Rostelecom consolidated Aurora developers – Vedomosti

“Rostelecom» closed a deal to consolidate shares in the Votron and Open Mobile Platform (OMP) companies, which are developing the Aurora OS. About it reported Interfax with reference to data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.

After the deal was closed, Rostelecom’s share in developers increased from 75% to 99.9%. The owner of the remaining 0.1% in both legal entities is Open Mobile Platform – CR, which belongs to the sister of the owner of the UST groups, Grigory Berezkin, Olga.

That “Rostelecom» consolidated almost 100% of the developers of Aurora, Kommersant, citing sources reported back in September. However, changes in the ownership structure have not yet been reflected in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.

In 2018 “Rostelecom» acquired 75% of weapons of mass destruction and Votron from Berezkin’s structures for 3.4 billion rubles. In December 2019, the board of directors of Rostelecom voted to increase the share in the OS developer to 99.9%. This directive was later approved by the government, wrote “Vedomosti”. The newspaper’s interlocutor then explained that a 99.9% share would allow Rostelecom to make decisions faster and not coordinate them with minority shareholders, and would ensure full state control.

According to Kommersant, according to the terms of the deal, a 0.1% stake in Votron and OMP will allow Berezkin’s structures to continue to receive interest from OMP’s revenue: 5% each for 20 years after the transaction. It was reported that the option for 24.9% “Rostelecom» can be fulfilled between March 2021 and March 2028. for no less than 606 million rubles.