Kibar Khalvashi is selling “Rustavi 2"
Kibar Khalvashi is selling “Rustavi 2 “ shares,- “Rustavi 2 TV” said on Monday.
As Khalvashi explains in the statement, he has decided to “sell “Rustavi 2” through a transparent competition.” He says “former director general of the TV company, practically, used to robbed it. “
“Today, former director general of the TV company openly threatens to destroy the company he has been cared for 7 years. It is clear to me, that he has been destructing the company from the very first day of the dispute and, in fact, he has already fulfilled his threats,” the statement reads.
According to Kibar Khalvashi “Rustavi 2” is in a “catastrophic situation.”
“Its credit debt is approaching GEL 70,000,000, of which only GEL 27,000,000 is owed to the state budget. Rustavi 2 is in debt to practically everyone- from a water supply company to an American exit polls company. The vast majority of overall debt has been accumulated over the last few years, during the period I started the dispute, and it is clear that everything happened knowingly…
Unfortunately, my financial ability is not enough to pull the company out of a deep crisis. Therefore, I would like to say openly and publicly that I am ready to talk to any stakeholder who will buy Rustavi 2, help it get out of the crisis and to become a successful company. Accordingly, I will recover the damage inflicted upon me by the company's deliberate bankruptcy.
The only person I am not going to talk to is Mikheil Saakashvili, the former informal owner and manager of Rustavi 2.
I decided to sell Rustavi 2 through a transparent competition to those who would pay the highest price. Taking the company’s severe financial crisis into account, the competition must be completed within a week.
At the same time, in order to avoid political or other manipulations, I will speak only to those who prove that their intentions are serious, which may be provided by a bank guarantee or a deposit of at least $ 1,000,000 into a special contest account,” reads Kibar Khalvashi’s statement.
