State-owned PrivatBank sold 245 petrol stations and 33 land plots at auction. The transaction amounted to less than UAH 696 million. This is stated in the protocol of electronic bidding on the setam.net.ua platform, according to Komersant ukrainskyi
The auction was held on the Setam electronic platform, but the winner’s information remains confidential. The petrol stations put up for sale are located in 21 regions of Ukraine, except for Kyiv, Donetsk and Luhansk.
The sale price is UAH 695,924,500. The starting price of the lot was UAH 693,924,505.16. Thus, the sale price is 0.29% higher than the starting price of the auction.
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According to Ekonomichna Pravda, the sold assets include petrol stations of the brands AVIAS, ANP, ELION and YUKON. The publication also notes that the sale was preceded by a court decision in 2023, when the Central Commercial Court of Appeal upheld PrivatBank’s appeal to lift the ban on the return of 245 petrol stations leased to companies affiliated with Kolomoisky’s Privat group.
The history of these petrol stations dates back to 2016, when the bank took over 248 petrol stations in compliance with the NBU’s requirements. After that, even before the nationalisation, these facilities were leased to companies affiliated with Privat Group, which then subleased them to other companies of the same group.
“In 2011, Mykola Lagun (owner of Delta Bank) sold Kolomoisky a network of 120 ANP petrol stations for $100 million. And now PrivatBank has sold twice as many petrol stations (and 33 land plots –
– ruslan Cherniy, editor-in-chief of the Financial Club, commented on the auction.