founded vilnius lithuania 1997 headquarters vilnius lithuania key people gediminas iemelis number of employees 3000 2008 website ziavalda.lt ia valda is lithuanian investment company pursuing projects of higher profit margin usually by establishing and consistently developing a new business unit by consolidating companies of one business sector into one larger company or by acquiring a business which has growth potential but requires substantial reorganization . businesses which achieve a certain degree of development concentrate their efforts into attracting public or institutional capital by selling a portion of their shares on ipo or private placement markets . the company manages and develops businesses operating in the sectors of aviation services infrastructure financial mediation agriculture services for businesses and real estate . the majority of company s income comes from management fees dividends and revenue from part sales of businesses . to this day assets after loans owned by the company both directly and through its affiliates related or associated companies are valued at nearly 120 million euros . history edit ia valda was founded in 1997 . in 2002 the company become an investment holding company . at the same year ia valda acquired vilgsnis i ar iau a credit management and debt recovery company in lithuania and the baltic states with a 30 % share of the market . 2003 founding of agrovaldymo grup now agrowill group . today it s the largest agricultural company in lithuania controlling 17 producers and processors of agricultural produce . 2004 founding of em s vystymo fondas main operations acquisition and lease of land for farming purposes which is involved in consolidation of farming land and lease of it to farmers and agrowill group . 2005 privatization of lithuanian airlines . total area of premises owned by ia valda reached 30.000 square metres ; area of owned land in vilnius city 27 hectares . beginning of a private housing development project in gulbinai settlement with a total are of more than 20 hectares sold in 2006 . beginning of kabantys sodai hanging gardens project constructions on the edge of vilnius centre . 2006 ranked second among a 1000 most rapidly developing lithuanian businesses . sale of controlling interest in vilgsnis i ar iau 67 % of shares were bought by an icelandic capital company operating in over 25 countries creditinfo group ltd . reorganization of lithuanian airlines privatized a year ago into a group of 3 businesses flylal lithuanian airlines flylal group services today known as avia solutions group and va reals ; in total the group unites 9 companies . design and construction of infrastructure purpose objects in vilnius international airport 3 hangars for aircraft repairs private passenger terminal and office buildings . 2007 acquisition of 100 % interest in valstie i laikra tis . founding of uab statinio interjeras ; field of operations contracting finish and general construction works . 2008 ia valda launched a 48m ltl worth share issue ; bought out by an icelandic capital company sx investments and a lithuanian capital company amber capital partners . due to the arrival of new shareholders the company forms a board ; board s work regulation approved . subsidiary company finhill registered a year ago is issued with category b broker licence which allows the company provision of finance related services . agrowill group was listed on the vilnius stock exchange becoming the first successful initial public offering for ia valda . within 3 months share value increases by 30 % whereas average omx index slumped by almost 30 % . at the same year in its meeting in strategic committee the lithuanian government endorses that ab flylal group passenger terminal under construction in the place of the current premises owned by uab va reals is of strategic importance to lithuania . the decision marks the beginning of the process to obtain construction permit . the terminal is expected to be completed by november 2009 . agrowill group approves plans for active growth and intends to make around 10 acquisitions and increase the area of farming land and its revenue by several times . to achieve its targets ia valda increases the number of its shares by 40 % and issues additional shares . ia valda group of companies edit agrowill group avia solutions group raigesta va reals ia valda external links edit official site history of the company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ia valda & oldid 625209179 categories investment companies of lithuaniacompanies based in vilnius1997 establishments in lithuaniacompanies established in 1997holding companies of lithuania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages lietuvi edit links this page was last modified on 12 september 2014 at 08 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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