Deal #5855 Version 86566 Version 95225
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [2012] 4100 ha
  • [2016] 3403 ha
  • [2017] 3403 ha
  • [2022, current] 3122 ha
  • [2012] 4100 ha
  • [2016] 3403 ha
  • [2017] 3403 ha
  • [2022] 3122 ha
  • [2024, current] 3โ€ฏ916 ha
Comment on nature of the deal
As of 2022, the operating company has 1652 lease agreements.
As of 2022, the operating company has 1652 lease agreements. According to Youcontrol, in 2024 the operating company leases 1910 land plots with a total area of 3916 ha.
Negotiation status
  • [2017] Concluded (Contract signed)
  • [2018] Concluded (Change of ownership)
  • [current] Concluded (Contract signed)
  • [2008] Concluded (Contract signed)
  • [2016] Concluded (Change of ownership)
  • [2016] Concluded (Contract signed)
  • [2018] Concluded (Change of ownership)
  • [2018] Concluded (Contract signed)
  • [2022] Concluded (Change of ownership)
  • [2022, current] Concluded (Contract signed)
Comment on negotiation status
The first original lease, between smallholder and the company, was signed in 2008. Another one was signed in 2014. The Company sold to another investor in 2018. According to UA legislation duration of the land lease agreement should be at least 7 years so part of land lease agreements could be prolonged automatically.
These statuses have been updated to reflect changes in the beneficiaries
Implementation status
  • [2017] In operation (production)
  • [2018, current] In operation (production)
  • [2007] Startup phase (no production)
  • [2008, current] In operation (production)
Comment on implementation status
Land was in operation before 2000, but not large scale. Project was operational when the new investor took the land over.
The first original lease, between smallholder and the company, was signed in 2008.
Comment on jobs created (total)
According to the aggregator of the national registers, the operating company employes from 25 to 30 workers.
Comment on investment chain
Code - 34817226 History of beneficiaries: 2016 - Ukrainian agricultural investments LLC (code - 33558346) 2018 - Cacique Limited (Cyprus) 2022 - PE ALFA-KAPITAL (code - 35171344)
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
Supported renovating fire depot.
In 2021 and 2023, the operating company helped with the reconstruction of a fire station in the village of Chornotychiv, Chernihiv region.
Former land owner
Private (smallholders)
State, Private (smallholders), Community
Crops area/yield/export
  • Grains (unspecified), Sun Flower
  • Corn (Maize), Rye, Sun Flower [2019, current]
  • Corn (Maize) [2020] 1โ€ฏ445 ha 12โ€ฏ359 tons
  • Wheat [2020] 249 ha 697 tons
  • Sun Flower [2020] 1โ€ฏ018 ha 2โ€ฏ155 tons
  • Corn (Maize) [2021] 1โ€ฏ389 ha 6โ€ฏ791 tons
  • Rye [2021] 802 ha 2โ€ฏ807 tons
  • Sun Flower [2021] 1โ€ฏ041 ha 2โ€ฏ024 tons
  • Rye [2022, current] 489 ha 2โ€ฏ980 tons
  • Corn (Maize) [2022, current] 1โ€ฏ117 ha 8โ€ฏ260 tons
  • Sun Flower [2020, current] 1โ€ฏ515 ha 4โ€ฏ470 tons
Comment on crops
Corn (maize) - 1400 ha. Rye - 802 ha. Sun flower - 1041 ha.
Comment on use of produce
Export operation in 2017 to Switzerland. Good - wheat.
Export operation in 2017 to Switzerland (wheat).
Processing facilities / production infrastructure of the project (e.g. oil mill, ethanol distillery, biomass power plant etc.)
The holding structure has two elevators.
The Group owns an elevator located in Bakhmach, Chernihiv region. The elevator was modernized in 2018. Bakhmach Elevator has a simultaneous storage capacity of 52,200 tons in floor warehouses.
Overall comment
The deal is a part of Cascade Agro holding. In 2021, there were media reports claiming at least 2 intentions from different investors to buy Cascade holding. The antimonopoly committee gave permission of acquisition but no further ownership change process has not started yet. Thus, the deal should be investigated again in near future.

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Exact location
Point
Lat: 51.6717
Lng: 32.52056
Description
https://kadastr.live/parcel/7424988000:02:000:1308
Comment
Cadastral number 7424988000:02:000:1308 area 14.3793 hectares ownership Communal property

Data source #wJpzvb4_

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Date
2017-05-22

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Date
2017-07-31

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Date
2017-11-09

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Date
2017-11-10
Comment on data source
Media about the acqusition.

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Date
2017-06-03

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Date
2018-02-27
Comment on data source
Official answer from the State agency of cadastre on the size under lease and year of the first contract.

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2017-05-11

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Comment on data source
Information about the Primary investor in the National register of companies under account number 34817226.

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2017-06-02

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2017-06-09

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Date
2021
Comment on data source
Merged 3 media reports made in 2021 claiming the intention of ownership change. (2) https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/markets/agroaktivi-homutinnika-hoche-kupiti-kriminalniy-avtoritet-sasha-braslet-novini-ukrajini-50171576.html (3) https://agravery.com/uk/posts/show/amku-rozglane-zapit-alfa-kapital-pro-pridbanna-castok-13-agrokompanij-homutinnika

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Date
2024-12-04
Comment on data source
Harvest data for 2021. The date of access to the website is indicated

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Date
2024-12-04
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Harvest data for 2022. The date of access to the website is indicated

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2024-12-04
Comment on data source
Foreign economic activities. The date of access to the website is indicated

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2024-12-04
Comment on data source
Operating company dossier attained from the aggregator of the national registers. The date of access to the website is indicated

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2024-12-04
Comment on data source
History of changes. The date of access to the website is indicated

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2024-12-04
Comment on data source
Number of land plots. The date of access to the website is indicated

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2024-12-04
Comment on data source
Average number of employees. The date of access to the website is indicated

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2024-12-04
Comment on data source
Relations of the operating company. The date of access to the website is indicated

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2024-12-04
Comment on data source
PE ALFA-KAPITAL dossier attained from the aggregator of the national registers. The date of access to the website is indicated.

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Date
2021-01-04
Comment on data source
Amendments to the collective bargaining agreement between the operating company and the company's employees.

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Date
2023-08-23
Comment on data source
Long-term termination of a land lease agreement.

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Date
2023-07-21
Comment on data source
Long-term termination of land lease agreements.

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Date
2021-11-16
Comment on data source
Total area of land plots under lease as of 2021.

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Date
2021-07-15
Comment on data source
Antimonopoly Committee's approval for the acquisition of an operating company.

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Publication title
Khomutynnik sells agricultural business to ex-owner of VS Energy
Date
2020-08-06

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Date
2024-12-04
Comment on data source
About the property of the group of companies. The date of access to the website is indicated

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Publication title
A Poltava businessman, called a criminal mastermind and linked to Avakov, wants to buy Khomutynnik's agricultural assets
Date
2021-07-15

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Publication title
Firefighters from Chornotychi received a new car and a new depot
Date
2023-04-25

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Publication title
Reconstructed fire station opened in hromada in Chernihiv Oblast
Date
2021-09-17