14th May 2012 07:00
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SISTEMA PRICES US$ 500 MILLION EUROBOND ISSUE
Moscow, Russia - May 14, 2012 - Sistema JSFC ("Sistema" or the "Company") (LSE: SSA), the largest diversified publicly-traded investment company in Russia and the CIS, priced its Loan Participation Notes in the amount of US$ 500 million with an annual interest rate of 6.95% and a maturity in May 2019. The notes will be rated BB- by Fitch and BB by S&P.
The notes will be issued by Sistema International Funding S.A., a société anonyme incorporated in Luxembourg, and are expected to be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
The issue was lead managed by Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and VTB Capital.
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| Investor Relations Evgeniy Chuikov Tel.: +7 (495) 692 1100 | Public Relations Vsevolod Sementsov Tel.:+7 (495) 730 1705 |
Sistema is the largest publicly-traded investment company in Russia and the CIS. Sistema's ordinary shares are listed under the symbol "AFKS" on the MICEX-RTS Stock Exchange, and under the symbol "SIST" on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MSE).
This document is not an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States. The offer and sale of the securities has not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent such registration other than pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration. There will be no public offering of the securities in the United States.
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This press release is not a public offer or advertisement of securities in the Russian Federation, and is not an offer, or an invitation to make offers, to purchase any securities in the Russian Federation.
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