Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation’s civil division is valued at US$1.54 billion

UAC SCAC, the producer of the SSJ100, is valued at US$689 million (UAC)

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has conducted an assessment of its civil assets as it prepares to merge them into a single entity, valuing Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co (SCAC), the producer of the Superjet 100 regional jet, at 44.8 billion roubles (US$689 million), reports Vedomosti business daily, quoting sources close to UAC. It is the first assessment of SCAC’s value, it points out.

The sources have revealed that the assessment process was conducted by independent experts “taking into account the relevant companies’ performance and targets,” but have provided no further details. UAC’s plan is to merge SCAC with MC-21 manufacturer Irkut Corporation, which is 95.7 per cent owned by UAC, and the two specialist companies of UAC-Integration Centre and New Civil Technologies. For the purposes of the merger, Irkut’s value was estimated at 56.8 billion roubles (US$873.85 million). Combined, Russia’s civil aircraft production industry is thus worth some 100 billion roubles (US$1.54 billion).

“The assessment of SCAC was conducted by using a non-discount method. The company owns valuable assets – the Superjet 100 programme development alone required an investment of some 150 billion roubles, and further sizeable injections were put into setting up the SSJ100 assembly line at Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant (also part of UAC),” the source comments.

The aim of the merger is linked to the sale of the controlling interest in the company currently held by Russia’s state-owned banks, to then later bring in outside investors, it is believed. “The main candidates for equity investment are Sberbank, VTB and VEB. The negotiations with them are underway,” a source indicates.

Neither VTB nor VEB have commented, but a spokesman for UAC says that the newly created company “may be attractive for outside investors.”

The board of directors of UAC took the decision to form four divisions – civil, military, transport and combat support – in 2017. The planned re-organisation of the civil division is to be finalised in 2019 it is expected.

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