| Omsk and Yekaterinburg butchers are fighting for markets On April 11, the Central Court of Omsk rejected a claim by a minority shareholder of the Ekaterinburgsky Meat Plant against the management of the enterprise. As a representative of Ekaterinburg residents put it, “the court stopped the attempt of Omsk residents to disorganize the work of the enterprise.” According to the deputy general director of the plant, Vadim Dynin, this case is the next stage in the competition between Omsk and Ural meat processing industries for sales markets.
In March of this year, a minority shareholder of the plant, Nikita Utochenko, who owns 12 shares, filed a lawsuit against the Yekaterinburg plant in the Central District Court. According to the plaintiff, the Yekaterinburg residents violated his rights by not notifying him of the holding of an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on January 10, 2002, where, in particular, the management of the enterprise was completely re-elected: instead of Vladimir Gusev, Anatoly Efremov became the general director. Then Gusev was accused of collapsing the plant and defending the interests of Omsk competitors. Utochenko demanded that the decisions taken at that time be cancelled, and that he be generally compensated for the losses that he allegedly suffered from this ignorance. The court accepted this case and on March 22 issued a decision in support of this claim.
In the central court of Omsk, as it was announced only on April 11, proceedings were underway on a claim against the plant “under the scheme of liquidation of NTV at one time.” As a result, Nikita Utochenko, after Dynin’s promise to compensate for the losses, abandoned the lawsuit with claims against the enterprise, which were supposed to radically change the power at the plant. The court also overturned its decision in support of this claim. The Omsk court, in particular, prohibited Yekaterinburg residents from “committing actions aimed at issuing shares, making any transactions aimed at alienating property,” etc. According to representatives of the plant, Utochenko reflects the interests of their direct competitor - OJSC Omsk Bacon, with which the Urals are now competing for a large sales market - the Tyumen region, Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrugs. By “disorganizing” the work of the Yekaterinburg plant in this way, Omsk residents could moderate the activity of the Urals residents.
According to Dynin, who specially came to Omsk, Utochenko stated that he was acting in the interests of Gusev. Representatives of the Yekaterinburg plant believe that this matter is just the beginning. Dynin said that in Omsk and a number of other cities new lawsuits are being prepared against the Yekaterinburg plant. Representatives of Omsk Bacon were unavailable for comment on this court decision. Boris KURKIN, Omsk |
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