Government of Georgia – Appearance 2008

The Government of Georgia reports investors activity today, despite the events in South Ossetia, Georgia

  • Significant investor activity at the scheduled privatisation auctions conducted today by the Ministry of Economic Development. Multiple bids were received for 14 dif­fe­r­ent lots auctioned today, with the aggregate proceeds of the winning bids amo­u­n­ting to GEL 3.4 million.
  • In a separate development, a bid of US$6 million was received from an in­ve­s­t­me­nt vehicle believed to have Russian beneficial owners for the assets of the in­so­l­vent state-owned utility company in Kakheti (Eastern Georgia).
  • Additionally, the Financial Supervision Agency reports that it has been informed by VTB Bank Georgia, a locally licensed bank majority-owned by the Russian VTB Group, that it held a shareholders' meeting today which, among other matters, ap­pro­ved the planned capital increase of the bank.

Press center of the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia