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The Group “SOC” Has Sold the Controlling Stake of "IzhAuto"
15 àïðåëÿ 2009 ã.

The Group “SOC” Has Sold the Controlling Stake of

The Samara group “SOC” has sold the controlling stake of “IzhAuto” which is on the brink of ruin, to the top-management of the factory led by general director  Mr. Michael Dobyndo.


The sum of the transaction was about $200 million, however the managing board should pay off not with money, but with cars. The substitution of “IzhAuto” supervising proprietor enables the stock holders to present  them for prescheduled repayment. The single claimant — concern «Rostechnologies» — has actually refused to purchase ”IzhAuto”, thus it can lead to bankruptcy of a factory.


Photo: izh-auto.ru In “IzhAuto” there are produced Izh-27175, VAZ-2104, assembled Korean Kia (Spectra and Sorento). Capacity of the enterprise — 220 thousand cars, in 2007 78,8 thousand were produced. In the first quarter of the year 2008, according to Association of the European business in the Russian Federation, the company sold 2 thousand 166 cars, that illustrated the decrease of 62 %.
 

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