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The court declared bankrupt the company associated with the WOG gas station network
23 June the Commercial Court of the Lviv region, in case No.903/1002/19, declared Small Private Enterprise "VK Impex" (Lutsk) bankrupt and sent it into liquidation.
The corresponding proceeding was opened in January. The initiator of the bankruptcy procedure is the Production and Commercial Firm “Vita-Auto” (with claims totaling 1,36 million UAH).
According to court materials, per SPE “VK Impex,” its total debt to creditors amounts to 350,1 million UAH, and the company itself “is in an unstable financial condition” (quote).
The state register lists Mykola Holanov as the founder of SPE “VK Impex.” At the same time, the founder of VCF "Vita-Auto" is the private limited company West Oil Group Holding B.V. (Netherlands), and the ultimate beneficiaries are Stepan Ivakhiv, Serhiy Lahur, Roman and Sofia Yeremeyev (children of the late MP Ihor Yeremeyev), who own the Continuum group (among its assets is, inter alia, the WOG gas station network).
We add that in January the Commercial Court of the Lviv region also opened proceedings in case No.903/1001/19 on the bankruptcy of LLC "Zolotyi Ekvator," which is also connected to the WOG gas station network.
According to court materials, the initiator of the bankruptcy case against LLC "Zolotyi Ekvator" was LLC “Financial Company “Intime Finance” (the state register lists Yurii Solomianyuk as its ultimate beneficiary).
31.03.2020 the court recognized the claims of a number of creditors of LLC "Zolotyi Ekvator," including the claims of LLC “VOG Retail” (549 million UAH), LLC “VOG Trade Resource” (316,1 million UAH), LLC “VOG Ryteyl” (204,3 million UAH), LLC “Amset” (500 million UAH), Romeson Consulting Limited (167,4 million UAH), LLC “Transport Company No.1” (118,9 million UAH), LLC “Finexpert” (241,3 million UAH), PJSC “Rivneazot” (293,8 million UAH).
Recall that SPE “VK Impex” and LLC "Zolotyi Ekvator" were debtors of the bankrupt bank “Forum,” for obligations secured by 32 WOG network gas stations.
In February-2019 the Deposit Guarantee Fund sold the corresponding claim rights (for 1,76 billion UAH under loan agreements No.1-0020/13/30-KL and No.1-0021/13/30-KL) to LLC "Financial Company "Frank Point" at a discount of 77%.
Subsequently LLC “FC “Frank Point” withdrew its lawsuits against companies from the WOG network, given amendments to the loan agreements that extended the debt repayment term until 31.12.2019.
An indirect link of LLC "FC "Frank Point" with Serhiy Lyovochkin (partner of Dmytro Firtash) and Vitalii Khomutynnik (partner of Ihor Kolomoisky in the company “Ukrnaftoburinnia”; earlier he was a shareholder of the “OKKO” gas station network, whose main owner — Vitalii Antonov — did not deny family ties with V. Khomutynnik) was observed.
In 2018 year Group DF of Dmytro Firtash publicly claimed creditor claims against the WOG network totaling 460 million USD. At the same time, Group DF denied being a minority shareholder of WOG (while, according to media reports, D. Firtash received a block of shares in the network in 2013 as part of WOG’s debt repayment to Nadra Bank).
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