Russia & Kazakhstan: Baltika Breweries licenses Carlsberg’s Kazakh subsidiary to produce two of its brands

Russia’s biggest beer maker Baltika Breweries announced on January, 11 that it has licensed the right to use its trademarks Baltika and Nevskoe to Derbes, a Kazakh subsidiary of Carlsberg Group.

The license was granted until 2029 for a fixed fee of €90 million.

Furthermore, Derbes must make quarterly royalty payments of 4.5% of their net profits from any production and sales of beer under the above trademarks.

Carlsberg, the owning company of Baltika and Derbes, is considering a reorganisation in order to unite Derbes Brewery and Baltika’s Kazakh division Baltika-Almaty.

13 January, 2010