The new owner of the Baltika brewing company became known. According to the Carlsberg Group, distributed in early December, according to the results of the sale of Baltika, the future CEO and his deputy, whose appointment was still expected at that time, became the buyers. Since December 19, Dmitry Vizir, former Director of Quality Management in Eastern Europe at Carlsberg Group, has become the new CEO of Baltika, and therefore the new co-owner. Such changes have occurred in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities according to the information system for HONEST BUSINESS.
Taimuraz Bolloev is no longer the sole executive body. He has served as president since July 2023. Now the company is headed by the General director, to whom Dmitry Vizir has been appointed. D.Vizir is known for having headed the Baltika-Voronezh branch since 2006, in June 2012 he was appointed Director of Quality Management at Baltika, and since April 2014 he headed the Directorate for Quality Management in Eastern Europe Carlsberg Group.
In early December, Carlsberg Group announced a deal to sell its assets in Russia. At the same time, it was mentioned that the new beneficiaries of the company were two employees of the company who held senior positions. The message also indicated that these two people would take over the management of the Baltika brewing company as the head and deputy head, respectively. JSC VG Invest became the new owner of Baltika, the shareholders of which are not disclosed in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. The appointment of D. Vizir to the position of General Director lifts the veil of secrecy over the composition of the new owners of Baltika. The name of the second owner has not yet been disclosed.
According to Reuters, Carlsberg sold assets in Russia for 34 billion rubles. As part of the agreement, Baltika Brewing Company will transfer all its stakes in Carlsberg in Azerbaijan and Carlsberg in Kazakhstan to Carlsberg Group. At the same time, numerous lawsuits and intellectual property rights issues related to the Baltika brewing company will be settled. As reported by the Danish group, the deal will be concluded by repurchasing shares by the company's management.
Carlsberg is a Danish brewing corporation.
Baltika is a brewing company in the Russian Federation. Breweries are located in eight Russian cities: Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, St. Petersburg, Tula, Khabarovsk, Yaroslavl.
The revenue of Baltika Brewing Company LLC in 2023 increased to 109.27 billion rubles from 100.7 billion rubles a year earlier, net loss amounted to more than 28 billion rubles against a profit of 9.95 billion rubles.
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