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Press-release
Krasnodar
October 6, 2011
OJSC "Magnit" announces the results of the BOD meeting
Krasnodar, October 6, 2011: OJSC "Magnit" (the "Company", the "Issuer"; RTS, MICEX and LSE: MGNT) is pleased to announce the results of the BOD meeting held on October 6, 2011.
The meeting of the Board of Directors of OJSC "Magnit" was held on October 6, 2011 with the following agenda:
1. Calling of an extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of OJSC "Magnit".
2. Approval of the agenda for the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of OJSC "Magnit".
3. Approval of the form of holding of the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of OJSC "Magnit".
4. Determination of the date, time and place of holding of the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting.
5. Determination of the record date of shareholders entitled to participate in the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of OJSC "Magnit".
6. Approval of the form and text of voting bulletins for the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of OJSC "Magnit".
7. Notification of shareholders of the holding of the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of OJSC "Magnit".
8. Provision of the opportunity to shareholders to familiarize themselves with the materials related to the holding of the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of OJSC "Magnit".
9. Determination of the recommended price of the transactions for the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of OJSC "Magnit" to make the decisions on approval of the related party transactions.
10. Determination of the priority areas of activity of OJSC "Magnit".
11. Approval of the related party transactions.
12. Determination of the position of OJSC "Magnit" representative at the exercise of the voting right on the JSC "Tander" shares owned by the Company.
13. Determination of the position of OJSC "Magnit" representative at the exercise of the voting right on the share in the charter capital of LLC "Magnit Finance" owned by the Company.
14. Determination of the position of OJSC "Magnit" representative at the exercise of the voting right on the share in the charter capital of LLC "AgroTorg" owned by the Company (removed from the agenda).
15. Alienation of the share in the charter capital of LLC "AgroTorg" owned by OJSC "Magnit" (removed from the agenda).
16. Increase of the charter capital of OJSC "Magnit" by means of an offering of additional shares.
17. Approval of the decision on the additional issue of securities.
18. Approval of the prospectus of the securities.
The following BOD members were present: V. Butenko, S. Galitskiy, K. Pombukhchan, A. Shkhachemukov.
A. Arutyunyan, A. Zayonts and A. Makhnev provided their written opinions on the items of the agenda of the BOD meeting of OJSC "Magnit".
The number of the BOD members participated in the meeting, including written opinions of A. Arutyunyan, A. Zayonts and A. Makhnev, amounts to not less than half of the number of the BOD members determined by the Charter of the Company.
Quorum to hold the BOD meeting with this agenda is present.
The Board of Directors resolved to call the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of OJSC "Magnit" and approved the following agenda:
1. Approval of the related party transaction.
2. Approval of the major related party transaction.
The extraordinary general shareholders' meeting will be held in the form of joint presence of shareholders to discuss agenda items and adopt decisions on the voting issues with the preliminary submission (delivery) of the voting bulletins prior to the general shareholders' meeting.
The extraordinary general shareholders' meeting will be held on December 8, 2011 at 11:00 am. Registration of participants will commence on December 8, 2011 at 10:00 am.
The meeting will be held at the following address: 3-rd floor, conference hall, 15/5 Solnechnaya street, Krasnodar, Russia.
Completed voting bulletins shall be sent to the following postal address: 15/5 Solnechnaya street, Krasnodar, Russia, 350072.
The registrar of the Company - OJSC "United Registration Company" shall make the list of persons entitled to participate in the extraordinary general shareholders' meetings as of October 21, 2011.
The Board of Directors approved the form and the text of the voting bulletins, the text of the notification of shareholders of the holding of the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting which shall be delivered by registered mail or submitted against signature to each shareholders by November 7, 2011 inclusive.
The Board of Directors approved the following list of information materials to be provided to the shareholders:
- information on essential terms of transactions which approval is included in the agenda of the general shareholders' meeting;
- draft decision on the agenda items of the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting.
The sole executive body of the Company shall provide access to the above information materials from 10:00 to 17:00 (break from 12:00 to 13:00) on November 17, 2011 at the following addresses:
- office of the general director, 18 Kolkhoznaya street, Krasnodar, Russia;
- office of the general director, 15/5 Solnechnaya street, Krasnodar, Russia.
The Board of Directors approved the following related party transactions:
1. Loan agreement which the Company plans to execute in future with JSC "Tander" and which is a related party transaction with the following essentials:
- parties of the transaction: lender - OJSC "Magnit", borrower - JSC "Tander";
- subject of the transaction: special-purpose loan of funds with the condition of use of received funds by the borrower for acquisition of 82.6 % (eighty two point six percent) share in the charter capital of the Limited liability company "Zvezda" (Main State Registration Number - 1116827000773, Taxpayer Id. Number - 6827021696, location - 2 Promyshlennaya street, Michurinsk, Tambov region, 393760, Russian Federation) with a nominal value of 8 260 (eight thousand two hundred and sixty) rubles;
- limit price (amount) of the transaction: up to 720 000 000 (seven hundred and twenty million) rubles;
- interest rate on loan: not more than 8.3% (eight point three percent) per annum;
- deadline to fulfill obligations under the transaction: up to 5 (five) years from the date of execution (term of repayment of principal loan and interests).
The price of the property the possible disposal of which the transaction is related to shall not exceed 2% of the balance sheet assets value of the Company determined on the basis of the accounting statements for the latest reporting period.
2. Agreement of purchase and sale of share in the charter capital of the Limited liability company "Alcotrading", which the Company plans to execute in future and which is the related party transaction with the following:
- parties of the transaction: seller - JSC "Tander"; buyer - OJSC "Magnit";
- subject of the transaction: purchase and sale of share in the charter capital of the Limited liability company "Alcotrading" (location - 22B, 45 Parallel street, Stavropol, Russian Federation, Taxpayer Id. Number - 2634067954, Main State Registration Number - 1052604287097) with a nominal value of 9 900 000 (nine million nine hundred thousand) rubles that amounts to 99% (ninety nine percent) of the charter capital of LLC "Alcotrading";
- price (amount) of the transaction: 9 900 000 (nine million nine hundred thousand) rubles (price of the acquired share);
The price of the property the possible disposal of which the transaction is related to shall not exceed 2% of the balance sheet assets value of the Company determined on the basis of the accounting statements for the latest reporting period.
3. Transactionwhich the Company plans to execute in future with JSC "Tander" and which is the related party transaction with the following essentials:
- parties of the transaction: Lessor - OJSC "Magnit", Lessee - JSC "Tander";
- subject of the transaction: The Lessor shall provide real property - non-residential premises №№ 1, 2, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 5, 5/1, 6, 7, 7/2, 10/1, 16, 16/1, 16/2, 18, 19, 19/1, 19/2, 21, 23, 24, 39, with a total space of 839.8 sq. m., floor: underground, first; letter /А, Аlocated at the address: 199 Gorkogo street, Kanevskaya village, Kanevskoy district, Krasnodar region - to the Lessee at a fee for temporary possession and use;
- lease fee: 390 000 (three hundred and ninety thousand) rubles 00 kopecks per month, incl. VAT;
- lease period: 10 (ten) years.
The price of the property the possible disposal of which the transaction is related to shall not exceed 2% of the balance sheet assets value of the Company determined on the basis of the accounting statements for the latest reporting period.
4. Transactionwhich the Company plans to execute in future with JSC "Tander" and which is the related party transaction with the following essentials:
- parties of the transaction: Lessor - OJSC "Magnit", Lessee - JSC "Tander";
- subject of the transaction: The Lessor shall provide real property - building: purpose: non-residential; number of floors: 3, number of underground floors: 1; total space: 956.9 sq.m.; letter: 1B, inventory number: 111:035-915, address (location): 10 Pochtovaya street, Lotoshino village, Moscow region - to the Lessee at a fee for temporary possession and use;
- lease fee: 640 000 (six hundred and forty thousand) rubles 00 kopecks per month, incl. VAT;
- lease period: 10 (ten) years.
The price of the property the possible disposal of which the transaction is related to shall not exceed 2% of the balance sheet assets value of the Company determined on the basis of the accounting statements for the latest reporting period.
5. Transactionwhich the Company plans to execute in future with JSC "Tander" and which is the related party transaction with the following essentials:
- parties of the transaction: Lessor - OJSC "Magnit", Lessee - JSC "Tander";
- subject of the transaction: The Lessor shall provide real property - premises II: purpose: non-residential; floor: 1; total space: 371.3 sq.m.; cadastral № : 61:48:0030524:57:11/3; address (location): 179 Stepnaya street, Volgodonsk, Rostov region - to the Lessee at a fee for temporary possession and use;
- lease fee: 170 000 (one hundred and seventy thousand) rubles 00 kopecks per month, incl. VAT;
- lease period: 10 (ten) years.
The price of the property the possible disposal of which the transaction is related to shall not exceed 2% of the balance sheet assets value of the Company determined on the basis of the accounting statements for the latest reporting period.
6. Transactionwhich the Company plans to execute in future with JSC "Tander" and which is the related party transaction with the following essentials:
- parties of the transaction: Lessor - OJSC "Magnit", Lessee - JSC "Tander";
- subject of the transaction: The Lessor shall provide real property - non-residential building with a total space of 558.8 (five hundred and fifty eight point eight) sq. m., number of floors: 2, letter А, inventory number 83:410:001:000694560, located at the address: 34 Karla Marksa street, Prokhladniy, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic - to the Lessee at a fee for temporary possession and use;
- lease fee: 166 000 (one hundred and sixty six thousand) rubles 00 kopecks per month, incl. VAT;
- lease period: 10 (ten) years.
The price of the property the possible disposal of which the transaction is related to shall not exceed 2% of the balance sheet assets value of the Company determined on the basis of the accounting statements for the latest reporting period.
7. Transactionwhich the Company plans to execute in future with JSC "Tander" and which is the related party transaction with the following essentials:
- parties of the transaction: Lessor - OJSC "Magnit", Lessee - JSC "Tander";
- subject of the transaction: The Lessor shall provide real property - non-residential premises, № of the premises - 7, floor plan numbers №№ 3, 5-13 with a total space of 679.8 sq. m., located on the first floor of the building, letter B, at the address: bld. 1, 20 Professionalnaya street, Dmitrov, Moscow region - to the Lessee at a fee for temporary possession and use;
- lease fee: 527 000 (five hundred and twenty seven thousand) rubles 00 kopecks per month, incl. VAT;
- lease period: 10 (ten) years.
The price of the property the possible disposal of which the transaction is related to shall not exceed 2% of the balance sheet assets value of the Company determined on the basis of the accounting statements for the latest reporting period.
8. Transactionwhich the Company plans to execute in future with JSC "Tander" and which is the related party transaction with the following essentials:
- parties of the transaction: Lessor - OJSC "Magnit", Lessee - JSC "Tander";
- subject of the transaction: The Lessor shall provide real property - non-residential building of "Universam" store with a total space of 2 766.10 sq. m., number of floors: 2, underground floor: 1, cadastral (or identification) number 68:30:0003026:0003:4866/25 letter: А, А1, А2, а, а1, а2, located at the address: district II, Uvarovo, Tambov region - to the Lessee at a fee for temporary possession and use;
- lease fee: 1 074 560 (one million seventy four thousand five hundred and sixty) rubles 00 kopecks per month, incl. VAT;
- lease period: 10 (ten) years.
The price of the property the possible disposal of which the transaction is related to shall not exceed 2% of the balance sheet assets value of the Company determined on the basis of the accounting statements for the latest reporting period.
The Board of Directors resolved to increase the Company's charter capital by means of an offering of additional ordinary registered uncertified shares in the amount of 10 813 516 (ten million eight hundred thirteen thousand five hundred sixteen) with a nominal value per share of 0.01 (zero point zero one) ruble (the "Additional Shares").
The Additional Shares will be placed by means of open subscription.
Shareholders of OJSC "Magnit" have pre-emptive rights to purchase the Additional Shares pro rata to their existing shareholdings.
The offer price of the Additional Shares (of one ordinary registered uncertified share), including the offer price of the Additional Shares for persons entitled to exercise pre-emptive rights, shall be determined by the Board of Directors of OJSC "Magnit" upon expiration of the period of pre-emptive rights.
The offer price of the Additional Shares, including the offer price of the Additional Shares for persons entitled to exercise pre-emptive rights, shall be disclosed not later than the date when the offering commences pursuant to the decision on the additional issue of securities (the "Decision on the additional issue"), the prospectus of the securities (the "Prospectus") published in accordance with federal law "On the securities market" and regulations of the federal executive authority on the security market. At that the offering cannot be conducted prior to the Company's publication of the offer price in the news line and on its website.
The Company will register the Prospectus in accordance with Russian law and will disclose information as required by Russian law upon the completion of each procedural stage of the issuance of the Additional Shares.
The offer price of the Additional Shares to be determined by the Board of Directors will be identical for all purchasers, including the persons entitled to exercise pre-emptive rights over the Additional Shares.
The Additional Shares will be paid for in Russian rubles and/or US dollars through a wire transfer (if such payment is allowed by regulations applicable as of the payment date).
The record date for the persons entitled to exercise pre-emptive rights is 06.10.2011.
The offering commencement date for persons entitled to exercise pre-emptive rights and for other purchasers shall be determined by the authorized management body of the Company after the state registration of the issuance of the Additional Shares and the expiration of the period of pre-emptive rights indicated in the Decision on the additional issue and the Prospectus.
The offering of the Additional Shares to the persons entitled to exercise pre-emptive tights and to other persons shall not commence earlier than two weeks after the disclosure by the Company of the information on the state registration of the issuance of the Additional Shares and on access to the Prospectus.
The above two-week period commences on the date following the date the Company's disclosure of the information on the state registration of the issuance of the Additional Shares and on access to the information contained in the Prospectus in the "Krasnodarskiye izvestiya" newspaper subject to the Company's compliance with the following order of the information disclosure.
The offering commencement date shall be disclosed concurrently with the offer price of the Additional Shares not later than the date when the offering commences pursuant to the Decision on the additional issue, the "Prospectus" published in accordance with federal law "On the securities market" and regulations of the federal executive authority on the security market.
The offering commencement date determined by the authorized management body of the Company may be changed by the above body subject to compliance with information disclosure requirements on changing the offering commencement date as provided for by Russia law, the Decision on the additional issue and the Prospectus.
The completion date of the offering shall be earliest of the following dates:
- The 9th (the ninth) business day from the offering commencement day (including the offering commencement date);
- The date of allocation of the last Additional Share.
The completion date of the offering must occur within one year from the date of state registration of the issuance of the Additional Shares.
The minutes w/o N are executed as of October 6, 2010.
The Company is considering various methods of raising capital to fund its growth. This decision of the Board of Directors will allow the Company to get access to equity capital markets at any time within 12 months post registration of share issuance documents with FSFM, should the Company decide to raise equity financing through stock issuance. At the same time, no specific decision has been made in regards to conducting a follow-on offering at the moment.
For further information, please contact:
Oleg Goncharov | Director, Investor Relations e-mail: [email protected] Tel. in Krasnodar +7 (861) 277-45-54, 210-98-10 ext. 5100 Mob.: +7 (903) 411-40-35 Direct line for investors only: +7 (861) 277-45-62 |
Dina Svishcheva | Manager, Investor Relations e-mail: [email protected] Tel. in Krasnodar +7 (861) 277-45-54, 210-98-10 ext. 5101 Mob.: +7-961-511-02-02 Direct line for investors only: +7 (861) 277-45-62 |
Company description:
Based in Krasnodar, in the Southern region of Russia, Open Joint Stock Company "Magnit" is the holding company for a group of entities that operate in the retail trade under the "Magnit" brand. The chain of "Magnit" stores is one of the leading food retail networks in Russia. As of June 30, 2011 the chain consisted of 4,366 convenience stores, 66 hypermarkets and 28 cosmetics stores (drogerie) in 1,286 locations in the Russian Federation.
Approximately two-thirds of the Company's stores are located in cities with a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants. Most of its stores are located in the Southern, North-Caucasian, Central and Volga regions. The Company also operates stores in the North-Western, Urals and Siberian regions.
As of June 30, 2011 the Company operated an in-house logistics system consisting of 12 distribution centers, employing automated stock replenishment systems and a fleet of 3,454 vehicles.
In accordance with the unaudited IFRS consolidated financial statements for 1H 2011, the Company recorded consolidated revenue of approximately US$5,471 million and consolidated EBITDA of around US$359 million.
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