The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has allowed the company SV Motors Ltd (Great Britain) to acquire more than 50% of the shares of the Lutsk Automobile Plant. \nThe Antimonopoly Committee reported that SV Motors Ltd is engaged in investment activity and does not operate on the Ukrainian market. \nIn November 2004, President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma by his decree renewed LuAZ's investment program, which had been canceled on October 1, 2003. \nThe investment program envisages a contribution to its production of 495.994 million UAH until 2007. The investors intend to be the "Ukrainian Industrial-Investment Concern" - 41 million UAH, and the company SV Motors Ltd - 119 million UAH. \nIn April 2000, the "Ukrainian Industrial-Investment Concern" bought 81.11% of LuAZ's shares. According to data as of May 2004, the owner of 64.68% of the shares was LuAZ itself, and 16% of its shares belonged to the company "Ukrainian Automobile Holding". \nThe Lutsk Automobile Plant specializes in the assembly of VAZ and UAZ automobiles, as well as the production of LuAZ off-road vehicles. Last year LuAZ ended with a net profit of 10.425 million UAH, increasing net income 21.8 times to 286.965 million UAH. This is reported by "Korrespondent.net". \n