The other three candidates - Russia's Metatabak consortium, Vienna-registered consortium Tobacco Holding GmbH and Russia's Rosbulgartabak - appealed the sale procedure in the Supreme Court, arguing the Privatisation Agency acted illegally when it failed to allow them to sweeten their final offers after ranking the bids.
Tri druga kandidata - ruski konzorcijum Metatabak, bečki konzorcijum Tobako Holding GmbH i ruska firma Rosbulgartabak - žalila su se na prodajnu proceduru Vrhovnom sudu, ustvrdivši da je Agencija za privatizaciju postupila nezakonito ne dozvolivši im da pojačaju svoje konačne ponude nakon što je razmotrila sve ponude.