,90%, to UAH 33,296 mln.
The volume of insurance payments and indemnities made by IC “Quorum”, in 2023 compared to the year before has decreased by 31,91%, to UAH 6,468 mln, and the level of indemnities has decreased by 12,88 p.p., to 13,07%.
The company’s activity in the analyzed period was profitable. Thus, the profit from operating activities increased 8.4 times, to UAH 11.348 mln compared to 2022, and net profit – almost 12 times, to UAH 10.153 mln.
Assets of the company as of January 1, 2024 have grown by 28,92% to UAH 63,969 mln, shareholders’ equity has increased by 30,37% to UAH 56,032 mln, liabilities have shown growth by 19,50% to UAH 7,937 mln, cash and cash equivalents have grown by 47,99% to UAH 44,408 mln.
IC Quorum was established in March 2014, specializing in risk insurance.
PrJSC Odesa Cognac Factory, one of the largest cognac producers in Ukraine, reduced its loss to UAH 6.658 million in 2023 compared to a net loss of UAH 44.434 million in 2022.
According to the company’s report in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), its assets decreased by 2.7% to UAH 989.587 million over the year, while total receivables decreased by 7.9% to UAH 575.267 million.
At the same time, the company increased its revenue by 22.8% year-on-year to UAH 1.166 billion. At the same time, the staff of Odesa Cognac Factory PJSC decreased by 45 people over the year to 300 employees.
According to the report, at the annual shareholders’ meeting on April 29, it is planned to terminate the powers of the supervisory board and make a number of changes to the company’s charter, and then delegate the powers of the current chairman of the supervisory board to sign contractual relations with the newly elected members of the board.
According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs, Odesa Cognac Factory PrJSC is owned by Ukrainian businessman and owner of the Global Spirits alcohol holding Yevhen Cherniak.
Global Spirits is a large international alcohol holding company that unites Khortytsia Distillery (Zaporizhzhia), Odesa Cognac Factory (Odesa) and Ukrainian Distribution Company. The central office is located in New York (USA).
The holding owns more than 15 local, regional and international brands: “Khortytsia, Pervak, Shustov, Morosha, Oreanda, San Marino, Mikado, Medovukha, etc.
Global Spirits products are exported to more than 87 countries.
On February 24, 2022, Global Spirits revoked its license to manufacture and distribute its products in the Russian market due to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.
