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Corporate Profile
Liberty Consumer (LC or “the Company”; former Galt & Taggart Capital) is a joint stock company organised under the laws of
Georgia.
LC invests in Georgian companies engaged in retail, FMCG, business services and real estate.
As such, the Company
currently represents
the sole investable vehicle, admitted to trading on the
Georgian Stock Exchange (“GSE”), which offers investors broad exposure to the rapidly growing spheres of domestic consumption of goods and services in
Georgia.
LC has a superior deal-making ability
on the Georgian market, demonstrated by the several key investments and
successful exits. The Company employs an experienced and skilled
investment team that possess an intimate knowledge of the market and has
access to the potential transactions. The Company manages its investments in a hands-on fashion, setting strategy and key targets, structuring the companies in a
transparent manner
, focusing strongly on growth,
recruiting the right people, streamlining financial & managerial
reporting and harnessing synergies with other LC group companies.
LC has raised approximately GEL 20
million through three rights issues since the IPO in November 2006. The Company holds significant stakes in the leading companies in the Georgian FMCG sector such as: largest supermarket chain
JSC Populi, the leading winery
JSC Teliani Valley and the leading food processing company JSC Nikora.
LC has also helped these portfolio companies with the arrangement of
equity funding, including the introduction of JSC Teliani Valley to the Georgian Stock Exchange (GSE), several capital increase rounds for JSC Populi and it intends to assist with potential IPOs of several portfolio companies in the future.
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