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Fregat Plant increased its revenue by 34.6%, but its loss increased by 58%

In 2024, the manufacturer of agricultural machinery and special vehicles, Fregat Plant JSC (Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv region), increased its net income from sales by 34.6% compared to 2023, to UAH 188.6 million.

According to the company’s financial report published in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), its loss increased by 58% to UAH 60.4 million.

At the same time, the plant earned UAH 71.1 million in gross profit, up 44% year-on-year, and its operating profit increased 1.5 times to UAH 12.6 million.

As reported, in January-September 2024, the plant increased its loss by 5.4 times compared to the same period in 2023, to UAH 41.6 million, due to a 7.5-fold increase in expenses under “other expenses” to UAH 48 million, while net income increased by 42.4% to UAH 134.7 million.

Thus, in the fourth quarter of 2024, the plant reduced its loss by 38.4% compared to October-December 2023 to UAH 18.8 million, while net income increased by 18.4% to UAH 54 million.

Fregat specializes in the production of irrigation systems, road fencing, metal structures, as well as engineering products and special-purpose machinery.

The company exports road safety fences to Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the former CIS countries (except Russia and Belarus), where it also supplies agricultural machinery for crop production.

The main foreign customers are BBV Baustahl und Blechverarbeitungsgesellschaft mb, Scuer GmbH (Germany), Meerman Technisch Buro B.V. (Netherlands), and Agrorada (Poland).

As of the beginning of this year, the average number of employees was 260, and the average salary was UAH 12.4 thousand (44.2% more than in 2023).

In 2023, the plant, according to its financial report, reduced its loss by 4.2 times compared to 2022, to UAH 33.6 million, while net income decreased by 16% to UAH 140 million.

As of the third quarter of 2024, Fregat Engineering Limited (Cyprus) owns more than 96.25% of the authorized capital of Fregat Plant JSC, and the ultimate beneficiaries, according to opendatabot, are members of the Dementienko family from Dnipro.

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Ichnyansky Dairy and Canned Food Plant ended 2024 with loss of UAH 77.23 mln

In 2024, PJSC Ichnyansky Milk and Cannery (ICCK, Chernihiv region) received UAH 77.23 million in net loss against UAH 57.67 million in net profit.

According to the agenda of the annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 25 in remote mode, the shareholders are proposed to approve the results of financial and economic activities, and not to accrue dividends based on the results of work in 2024 due to the lack of net profit.

The shareholders will be asked to hear and approve the report of the company’s supervisory board and the external auditor of Creston Ukraine LLC, and re-elect the supervisory board. They will also review the provisions of the charter on the supervisory board. The chairman of the company’s management board will be obliged to re-register the information in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individuals and Public Organizations.

In addition, the general meeting will decide to increase the amount of contribution of Provian LLC to the authorized capital of the company to UAH 59,521.00 and to decrease the amount of contribution of individual shareholders to the authorized capital of the company to UAH 1,473.00. The Chairman of the Management Board will be obliged to formalize the relevant changes in accordance with the procedure established by law.

Finally, the shareholders will approve the budget of PJSC IMCC for 2025.

According to the Opendatabot service, in 2024 PJSC IMCC increased its revenue by 2.9% to UAH 842.86 million, debt obligations by 10.8% to UAH 528.68 million, and assets by 14.2% to UAH 535.55 million.

“Ichnyansky Dairy Processing Plant is part of Proviant Group, which is a distributor and exporter of condensed milk produced by the plant. Proviant LLC is a member of the group of the same name along with other companies engaged in the production and sale of dairy products.

According to the information in the NSSMC disclosure system, the shareholders with large stakes in IMCC are Proviant LLC, which owns 53.7% of the shares, and Hyperion Invest Closed Non-Diversified Venture Corporate Investment Fund, which owns 43.92%.

According to information on its website, IMCC occupies about 25% of the domestic market in the segment of products it produces (bottled milk and condensed milk) and exports them to 38 countries. Its brands are Ichnia, MamaMilla, and Milada. In 2025, the company is to launch a cottage cheese production line, for the construction of which it has raised UAH 150 million under the government program Affordable Loans 5-7-9%.

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DZPW increased its loss by 2.5 times in 2024

Dnipropetrovs’k Rolling Mill JSC (DZPV) ended 2024 with a loss of UAH 58.32 million, which is 2.5 times higher than in 2023, according to the information on the agenda of the company’s general meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 29.

According to the draft decision of the meeting, the loss is planned to be covered by profits of future periods.
“Dividends based on the results of the financial and economic activities of JSC “RPE” for 2024 shall not be accrued and paid due to the lack of net profit,” the draft decision says.

The owners of equal stakes in DZPV JSC (49.669% each) are a large manufacturer of iron castings, Ferrum-Steel LLC (Novomoskovsk, Dnipro region), and a distributor of spare parts for agricultural machinery, Kewpart LLC (Dnipro).

As reported, Kewpart and Ferrum-Style recently announced their intention to compulsorily buy out minority shares through a squeeze-out procedure at a price of UAH 18.21 per share with a par value of UAH 1.05.
The relevant public irrevocable request to buy back shares from minority shareholders was sent to the company on March 17.

Founded in the late 19th century, DZPV produces cast iron rolls for hot rolling mills, non-metallurgical rolls, and cast iron grinding balls.
The plant’s net income, according to the Clarity-project, decreased by 48.6% in 2024 compared to 2023, to UAH 58.45 million (in pre-war 2021, this figure was UAH 288 million).

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YUZHKOKS PrJSC increased its net loss to UAH 273 mln in 2024

According to the results of 2024, PJSC YUZHKOKS (Kamianske, Dnipro region) increased its net loss by 4.7 times compared to the previous year – up to UAH 272.924 million from UAH 58 million 25.2 thousand.

According to the agenda of the general meeting of shareholders of the company scheduled for April 18, which will be held remotely, it is planned to consider the report of the Board of Directors for 2024 and to adopt a decision based on the results of consideration of the report of the Board of Directors for 2024.

The agenda also includes adopting a decision based on the results of the review of the report of the company’s interim CEO for 2024, reviewing the auditor’s findings, approving the results of financial and economic activities for 2024, and determining the procedure for covering losses.

In addition, the meeting will give preliminary consent to enter into significant transactions.

The draft resolutions, a copy of which is available toInterfax-Ukraine, propose to cover the losses incurred by the company based on the results of its operations in 2024 in the amount of UAH 272 million 924.570 thousand at the expense of the company’s profit for future periods.

As reported, YUZHKOKS ended 2022 with a net loss of UAH 1 billion 206.942 million, while in 2021 it made a net profit of UAH 1 billion 292.672 million.

According to the third quarter of 2024, Dashuria Ltd. (Cyprus) owns 94.9565% of the company’s shares.

The authorized capital of YUZHKOKS PrJSC is UAH 171.918 million, with a share par value of UAH 0.25.

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“Ukrstal Zaporizhzhia” ended 2024 with loss of UAH 15.8 mln

PJSC “Ukrstal Zaporizhzhia Steel Structures Plant” ended 2024 with a net loss of UAH 15.803 million, while in 2023 it was UAH 13.955 million.

According to the company’s announcement in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), the company’s shareholders’ meeting scheduled for April 20, 2025, proposes to leave the net loss for 2024 uncovered.

According to the agenda, the shareholders will review the reports of the Supervisory Board and the auditor for the past year and approve the results of financial and economic activities.

PrJSC “Ukrstal Zaporizhzhia Steel Structures Plant” is the legal successor of PJSC “Zaporizhzhia Steel Structures Plant” (the name was changed in April 2017). Its principal activity is the production of building metal structures.

According to the third quarter of 2024, Closed Non-Diversified Venture Corporate Investment Fund Rift JSC owns 56.303% of the shares of PJSC “Ukrstal Zaporizhzhia Metal Structures Plant”, Technological Renaissance LLC owns 42.8637%.

The authorized capital of the PrJSC is UAH 137.424 million, the par value of 1 share is UAH 0.01.

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AB InBev Efes reduced its loss by 26% in 2024

AB InBev Efes Ukraine (Kyiv) reduced its net loss by 26.1% to UAH 600.335 million in 2024, according to the agenda of the general meeting to be held remotely on April 11.

According to the published information, the shareholders plan to cover the losses at the expense of the company’s additional capital.
The shareholders are also proposed to approve the report of the company’s board of directors for 2024 and take into account the conclusions of the audit report for 2024.

According to the Opendatabot service, the company increased its revenue by 16.9% to UAH 5.451 billion in 2024, and its liabilities by 1.7 times to UAH 3.424 billion. At the same time, the company’s assets decreased by 2.4% to UAH 5.185 billion, and the number of employees decreased by 128 people to 1,088.

As reported, the shareholder structure of Abinbev Efes Ukraine was to change as part of the restructuring of the joint business of AB InBev and Anadolu Efes, which was explained by the Belgian company’s desire to leave the Russian market. Initially, it was planned that Anadolu Efes would buy out ABI’s entire stake in their joint venture AB InBev Efes B.V., which includes breweries in Ukraine and Russia, as announced in December 2023. However, Russia blocked the deal. As a result, the companies agreed on a different scenario in October 2024: Anadolu Efes will acquire AB InBev’s stake in the Russian business, and AB InBev will acquire Anadolu Efes’ stake in the Ukrainian business.

In December 2024, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine granted a permit to AB InBev Western European Holding B. V. (Breda, the Netherlands) to acquire Abinbev Efes Ukraine PrJSC. The AMCU also allowed Efes Breweries International B.V., a member of the international Anadolu Efes group, to obtain sole control over AB InBev Efes B.V.

AB InBev Efes is one of the leaders in the Ukrainian brewing market, a joint venture of the world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev and Turkey’s largest brewer Anadolu Efes.

The portfolio of beer brands consists of global (Bud, Corona Extra, Stella Artoi), international (Hoegaarden, Leffe, Beck’s, Lowenbrau, Franziskaner, Spaten, Velkopopovickiy Kozel) and local (Chernihivske, Rohan, Yantar) brands.

In 2023, Abinbev Ephesus Ukraine suffered serious losses of UAH 811 million with a turnover of UAH 4.6 billion. In the first year of the full-scale invasion, the company’s performance dropped from UAH 2.2 billion in revenue to UAH 2.1 billion in losses. The reason for this was damage to the company’s plants in Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv as a result of the hostilities.

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