JSC Concern “Kalina” has become the owner of brand “Secunda”. This decision was taken by Russian agency of patents and trade marks. Famous Russian brand – means for clearing “Secunda” got the ownership of Concern “Kalina” over Company “Interhim”. Details of this bargain are not made known. It’s known only that this trade mark was first registered on 20 March 1998.

Concern “Kalina” intends to establish order with this brand: to investigate companies manufacturing product with mark “Secunda” illegally and companies that sale piratical products.

Concern Kalina is the largest Russian perfumery-cosmetics company. Authorized capital amounts

585543560 rubles, number of ordinary shares with nominal 70 rubles – 8364908. The largest shareholder of Concern is it’s General Director Timur Goryaev who owns 66.04% of authorized capital. European Bank of Reconstruction and Development owns 19.23% in authorized capital of Concern.

In the structure of Concern enters parent enterprise in Ekaterinburg, factory in Omsk and also subsidiary “Pallada Vostok” (Uzbekistan), subsidiary “Torzhok” (Ukraine), subsidiary “Pallada-Ukraine” (Ukaraine), subsidiary “Novoplast” (Ekaterinburg), JSC “Lola atir Upa” (Uzbekistan), Kalina Overseas Holding B.V. (Netherlands).

Additional information you can receive at press-secretary of Concern “Kalina” Sergey Kazancev, tel/fax: (3432) 65-83-06, e-mail:pressa@kalina.org