DUSHANBE, May 27, 2011, Asia-Plus - The first general meeting of shareholders of open joint-stock company (OJSC), NBO Roghun, was held in Dushanbe on May 26.

Inaugurating the meeting, Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov noted that until 2010, the government had been the sole holder of shares in OJSC NBO Roghun.

In January 2010, the government issued 6 billion somoni worth of Roghun shares and they were made available for private sector and part of them has been sold, the prime minister noted.

The OJSC NBO Roghun top manager Nourullo Shulashov noted that the sale of Roghun shares earned the government 801.9 million somoni last year and a total amount of donations was 28.3 million somoni. “Private sector now owns 13.3 percent of the shares,” he noted.

According to him, the budget last year earmarked 641.2 million somoni for rehabilitation work at the Roghun site. Besides, 202.2 million somoni earned from selling shares in Roghun were paid for necessary hydropower equipment.

Director of the Agency for Development of Equity Market and Specialized Registrar Jamshed Shermatov noted that a total number of votes of shareholders was now 58.5 million.

The meeting also elected members of the supervisory board of the company. Among them are Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov, Minister of Energy and Industries Gul Sherali, Minister of Finance Safarali Najmiddinov, Minister of Justice Bakhtiyor Khudoyorov, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Farrukh Hamraliyev, Chairman of the State Committee for Investments and State-owned Property Management Davlatali Saidov, Director of Limited Liability Company “Somoni Ltd” Qurbon Yusupov, Director of Closed Joint-Stock Company “Khujand Invest Cotton” Muqim Nematov, and Director General of OJSC SANIIOSP Jamshed Ahmadov.

The prime minister noted that the audit company, Deloitte & Touche, had been selected to audit the OJSC NBO Roghun activities in 2008, 2009, and 2010.