Aplana Group of Companies

Products and Services

Aplana will develop software that contributes to the digital transformation of large Russian business. In addition, the group will be able to provide services in the field of consulting, implementation, testing, support and integration of business solutions. The receipt of funds to Aplana is estimated at more than 6 billion rubles. per year. As of June 2018, the group has more than 1.5 thousand employees.

History

2023: Sale "BOSS. Personnel Systems, "" Preferentum "and" Robin "Softline Group

Softline Group of Companies, a provider of solutions and services in the field of digital transformation and information security, acquired three manufacturers of corporate business applications ("BOSS. Personnel Systems, "" Preferentum "and " Robin ") and the rights to relevant software products from the Applan Group of Companies. This was announced on April 20, 2023 to TAdviser by representatives of Softline. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Read more here.

2022: Sale of 85% stake in "Academy iT" to Softline

Softline on January 11, 2022 announced to TAdviser the signing of an agreement to acquire the iT Academy, which will allow it to strengthen its position in the rapidly growing technical education sector around the world and in the field of educational technology solutions. Read more here.

2021: FTS files bankruptcy lawsuit against Firm AiTi JSC

In relation to the oldest legal entity of the Aichi group (the new brand is Aplana), a bankruptcy case was opened in June 2021 due to tax evasion. The management of the entire group admits that 2020 was a year of falling revenue for it, although it insists that it did not come to a cumulative loss. However, many companies of the group ended last year in the red, while a significant part of organizations have bank accounts blocked by the decision of the tax authorities.

As CNews found out, the oldest legal entity founded in 1990 by Tagir Yapparov and Igor Kasimov of the Aichi group (operating under the Aplana brand) risks becoming bankrupt^[1].

Lawsuit against JSC "Firm Aichi." Information Technologies "on bankruptcy on June 23, 2021 was filed by the capital's inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) No. 28 with the Moscow Arbitration Court . Two days later, it was accepted for consideration. The next hearing on the case is scheduled for August 17.

The amount of claims of tax authorities (as sometimes happens) is not indicated in the lawsuit card in the judicial file cabinet.

According to Kontur.focus Sa, at the end of 2020, the revenue of a bankrupt legal entity amounted to 626.7 million rubles. with a decrease in this indicator by 52% compared to the previous year. Net profit was at the level of 2.7 million rubles.

As of July 6, 2021, the organization has bank accounts blocked by decision of the tax authorities. Kontur.focus does not have data on state contracts concluded by it during 2021, although its database contains information on 488 state contracts of other years totaling 8.1 billion rubles.

About half of the other companies in the group as of July 2021 also have accounts blocked by tax authorities, some organizations ended 2020 with losses (detailed analysis - below).

In the rating "CNews100: The largest IT companies in Russia" at the end of 2018, "Aplana" occupied 29th line with total revenue of 6.736 billion rubles. In subsequent years, the group did not participate in the compilation of this rating.

In a conversation with CNewsIgor Kasimov, who is now the general director of the Aichi management company (UK), did not hide the fact that the group's total revenue at the end of 2020 decreased compared to the previous year. He explained this trend by the well-known situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, when the IT budgets of key customers were not fully spent in 2020, as well as the fact that in 2020 the Applan group continued restructuring, "focusing on import-substituting and its own product areas of activity, closing or selling those businesses that are not strategic for it."

"At the same time, a number of the group's companies showed both revenue growth and profit, in others the result turned out to be more modest, but in general the group ended 2020 without a loss," Kasimov assures. "By the end of 2021, the group expects a noticeable increase in overall revenue and profit indicators."

As for the Aichi bankruptcy claim as one of the group's companies, in this case, in addition to the economic downturn and restructuring costs, according to Kasimov, tax additional charges as part of an on-site audit of the Federal Tax Service have become an additional negative factor. "This company (like a number of other group companies) was included in the list of system-forming for the industry and applied for a deferral of tax payments in 2020, but did not receive it and fully paid additional charges for 2020, which led to a delay in payments on current taxes," says top manager.

He also notes that in June 2021, Aichi JSC changed its legal address in connection with the move to a new office, and the new inspection at the place of registration immediately filed a lawsuit for bankruptcy, without even contacting the company. "This turned out to be a complete surprise, since the previous inspection, in which the company was registered, not only did not go to court with such a statement, but did not even notify the company of such a prospect," Kasimov notes.

"We inform you that the company pays tax payments in the amount of accruals and plans to pay off all existing debts by the end of the year, having received payment for currently executed contracts," he concludes. "We expect to agree with the tax inspectorate on a reasonable time and procedure for resolving the issue."

As the analysis of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Aichi Management Company, Tagir Yapparov and Igor Kasimov show, they are co-founders of more than two dozen existing legal entities (about the same number has already been liquidated).

Next, we will give an analysis of what financial results, according to Kontur.focus Sa, they ended 2020, and how things are with their bank accounts in light of the possible blocking of the Federal Tax Service.

At the end of 2020, a loss of 3.2 million rubles. demonstrated LLC Laboratory of Corporate Mobility (share of Aichi Management Company) with revenue of 32.1 million rubles. (an increase of 22% compared to the previous year). Your company has blocked accounts.

Loss of 27.9 million rubles. showed LLC "Aichi. Departmental systems "(100% stake in Aichi Management Company) with revenue of 43.9 million rubles. (87% drop). There are blocked accounts.

Loss of 17.3 million rubles. showed LLC Advanced Self-Service Systems (100% stake in Aichi Management Company) with revenue of 37.6 million rubles. (71% drop). There are blocked accounts.

Loss of 9.1 million rubles. showed LLC "Logic of Business. Regions "(100% stake in Aichi Management Company) with revenue of 197.3 million rubles. (21% drop). There are blocked accounts.

Loss of 13.4 million rubles. showed LLC Datatech"" (100% stake in Aichi Management Company) with revenue of 31.9 million rubles. (79% drop). There are blocked accounts.

Loss of 12.4 million rubles. showed LLC Project Service (25% at Aichi Management Company, Kasimov and Yapparov - 37.5% each) with revenue of 35 million rubles. (42% drop). There are blocked accounts.

Loss of 2 million rubles. showed LLC "Aichi. Energofinance "(100% stake in Aichi Management Company) with zero revenue. In 2019, revenue amounted to 48.5 million rubles. There are blocked accounts.

Loss of 799 thousand rubles. showed LLC "Aichi. Educational Holding "(70% stake in Aichi Management Company; are pledged to Softline Projects LLC) with a revenue of 841 thousand rubles.

Loss of 66 million rubles. showed LLC "PSS. Software "(Kasimov and Yapparov have 50% each) with revenue of 15.9 million rubles (a drop of 76%). There are blocked accounts.

At the beginning of July 2021, the accounts of several more companies of the group were blocked, which at the same time ended 2020 in plus. In particular, we are talking about Aichi LLC. Business Technology "(20% for Aichi Management Company, Kasimov and Yapparov each 40%) with revenue of 124.5 million rubles. (+ 1%) profit of 1.3 million rubles, about Aichi LLC . Business solutions "(25% of Aichi Management Company, Kasimov and Yapparov each 37.5%) with revenue of 122.3 million rubles. (-15%) and a profit of 2 million rubles, about Logia VRM LLC (50% of Aiti Management Company, Kasimov and Yapparov each 25%) with revenue of 22.5 million rubles. (-86%) and a profit of 1.7 million rubles, about LLC" Aplana. IT "(Kasimov and Yapparov have 50% each) with revenue of 32.9 million rubles. (+ 1000%) and a profit of 16.5 million rubles.

At the same time, for a number of structures of the group, the case cost no losses and without blocking accounts. Among them is Aplana Europe LLC (Yapparov and Kasimov have 30% shares each, Aichi Management Company has 10%; shares are pledged by Softline Projects LLC) with revenue of 30.7 million rubles. (-42%) and a profit of 3.1 million rubles, Boss JSC . Personnel systems "(presumably 100% at Aichi Management Company) with revenue of 175.9 million rubles. (+ 5%) and a profit of 12.1 million rubles, Russmart LLC (61% at Aichi Management Company; pledge of a stake in VTB Bank) with revenue of 199.1 million rubles. (+ 120%) and a profit of 14 million rubles, Center Panic Button LLC (30.5% for Aichi Management Company, 32.5% for IIDI Invest LLC) with revenue of 308.6 million rubles. (+ 51%) and a profit of 1.4 million rubles.

Legal entities of Logia Business LLC also have positive indicators (Aichi Management Company has 100%) with revenue of 744.9 million rubles. (+ 34%) and a profit of 12.5 million rubles, Mobile Internet LLC (53.2% at Aichi Management Company) with revenue of 3.5 million rubles. (+ 18%) and a profit of 30 thousand rubles, Relational Programming LLC (70% of Aichi Management Company) with revenue of 8.4 million rubles. (-11%) with a profit of 1.7 million rubles, LLC Preferentum (20% for Aichi Management Company, Kasimov and Yapparov each 15%) with revenue of 21.6 million rubles. (+ 37%) and a profit of 4.3 million rubles, LLC "High Technologies" (Kasimov and Yapparov each have 40%) with revenue of 85.1 million rubles. (+ 5%) and a profit of 16.5 million rubles, Aplana Digital LLC (Kasimov and Yapparov each have 31.5%) with revenue of 11.1 million rubles. and a profit of 16 thousand rubles, Aichi LLC. Multisystems "(Kasimov and Yapparov have 37.5% each) with revenue of 24.7 million rubles. and a profit of 371 thousand rubles, Unilight LLC (Kasimov and Yapparov have 24.1% each) with revenue of 4.5 million rubles. (+ 42%) and a profit of 44 thousand rubles.

2020: Acquisition by Softline of Aplan's software development outsourcing business

Softline Holding acquired a software development outsourcing business from the Applan group of companies. Aplana announced the deal on November 2, 2020. Read more here.

2019

Creation of "Aplana Digital"

On December 3, 2019, the Aplana Group of Companies announced the formation of Aplana Digital, which will provide corporate customers with solutions and services in private and corporate cloud environments. Read more here.

Create a company to promote the Robin RPA platform

On November 28, 2019, Applan Group announced the creation of a company Robin based on a division engaged in the development and implementation of software. robots Robin has the same name software with the automation it is developing. business processes The main task of the newly created company is to promote, develop and implement the platform for robotizations Robin through the partner network. More. here

Acquisition of Aplana Software and Aplan Innovation by IBS

On November 21, 2019, IBS announced to TAdviser that it had acquired Aplana Software from the Aplana group of companies (legal entities of Aplana Software LLC and Aplana IT Innovations LLC), a player in the Russian software testing outsourcing market. The final agreement on this was signed on November 20. Earlier, the deal was approved by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia). Read more here.

Preliminary agreement with IBS on the sale of Aplana Software and Aplan Aiti Innovation

On November 5, 2019, it became known that IBS IT Holding had agreed to purchase two companies from Aplana, with Aplana Software and Aplana Innovation. Read more here.

2018

G/L Structure

As of June 2018, three main business areas stand out in Aplan. The first was called "Applana. Business solutions. " This structural unit combined "Aichi. Business Solutions, "" BPM Logic "and " Preferentum. " Within the framework of this area, advisory services on digital business transformation, formulation and reengineering of process management are provided. Consulting is also conducted on the development and implementation of end-to-end automation systems and robotization of business processes both on domestic and foreign platforms.

Aplan Services is engaged in the provision of services for the development, integration and testing of corporate software on proprietary, mobile and software platforms. Also, within the framework of the direction, audit and consulting work is carried out in the field of software development processes, training of specialists and users is carried out.

Aichi itself became part of Aplan Services, as well as such structural units as Aplana Software, Aplana. Development Center, "" Aplana. International projects, "" Academy of iT, "and" BOSS. Personnel systems. "

The Russian developer Logic of Business, which is the third direction of Applana, has its own line of products for managing digital corporate content. This includes EDMS, electronic archives, electronic storage with various types of documentation - management, financial and technical.

Other projects of Aplana shareholders will cooperate with it when working on orders for corporate clients, but will remain independent companies.

Aplana does not include such business units as Aichi. Departmental systems, "" Aichi. Smart Systems, "" Aichi. Smart City, "" Aichi. Energy Finance, Life Button, MobilityLab and Information Systems and Strategies (ISS).

Formation of a group of companies

On the basis of the ATI group in the spring of 2018, the Aplana group of companies appeared, which included Business Logic, Advanced Self-Service Systems, BOSS. Personnel Systems, Aplana Software and other consulting and service^[2].

Aplana was formed with the aim of enlarging the business, that is, "creating one of the largest Russian players in the segment of software development and IT services," as explained in the company. This step was led by the consistent transformation of the Aichi business over several years.

Since the beginning of the 2000s, the Aplana brand itself has been used in the Aichi software and service business. He had nothing to do with corporate supplies and infrastructure integration. The creation of the Applan group reflects the desire of shareholders to focus on developing software for corporate customers and developing professional services.

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