General information
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Customers of the companies that are part of the holding include:
Investment policy
- SFI is a strategic investor.
- The holding acquires a significant minority or controlling stake in the asset;
- SFI investment horizon - more than three years;
- The dividend yield potential is one of the main asset valuation metrics;
- Investments are aimed at sustainable growth on the holding and its assets capitalization;
- Developing a strategy to attract third-party investors in the capital of subsidiaries.
- The investment object is a developed business with a history of positive financial results and projected future incomes.
- Controlling the costs of subsidiaries, SFI invests in efficiently managed companies.
- The object for investment is completely transparent and understandable for the market as a whole and the holding in particular.
- The possibility of synergy with other SFI assets is important.
- SFI actively participates in the strategic asset management through its representatives on the board of director.
- The holding has a team of managers with optimal competencies to develop an asset development strategy and evaluate its performance.
- SFI provides support to portfolio companies in attracting market financing.
- If necessary, the holding provides cash in accordance with the asset development strategy.
- Private assets: maximizing shareholders value through IPO and/or sale of a company to strategic partner.
- Public assets: еxit at the target level of company’s valuation.
Corporate governance
Pursuant to Federal Law No. 208-FZ dated December 26, 1995 "On Joint-Stock Companies" and the SFI Charter, the General Meeting of Shareholders is the SFI's supreme governance body. The activities and competence of the General Meeting of Shareholders are governed by the joint-stock company laws of the Russian Federation, the provisions of the Charter, and the Regulations on the Procedure for Convening and Holding General Meetings of Shareholders of PJSC "SFI" (version 3).
SFI strives to ensure the highest level of protection of shareholders' rights to participate in managing the holding, including the rights to participate in the General Meeting of Shareholders and to vote on issues on its agenda, as well as the rights to receive profits in the form of dividends.
The committees carried out preliminary material reviews and made recommendations on a number of issues important to SFI. After being reviewed at committee meetings, decisions on these issues were adopted at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and at meetings of Board of Directors. There are two Committees under the Board of Directors – Audit and risks Committee, Remuneration and Nominations Committee.
The Corporate Secretary of SFI ensures compliance of the Company’s governance bodies and officers with the procedures stipulated by laws of the Russian Federation, the Charter and internal documents of the Company as a way to protect the rights and interests of the Company's shareholders. The Corporate Secretary also facilitates interaction between shareholders, the Board of Directors, and other corporate stakeholders.
All positions held by the person in the Issuer and other organisations over the past five years up to now, including on a part time basis:
- January 2016 – August 2017: Corporate Secretary at Europlan;
- August 2017 – present: Corporate Secretary at SFI.
Secretary SFI
The internal control system (ICS) of SFI is a set of organizational measures, procedures, and actions taken by the holding for business efficiency and compliance with the laws of the Russian Federation and SFI's own internal documents. The ICS verifies the actions of the holding's management with respect to the measures taken to achieve SFI's strategic and operational goals, ensure the accuracy and timeliness of reporting, guarantee the safety of the holding, and ensure SFI's compliance with applicable laws and the requirements of local regulatory documents. The effectiveness of the corporate ICS is assessed annually by the Internal Audit Service and the Revision Commission to provide the Board of Directors and executive bodies with objective and unbiased information on the current state of the internal control system.