21st Oct 2009 07:00
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Press-release
Krasnodar
October 21, 2009
OJSC "MAGNIT" ANNOUNCES ITS INTENTION TO OFFER ADDITIONAL SHARES
Krasnodar, October 21, 2009: OJSC «Magnit» (the "Company"; RTS, MICEX and LSE: MGNT) announces its intention to offer newly issued ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), in the form of global depositary receipts (the "GDRs"), with five GDRs representing an interest in one Ordinary Share. In addition the Company's shareholders, Labini Investments Limited, Lavreno Limited and Mr. Vladimir Gordeychuk intend to offer a part of their existing shareholdings in the form of GDRs or Ordinary Shares. The offerings by Magnit and the indicated shareholders together constitute a Global Offering.
In connection with the Global Offering, the Company will issue up to 11,154,918 new Ordinary Shares (the "New Shares") to be placed through an open subscription, including any New Shares to be placed among existing shareholders exercising their statutory pre-emptive rights.
The Global Offering
The Global Offering is expected to comprise an offering of Ordinary Shares in the form of GDRs to institutional investors outside of the Russian Federation and an offering of Ordinary Shares including in the Russian Federation. The Company's existing Ordinary Shares have been admitted to list "A" level 2 on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange and the Russian Trading System Stock Exchange.
Application has been made to the UK Financial Services Authority (the "FSA"), in its capacity as competent authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, for a block listing of additional GDRs to be admitted to the official list of the FSA (the "Official List") and to the London Stock Exchange plc for such additional GDRs to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's regulated market (the "Regulated Market") for listed securities. The Company's existing GDRs are already admitted to the Official List and to trading on the Regulated Market. The Global Offering is subject to receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including the relevant registrations and approvals by the Russian Federal Financial Market Service and the FSA.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds it receives from the issuance of the New Shares (including the Global Offering) to finance further expansion of its chain of hypermarkets as well to continue the expansion of its convenience store operations and the further development of its logistics capabilities.
Morgan Stanley and VTB Capital are Joint Global Coordinators, Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers in connection with the Global Offering.
For further information, please contact:
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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 |
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Dina Chistyak |
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 September 30, 2009 the chain consisted of 2,960 convenience stores and 21 hypermarkets in 974 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, Central and Volga regions. The Company also operates stores in the North-Western and Urals regions.
As of September 30, 2009 the Company operated an in-house logistics system consisting of 9 distribution centers, employing automated stock replenishment systems and a fleet of 1,362 vehicles.
In accordance with the unaudited IFRS consolidated financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recorded consolidated revenue of approximately US$2,378 million and consolidated EBITDA of around US$224 million.
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