Ex-PrivatBank owners file claims seeking to collect UAH 8.9 bln from bank

16:25, 04.07.2017 1 min read

Companies affiliated with former owners of PrivatBank (Kyiv) have filed 92 claims seeking to collect UAH 8.913 billion from the bank, according to a presentation of the bank.

According to the document, in general, the number of claims against the bank totals 2,902 seeking to collect UAH 20.185 billion.

PrivatBank Board Chairman Oleksandr Shlapak said that the bank filed claims seeking to collect UAH 23.8 billion.

"The total sum for the claims we have filed is UAH 2.8 billion. This is not only former shareholders [of the bank], but including them," he told reporters after a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.

As reported, former owner of PrivatBank Ihor Kolomoisky on June 9, 2017 filed a claim to Pechersky district court of Kyiv demanding the termination of guarantee agreements.

According to the public register of court cases, defenders in the claim are the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and PrivatBank.