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    AUCTION ON BJNI FACTORY SALE ENDS

    ArmInfo
    2009-02-16 18:33:00

    ArmInfo. The repeated e-auction on sale of property and brands of
    CJSC "Mineral water factory Bjni", that had started on 5 February,
    has ended.

    Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement Service under Armenian Justice
    Ministry reported, that as a result of the auction they received only
    one application to buy "Bjni". The starting price during the repeated
    auction was 4,441 bln drams ($14,5 mln) instead of the initial 4,9
    bln drams ($16 mln). The name of the applicant is not informed. The
    ministry refers to some points of the law not to mention the name. The
    sum 4,441 bln drams should be paid over 3 banking days.

    To recall, Bjni Plant of Mineral Waters is part of "Sil-Concern"
    belonging to the Sukiasyans family of businessmen. Observers in
    Armenia connect the fact of the unprecedented pressure on the Concern's
    structures with the political activity of the Armenian parliamentarian
    Khachatur Sukiasyan, who openly supported the first president at the
    previous presidential election.

    Sukiasyan has been deprived of his mandate and is currently
    wanted. After starting of the auction, Armenian businessman, leader
    of Prosperous Armenia Party, Gagik Tsarukyan, recommended businessmen
    not to take part in the auction.

    The former owner of the plant has disseminated a statement which
    says that the auction process was held with numerous violation of
    law. Moreover, at present there are 8 lawsuits in Administrative Court
    of Armenia from Bjni plant and CJSC 'Sil-concern' in connection with
    the campaign. They require to recognize decisions on holding the
    auction invalid.

    The statement says about illegal holding of the auction, particularly,
    because the starting price turned out to be lower than required and
    because the Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement Service failed to
    take into account the value-added tax to be paid. "Even if the buyer
    of the property is legal (but we have all grounds to suppose quite
    the opposite), we can demand the property back as its alienation
    took pace involuntarily. The buyer of the property will also have
    problems with the use of relevant trademarks. In this connection,
    we call on the possible buyer to abstain from paying the specified
    amount as the property will be returned to our company in a judicial
    proceeding in the future", the statement says.
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