State property worth about 1.4 billion lei was put up for sale during the "summer" round of privatization.
As reported by the Public Property Agency, the privatization of state assets worth about 1.4 billion lei will be organized in June-July 2021 by means of “short” and “under the hammer” auctions, as well as auctions on the Stock Exchange. In particular, during the "under the hammer" auction it is planned to sell the state's stake in the authorized capital of the Chisinau IT-Cafe (3.53 million lei), as well as 20 real estate / property complexes at a price of 0.16 million to 50 million lei. The total initial cost of the objects is almost 110 million lei. The most expensive lots - a land plot for construction with an area of 6.1304 hectares (Chisinau municipality, Padurii street, 26/1) - starting price of 50 million lei; 4-storey industrial building with an area of about 2 thousand square meters on Iurie Gagarin street in Chisinau - 9 million lei; property complexes located in Chisinau on Grenoble street, Hincesti highway, on Alba-Iulia street - 6 million lei each, etc. Three objects with a total value of about 1 million lei are planned to be sold during the auction "for a fall": the state-owned enterprise for the production and sale of flour products in Basarabeasca Pita-Service (145 thousand lei), as well as two real estate complexes in Rezina and Calarasi districts. "Reduction" and "under the hammer" auctions will take place on June 30, applications for participation are accepted until June 29. In addition, in the regulated market (on the Stock Exchange) from July 12 to 23, "under the hammer" auction will be held for the sale of state shares in 14 joint-stock companies, the state's share in which ranges from 30.083% to 99.637%. They are put up for sale at the same price announced in the spring round of privatization in 2021, and their total initial value exceeds 1.28 billion lei. In particular, the state block of shares in Metalferos JSC (78.282%) was put up for sale. The price of one share remained at the level of 3,000 lei per share, respectively, the value of the package is 843.2 million lei. The state shareholding (60.179%) of shares in the Chisinau Hotel JSC is sold for 1.55 million lei (5.34 lei per share), the state's share in the insolvency Alimentarmaș JSC (30.083%) is sold for 40.3 million lei (5.5 lei per share), the state block of shares in the Balti Institute of Scientific Research Rif-Acvaaparat (92.908%) is sold for 16.06 million lei (45 lei per share). Also, the state shares in 10 enterprises for the repair and maintenance of roads are put up for privatization, the blocks of shares are sold at a price of 27.6 million to 54.26 million lei, their total initial value of these objects exceeds 380 million lei. Let us recall that during the previous round of privatization, which was organized in the spring of 2021, the state stake in Aqua-Prut JSC in Cahul was sold at the Stock Exchange for 4.76 million lei. The sale of other properties was not reported. In 2020, privatization revenues amounted to 372.17 million lei, which is almost twice as much as in the previous year (191.7 million lei). // 11.06.2021 – InfoMarket
