In 2023, Koblevo JSC (Mykolaiv region), one of Ukraine’s largest wineries, reduced its net profit by 32.9% compared to 2022, to UAH 8.6 million.
According to the company’s report in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), its assets increased by 6.4% to UAH 397.638 million over the year and exceeded the pre-war level of 2021, when they amounted to UAH 375.15 million.
The company’s retained earnings increased 1.3 times to UAH 39.126 million.
Total accounts receivable increased sevenfold to UAH 59.215 million over the year. The company has no long-term liabilities. Current liabilities increased by 5.9% compared to 2023 and amounted to UAH 270.19 million.
At the same time, the company reduced fixed assets by 13.6% to UAH 51.892 million, inventories by 4.7% to UAH 270.819 million, and free cash by 12.3% to UAH 1.066 million. In 2023, Koblevo JSC increased its equity by 7.2% to UAH 127.4 million.
The company announces that its annual shareholders’ meeting will be held remotely on April 26. The agenda of the meeting provides for leaving the net profit received in 2023 undistributed and not paying dividends.
According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs, the ultimate beneficiary of Koblevo JSC is Svyatoslav Nechytailo.
Koblevo JSC is a part of Bayadera Group established in 1991. The group unites core assets in the alcohol industry – distribution companies and its own production of alcoholic beverages in Ukraine, and is the exclusive importer of global alcohol brands in Ukraine.
The main brands are First Guild, Kozatska Rada, Hlibny Dar, Vozdukh, Celsius, Koblevo, Marengo, etc.
JSC “Slavic Wallpapers – KFTB” (formerly Koryukivka Technical Paper Factory, Chernihiv region), a leading Ukrainian wallpaper manufacturer, reported a net profit of UAH 47.68 million in 2023, up almost 7.7 times compared to the same period in 2022.
According to the announcement of a general meeting of shareholders to be held on April 30 on the results of work in 2023, the company does not plan to distribute the profit.
According to Clarity-project, at the beginning of this year, the company’s retained earnings amounted to UAH 1 billion 908 million.
As reported, in 2022, the factory reduced its net profit seven times year-on-year to UAH 6.22 million.
At the meeting, shareholders plan to re-elect the supervisory board, among other things.
According to the NSSMC, as of the third quarter of 2023, 56.12% of the JSC’s shares were owned by Slavich-Invest LLC, and another 24.991% by Slavich Trading House LLC (both based in Koryukivka).
JSC Slavic Wallpaper-KFTB is one of the largest European wallpaper factories, producing more than 10 types of wallpaper from the economy segment (paper, duplex, acrylic) to premium wallpaper (vinyl, non-woven, hot stamped).
As reported, in 2023, KFTB produced 16.2 million conventional pieces of wallpaper, up 19% year-on-year, with production increasing by 38.2% to UAH 1 billion 249 million.
In 2023, Sukha Balka Mine (Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro region), a part of Aleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH Group, reduced its net profit by 2.7 times compared to 2022, to UAH 114.837 million from UAH 487.878 million.
According to the agenda of the company’s general meeting of shareholders, which will be held remotely on April 18 and end on April 30 this year, the shareholders intend to approve the reports and allocate the net profit for 2023 to replenish working capital.
In addition, the shareholders intend to amend the charter and other internal documents, in particular, to cancel a number of provisions, as well as to terminate the powers of the current members of the Supervisory Board and elect new ones. To liquidate the audit committee as a management body, to consider the report of the audit entity (independent auditor) and to approve measures based on the results of its consideration.
It is also planned to approve significant transactions, in particular, agreements on the provision of repayable financial assistance concluded between the mine and Development Construction Machinery Holding LLC in 2023-2024 for a total amount of UAH 1.150 billion excluding VAT.
As reported, in 2022, Sukha Balka PrJSC reduced its net profit by 2.7 times compared to 2021 – to UAH 487.878 million from UAH 1 billion 326.460 million.
It was also reported that by the decision of the extraordinary meeting of shareholders of Sukha Balka PJSC on July 10, 2023, UAH 1 billion 4.865 million from retained earnings for 2008, 2010 and 2011 was allocated for dividends.
Sukha Balka mine is one of the leading mining companies in Ukraine. It produces iron ore by underground mining. It includes Yubileynaya and Frunze mines. Frunze mine.
DCH Group acquired the mine from Evraz Group in May 2017.
According to the third quarter of 2023, Yaroslavsky, who is designated as a non-resident of Ukraine (British citizen – IF-U), directly owns 77.4193% of the mine’s shares, while resident individual Artem Aleksandrov owns 20%.
The authorized capital of Sukha Balka PrJSC is UAH 41.869 million, with a share par value of UAH 0.05.
In 2023, Kremenchuk Steel Plant JSC (Kremenchuk, Poltava region) posted a net profit of UAH 124.13 million, up 2.5 times compared to the same period in 2022.
According to the agenda of the company’s general meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 30, published in the National Securities and Stock Market Commission’s information disclosure system, KCZ plans to leave its profit undistributed and not pay dividends.
According to the Clarity-project resource, at the beginning of this year, the company’s retained earnings amounted to UAH 67.25 million against an outstanding loss of UAH 56.89 million a year earlier.
As reported, KCZ JSC ended 2022 with a net profit of UAH 50.28 million, while a year earlier the loss amounted to UAH 56.83 million.
Kremenchuk Steel is a leading Ukrainian foundry producing steel castings for freight cars and heavy trucks.
The company’s net income, according to Clarity-project, decreased slightly to UAH 1 billion 023 million in 2023.
According to the NSSMC, as of the third quarter of 2023, Defano Investments Ltd (Cyprus) owns 48.4421% of the shares of PJSC KCZ through Ukrinvestcontract LLC, with Artem Gerasymenko from Kyiv listed as the company’s beneficiary.
The shareholders also include FinEuroVector Financial Company LLC (18.8392%), Alfa Cross Financial Company (24.9%), and AltaFinance LLC (5.7276%).
JSC Ukrenergomashiny (Kharkiv), more than 75.22% of which is owned by the state, intends to allocate 80% of its net profit of UAH 203 thousand to pay dividends to shareholders for 2023.
According to the agenda of the remote extraordinary meeting on April 25, taking into account the basic dividend rate of 80% for most companies with a state share approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, Ukrenergomashiny will allocate UAH 162.228 thousand for dividends.
The remaining 20% of the profit is planned to be retained.
As reported, in 2022, Ukrenergomashiny allocated 50% of its net profit, or UAH 160 thousand, to dividends.
At the meeting, the shareholders plan, in particular, to approve the reports of the governing bodies, determine the main areas of activity in 2024, and approve a guarantee of the return of the advance payment under the agreement with AAEK CJSC (Armenia).
JSC Ukrenergomashiny (formerly JSC Turboatom and Electrotyazhmash) is the only Ukrainian manufacturer of turbine equipment for hydro, thermal and nuclear power plants. The company also produces, among other things, electric motors for railway and urban transport (Electrotyazhmash’s nomenclature).
In addition to the state, the shareholders (according to the NSSMC as of the third quarter of 2023) include the Seventh Investment Fund, which is affiliated with entrepreneur Konstantin Grigorishin and managed by AMC Svarog Asset Management, with 15.3416% of shares, and Russian citizen Valery Valandin with 5.598% of shares.
According to Clarity-project, in 2023, Ukrenomashiny JSC reduced its net income by 2.7 times compared to 2022, to UAH 376.3 million.
Pivdenkabel Plant JSC (Kyiv), a major Ukrainian cable manufacturer, ended 2023 with a net profit of UAH 87.65 million, down 38% from the same period in 2023, according to the information on the agenda of the company’s annual shareholders meeting on April 25.
According to the draft decision of the meeting on the distribution of last year’s profit, the company plans to pay dividends at the rate of 35% of the nominal value of a registered ordinary share (nominal value UAH 2) and UAH 2 per preferred share.
The authorized capital of Pivdenkabel Plant JSC is UAH 83.154 million, divided into 41 million 359 thousand 032 ordinary shares (99.5% of the capital stock) and 417 thousand 840 preferred shares (0.5% of the capital stock) with a par value of UAH 2.
Thus, it is planned to pay UAH 28.951 million in dividends on ordinary shares and UAH 0.84 million on preference shares.
The rest of the profit is planned to be retained.
According to the company, as of the beginning of 2024, its retained earnings amounted to UAH 910.55 million.
Over the past year, the plant managed to reduce its current liabilities by 5% to UAH 385 million, while long-term liabilities increased slightly to UAH 3.6 million.
The value of Pivdenkabel Plant’s assets increased by 2.3% to UAH 1 billion 886 million, including total receivables down 9.7% to UAH 147.5 million, cash down 14.6% to UAH 186.2 million, and inventories up 16% to UAH 882.9 million.
At the meeting, the shareholders plan to re-elect Volodymyr Zolotaryov as chairman of the board (CEO) for a new five-year term and to approve a seven-member board for the same term.
Pivdenkabel was founded in 1943 and offers more than 25,000 marks and sizes of products. It supplies cable products to nuclear and thermal power plants, industrial enterprises, mining and processing plants, oil fields and coal mines, subways, railways and public transport.
The company exports its products, among others, to Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, France, Finland, and Israel.
The plant notes on its website that last year, among other things, it commissioned a 73.5 kW solar power plant, a solid fuel boiler, and a torsion machine.
According to the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), as of the third quarter of 2023, Cyprus-based Cable Industrial owns about 13.06% of the shares of the JSC, Pivdenkabelinvest-plus LLC owns more than 15.83%, Pivdenkabelprokat and Pivdenkabelinvest own 14.1% each. Another 9.85% is owned by Volodymyr Zolotaryov, Chairman of the Board, and 8.136% by Volodymyr Zolotaryov Jr.
The company’s beneficiaries, according to YouControl, are Volodymyr Mykhailovych and Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Zolotaryov.
According to the Clarity-project resource, in 2023, the company’s net income increased by almost 22% compared to 2022, to UAH 1 billion 968.4 million.
