/IRBIS, May 31, 2010/ - Group of companies "Vester" Ltd. and Sberbank Capital have signed an agreement on joining the bank in the shareholders of the parent company "Vester", while Sberbank Capital" passed the 51% stake in the business of the federal network with the right of return buy this package in 2013, reports today's press office "Vester".

The agreement was signed on May 27 in Amsterdam, Mr. Oleg Bolychev chairman of the board of directors of the "Vester", and Mr. Ashot Khachaturyanets General Director of Sberbank Capital, indicated in the message.

It is indicated that the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia approved the application LLC Sberbank Capital, a subsidiary of Russia's largest bank, passing under his control group of companies "Vester" in late April this year. Then Sberbank applied "on the acquisition of rights, which define the conditions of doing business, 19 companies included in this group.

The group "Vester" was created in 1990 in the Kaliningrad region and now joins a number of businesses, including development & retail trade. The network "Vester" includes 50 shopping centers with a total trading area of more than 110 thousand square meters in the cities of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Daily stores serve 140,000 customers. Trade network in 2008 increased by 83% and amounted to 19.4 billion rubles.

OOO "Sberbank Capital for 100 percent is subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia.

[2010-05-31]