MetinvestB.V. (the Netherlands), the parent company of a vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies, has established control over the largest Ukrainian producer of coking coal, PrJSC Pokrovske Mine Management (Donetsk region), of which the group became a minority shareholder in 2018.
According to the company’s statement in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission with reference to the information received on March 5 from Metinvest B.V., on March 4, 2021, the company received the ownership of a controlling stake in PrJSC Pokrovske Mine Management.
“On March 4, 2021, Metinvest B.V., as a result of the acquisition of shares in the charter capital of Industrial Coal Holding (ICH), became indirectly the owner of 486148489 common registered shares of PrJSC Pokrovske Mine Management, became (directly and indirectly) the owner of 67.28% of the charter capital of PrJSC Pokrovske Mine Management,” according to the information of the enterprise in the commission.
At the same time, it is noted that, taking into account the above, the company Metinvest B.V. on March 4, 2021, it acquired the ownership of a controlling stake in PrJSC Pokrovske Mine Management. The highest price at which Metinvest B.V. and its affiliates acquired shares in PrJSC Pokrovske Mine Management is UAH 12.80 over the last 12 months.
Caris Ukraine LLC (Kyiv), controlled by South Korean Caris, intends to buy out the shares of minority shareholders of Strila crane building company (Brovary, Kyiv region), in which it owns 89.837% of shares.
According to the public irrevocable demand published in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine, the shares from the minority shareholders will be redeemed at UAH 129.4 per share (with a par value of UAH 110).
The charter capital of JSC Strila is UAH 6.21 million.
At present, Strila plant, which employed ten people by the beginning of this year, does not carry out production activities (since 2015), and receives main income from the sale of materials and partial lease of premises.
Caris, according to its information, has enterprises in many countries of the world, construction, logistics companies, companies for the production of innovative materials and components for road construction and traffic safety, and also has an R&D center that owns patented innovative technologies for the production of polymer and superhard materials used in heat power engineering, industrial electronics and mechanical engineering.
The volume of cash sales by the population in August 2020 exceeded the purchase volume by $151.2 million, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
According to the regulator, in August compared to July of this year, Ukrainians reduced the sale of foreign exchange by 6.2%, to $1.4 billion in equivalent, and also reduced the purchase by 1.8%, to $1.3 billion in equivalent.
In general, over the eight months of 2020, the volume of sales ($10.2 billion) of cash currency prevailed over the volume of purchases ($9 billion), the difference between which was $1.1 billion, according to the NBU data.
Eridon firm could acquire Van Hoof Ukraine Ltd (both from Kyiv region), which specializes in the supply of equipment for poultry and pig farming.
According to materials on the website of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC), the agency could allow Eridon to buy a stake in Van Hoof Ukraine, which will provide the buyer with over 50% of the voting shares on the company’s board.
Eridon is owned by Serhiy Krolevets. It distributes seeds, fertilizers, plant protection agents and is part of the Eridon group of companies. The group unites five agro-industrial enterprises, a seed plant, and a dairy farm.
According to the state register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, the ultimate beneficiary of Van Hoof Ukraine LLC is Ronabelo Limited (Nicosia, Cyprus).
The company operates in various areas of the agricultural sector. It supplies a full range of equipment for poultry and pig farms. It is also engaged in the supply of other new and used equipment (for the production of animal feed, tractors).
Van Hoof Ukraine LLC in 2018 received UAH 27.8 million in net profit compared to UAH 6.4 million in net loss in 2017. The company’s revenue last year increased 40% compared with 2017, to UAH 114.3 million.
The parliamentary committee for agricultural and land policy is finalizing the provisions that foreigners would not be able to buy land until the decision to allow this is made at a national referendum, Deputy Head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, MP Yevheniya Kravchuk has said.. “Today, the meeting of our faction was held with one issue on the agenda – the introduction of the land market. Discussions continue. But not about whether it is needed or not, but about the parameters of the functioning of the market. And that means that we have come very close to the optimal solution that will suit Ukraine most of all. Namely, the committee for agricultural and land policy is finalizing the provisions that foreigners will not be able to buy land until a decision on this is made at a national referendum,” Kravchuk wrote on her official page in the Facebook social network on Monday night.
The MP said that this is about the concentration of no more than 10,000-20,000 hectares of land in the hands of one operator.
“As for the concentration of land in the hands of one operator, the threshold will be significantly reduced. Discussion is about 10,000-20,000 hectares, which is 90% less than what was proposed for first reading,” Kravchuk said.
According to Kravchuk, it is necessary to legislatively limit the possibility of speculation with the resale of land.
“We talked about the need to remove speculation with the resale of land in the first years after the market opened. Special safeguards are introduced for this, because people should not earn from selling land, but from products grown on it,” the MP said.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has permitted Azerbaijan’s Bakcell telecom operator to acquire shares in Preludium B.V. (the Netherlands) through which MTS Group owns the second largest mobile communications operator in Ukraine – PrJSC VF Ukraine (Vodafone Ukraine).
“Today, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine granted permission to Bakcell LLC for the indirect purchase of shares of Preludium B.V., which grants over 50% of the votes in the management body of the company. This will allow the company from Azerbaijan to get indirect control over the Ukrainian mobile communications operator, known under the Vodafone brand,” the committee said in the Facebook social network.
Bakcell, founded in 1994, is the mobile communications operator and a leading provider of mobile Internet in Azerbaijan. It operates in GSM, UMTS and LTE standards.
Bakcell network consists of more than 7,500 towers, covers 93% of the territory (excluding occupied territories) and 99% of the population of Azerbaijan. The company has more than 3 million subscribers.
According to the results of 2018, Vodafone Ukraine reduced its net profit by 18.1% compared to 2017, to UAH 1.8 billion. The company explained this figure as an increase in costs due to the active deployment of 4G and 3G networks.
Vodafone Ukraine is fully owned by Preludium B.V. It is part of the international MTS Group, which shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
