TverUniversalBank announced new beneficial owners on Tuesday. As the bank reported, an interest in the bank was sold by president Alexandra Kozyreva who previously controlled, in the aggregate, 87.44% of the bank (83.9% directly and 3.54% through Pervaya lizingovaya kompaniya LLC). The transaction was closed on January 24, 2014.
In line with the disclosed information, the bank’s new owners are eight businesses and an individual (Moscow-based T-Invest LLC (9.89%), Global Truck Service LLC (9.88%), Global Trust LLC (9.87%), T-Svyaz LLC (9.79%),
The bank noted in an official press release that its new shareholders are also owners of Rost Bank and BaikalInvestBank.
As disclosed by Rost Bank, the bank’s key owner (around 60.22%) is Elena Vlasova. The bank’s shareholders are also Global Trust LLC and T-Invest LLC (19.84% and 19.82%, respectively). The beneficial owner (99.99%) of Global Trust LLC is Anatoly Zolotykh, and T-Invest’s primary owner with a similar stake is Valentina Alexashina.
At BaikalInvestBank Valentina Alexashina, as disclosed on CBR’s website, controls in the aggregate around 38.36% (via T-Invest and directly), Anatoly Zolotykh’s stake equals roughly 19.74% (via Global Trust) and Elena Vlasova holds around 11.51%.
TverUniversalBank also said in the press release that the new shareholders plan to bring their banking assets under one roof. “The future banking group could consist of Rost Bank (Moscow), TverUniversalBank (Tver), SKA-Bank (Smolensk) and BaikalInvestBank (Irkutsk)," the bank specified.
Last week Rost Bank announced the acquisition of a 98.61% stake in Smolensk-based SKA-Bank which turned into the region’s largest bank after Smolensky Bank was stripped of its license. The media wired in late December that Rost Bank and BaikalInvestBank penned a cooperation agreement.
Based on the Banki.ru data, as of January 1, 2014 Rost Bank, TverUniversalBank, BaikalInvestBank and SKA-Bank ranked 79th, 361st, 416th and 438th, respectively, in terms of assets among Russian lending institutions.
