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OCS Distribution, which ranks first in the CNews100: Russia’s Largest IT Companies 2021 rating, has become completely Russian. Since 2015, the company has been owned by a Cypriot structure. Until 2021, OCS was part of the once largest IT holding National Computer Corporation.
Russian OCS Distribution
As CNews found out, the largest domestic market, the distributor OCS Distribution (legal entity “OCS-Center”) moved from the jurisdiction Cyprus under Russian jurisdiction.
So, 100% LLC “Ocs center” belongs to OCC Group LLC. Since April 2015, the latter has belonged to the Cypriot structure Digimax Limited. Since September 22, 2022, it has become owned by Andrey Golyshkin (32%),
Dmitry Kleshkin (32%), Anton Tsytsenko (32%) and Dmitry Komyagin (4%).
“All owners who have now acquired OCS and previously were its ultimate owners through the chain legal entities with the participation of a foreign company,” company representatives told CNews.
The change in the structure will not affect the work of the company in any way, noted in OCS.
The largest distributor
OCS Distribution ranks first in the ranking “CNews100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2021».
LLC “OCS-Center” was registered on July 17, 2003. in Moscow. Declared by the CEO of the company Alexander Chernenko. Company revenue at the end of 2021 amounted to 217.3 billion rubles. , a net profit – 4.9 billion rubles, follows from “Focus contour».
Exit OCS from NCC
April 2021 Tadviser found out that OCS withdrew from the “National Computer Corporation” (NKK), once one of the largest IT companies in Russia. According to company representatives, this process began in 2020. The company then assured the publication that NCC had never been the owner of OCS. Distributor but simply worked under the brand of the holding. The NCC also included Aquarius andSystematics».
OCS got rid of foreign roots
As a result of the restructuring, OCS left Leonid Goldenberg and Evgeny Lachkovwhich in total owned 64% of NCC (NCC LLC) and the third co-owner of NCC – Alexander Kalinin. The son of Kalinin, Alexei, also had a share in the company. In September 2019, the OCS press office released a message that Alexey Kalinin decided to sell his shares in the company to his partners and leave the post “with the full consent and mutual respect of the parties.” However, CNews found out that shortly before OCS announced the voluntary resignation of Alexei Kalinin, the latter was suing his employers, preventing an “unauthorized” change of leadership.
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Safety
According to the publication, the restructuring took place once morest the backdrop of the division of NCC assets: Alexander Kalinin wanted to keep 100% of the companyAquarius“, having redeemed shares from Leonid Goldenberg and Evgeny Lachkov. The latter were left with a share in Systematics. Goldenberg and Lachkov wanted to sell their shares to the co-owner of the group Astra Linux Denis Frolov. Then the loud started scandal during the division of the NCC holding. its outcome and became agreement on the sale of the largest asset of the NCC of the Aquarius group service IT integrator «Smart technologies».
Russian distribution
OCS is not the first company to enter Russian jurisdiction following February 2022. First in March changed owners of Marvel Distribution.
“This decision was made some time ago, as the company has big plans in the field of import substitution, and in order to implement them, it is logical and necessary to be Russian company. – Told CNews Alexey MelnikovCEO “Marvel distributions“. “In addition, this step minimizes country risks in the current situation.”
In July, following Marvel, completely Russian become «Merlion” and “citylink».
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