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Smart-Holding has traditionally supported and awarded its Prizes of Mercy within the framework of Pokrov International Orthodox Film Festival.

Today, Vadim Mokhov, the director of Ukrgazvydobutok (UGV), a volunteer well known in Kharkov and the region, has been detained. According to his lawyer, the detention was made with numerous violations of the criminal procedural provisions.

Smart-Holding and Park Inn by Radisson, the midscale hotel brand of Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, announce the opening of the first Park Inn by Radisson Troyitska in Kyiv. This is Carlson Rezidor’s fourth hotel in Ukraine and third in Kyiv city. 

The Prosecutor General's Office continues its consistent pressure on the business of Smart-Holding and its beneficiary, an opposition politician Vadym Novynskyi. This is how today’s announcement of suspicion to Vasiliy Fedin, the general director of Smart Maritime Group Shipbuilding Company, is interpreted in Smart-Holding. He is accused of allegedly entering some false information into an official document more than five years ago.

Smart Energy Group reports unjustified pressure from the State Fiscal Service (SFS) and considers this as a biased interference with the group’s business that disturbs the companies’ operations.

In September, auditors from the department of the Southern Office of the State Audit Service of Ukraine (SAS) in Nikolaev region intended to audit financial and economic activities of Chernomorsky Shipbuilding Yard within the framework of Corvette public program's implementation for the period from 1 January 2015 to 30 September 2017. Upon arrival at the company, the auditors were officially notified that there were no legal grounds for such audit because ChSY did not receive government funding under this program during the specified period.

A few days later the company received another letter from the department of the SAS’s Southern Office notifying it of the intention to make another audit of Corvette program, now for the period from 1 January 2011 to 30 September 2017. We have to state that this time the reasons for such an audit are also extremely doubtful from the legal viewpoint.

With effect from 20 September 2017, Mr Chris Hopkinson has joined the Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr Hopkinson has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, having worked in senior management roles in Khazakhstan, Africa, Russian Federation and the Middle East.

On Wednesday, 13 September 2017, the State Audit Service of Ukraine communicated a message where it expressed its surprise that their auditors were not admitted to Chernomorsky Shipyard (ChSZ) in order to audit the use of the public financing by the company in the framework of the Corvette Program’s implementation. In this regard, SMG considers it necessary to comment on the situation.

Mr. Adrian Coates has left the post of the Company's Independent Director, which he was occupying during the last 9 years. Mr. Bruce Burrows joined the Board of Directors instead.

UNEX BANK continues showing a positive financial result.