The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) is considering the issue of permits to Devisal Limited (Nicosia, Cyprus), owned by Ukrainian businessman Sergiy Tigipko, to buy shares in Wesla Investments Limited (the British Virgin Islands).
According to the AMC’s agenda, the deal will provide Devisal Limited with over 50% of the voting shares on the board of Wesla Investments.
According to the unified state register, Wesla Investments Limited is the only participant with a 100% share in the charter capital of Veon Plus LLC (Kyiv), which is the owner of Radisson Blu Hotel in Podil. The ultimate beneficiary of the company as of October 3 is Moldovan citizen Victor Garaba.
Until June 2016, according to the state register, the ultimate beneficiary of Veon Plus LLC was Russian citizen Sergey Kovalev.
As reported, with reference to the CMS legal group, the transaction for the purchase of Radisson Blu Hotel in Podil by Sergiy Tigipko was completed in 2016, its cost amounted to EUR 9.2 million.
