OREANDA-NEWS. April 12, 2012. The investment company A1 announces the acquisition of a share of voting shares of the JSC Moscow Plant of Computing and Analytical Machines (JSC SAM). Thus, A1 has become a shareholder of one of the most important firms of Russia's military and space industry, included in the list of the country's strategic firms.

The near-future plans of A1 include normalizing the operating activities of the JSC SAM by participating in the plant's governance and by resolving the prolonged corporate conflict, in which the plant has been involved during the last 15 years.

Thus, in the immediate future, the activities of A1 as a shareholder of the JSC SAM will be focused on increasing the firm's shareholder value.

A1 is the key investment division of the Alfa Group Consortium. A1 is Russia's leading expert in the resolution of complicated economic and corporate situations. The Company's capabilities allow it to implement all types of investment projects with high efficiency.

The A1 company is currently managing a portfolio of different assets, which include the Russian Federation's largest automobile sales and servicing company "Nezavisimost", the company Kronwerk Cinema (which is among Russia's five largest cinema networks), the Systematika company (the largest Russian provider of IT solutions and services), Byelorussia's largest supermarket network BelMarket, etc.