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  • Capitalization Of 'ArmRosgazprom' CJSC Will Exceed $1,5bln At The Be

    CAPITALIZATION OF 'ARMROSGAZPROM' CJSC WILL EXCEED $1,5BLN AT THE BEGINNING OF 2009

    arminfo
    2007-07-24 09:53:00

    At the end of 2008 and at the beginning of 2009 the authorized capital
    of Armenian-Russian "ArmRosgazprom" CJSC will amount to $850-900mln,
    and the capitalization, according to the estimations of the company's
    specialists, will exceed $1,5bln, Chairman of the Board, Director
    General of "ArmRosgazprom" CJSC Karen Karapetyan said on Monday.

    According to him, from today on the company is preparing to start
    Initial Public Offer. For that purpose international audit has already
    been conducted in the company for 4 years. From the current year on
    the "Ernst and Yang" company is conducting the audit. K. Karapetyan
    recalled that "ArmRosgazprom" CSJS has already placed coupon
    obligations in a 1bln AMD emission volume, with a circulation period
    of 18 months and with 9% annual percentage rate. The emission volume
    in 1bln AMD is a bit more than 0,5% of the company's assets, the
    Director General noted. He added that the company intends to emit
    obligations with a volume of 5bln AMD in the nearest future.

    Director of the Central Bank of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan said that the
    emission of obligations of "ArmRosgazprom" CJSC arouse much interest in
    the financial system of the country and, presently, the demand exceeds
    the supply by several times. He added that "ArmRosgazprom" CJSC plans
    to conduct a rating of the Central Bank's enterprises, which will
    give the commercial banks, interested in the company's obligations,
    an opportunity to transact deals with the Central Bank. In that way,
    for the Central Bank will consider the obligations of "ArmRosgazprom"
    CJSC as liquid assets and the latter will work with commercial banks
    through REPO agreement, he clarified.

    He noted that the entrance of such system forming structure as
    "ArmRosgazprom" CJSC into the bond market is a guarantee for the
    dynamic development of that market. He added that in the nearest
    future two more of the best enterprises in Armenia will be involved
    in the bond market. T.

    Sargsyan expressed hope that, thanks to "ArmRosgazprom" CJSC's
    cooperation with Stockholm burse OMX, which plans to buy "Armenian
    Stock Exchange", the company will start IPO. This will mean integrating
    Armenian and world bond markets, he said.

    To recall, "ArmRosgazprom" CJSC was founded in December 1997 and is
    the exclusive importer of natural gas into Armenia. As a result of
    "ArmRosgazprom" CJSC's extra emission by $111,8 mln, the company's
    authorized capital increased from the former $280mln up to $391,8mln.

    "Gazprom" JSC raised its share in "ArmRosgazprom" CJSC's authorized
    capital from the former 45% up to 57,59%. The share of the Armenian
    Government in the company's authorized capital, accordingly reduced
    from 45% to 34,7%, and the share of "Itera" company reduced from the
    former 10% up to 7,71%.
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