Russian Internet holding Mail.ru prepares to hold IPO, as it was announced that the parent company JSC Mail.ru holds talks with Citibank, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse about stocks offering on the London Stock Echange (LSE) this summer. Sources aware of the talks assert Mail.ru expects the $2 billion capitalization although half year ago the holding has cost almost twice cheaper

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) became the largest buyer of Globaltrans stocks within the recent IPO of the company in London – the bank purchased 2,5-3% company stocks. Globaltrans is the second Russian railway asset, after TransContainer, where EBRD invests in. Experts consider the bank interest helped the company to offer rather successfully at the crisis market.

As it became known, the chemical holding Acron intends to hold IPO at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in July. According to the results of 20% stocks’ offering it is expected to attract around $900 million. It corresponds the current company capitalization at the Russian trading floors. Experts are sure that despite the nontraditional for the offering at a stock exchange time of the year, Acron stocks will be of high priority among the investors as the holding capitalization has upped more than twice within the last half-year

Grain-processing holding Pava prepares the secondary public offering (SPO) and plans to hold it at the London Stock Exchange. The French bank BNP Paribas was chosen as an underwriter. The agro-holding with the annual turnover more than $100 million can attract around $33 million within SPO. Pava becomes the third Russian agro-holding after Razgulay Group and Arkada Group of Companies planning the offering in the heat of the world liquidity crisis: the investors pay great interest to this sector companies over the high prices for crops

The first IPO can take place in the Russian railway industry. Globaltrans, where N-Trans Group has selected the part of its business, has declared about the intention to place the stocks in London. It is planned to receive around $500 million for 30% stocks. This figure equals the company debt. IPO will be held on the background of the continuing crisis at the financial markets. And although Globaltrans is estimated at almost half-price than JSC TransContainer, which recent private offering of stocks has been successful, the investors can still insist on a discount.

The Russian internet corporation “Yandex” is going to conduct IPO on the American stock exchange NASDAQ in autumn, 2008. About this reported the newspaper “Kommersant” with reference to the undisclosed source. According to the information of the edition, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Renaissance Capital will prepare the offering. Analysts suppose that stocks’ offering of “Yandex” will become one of the largest Russian IPO of informative and communication sector companies.

Relations of Russia and the Great Britain are spoilt: the latter plans to toughen the rules of stock exchange listing whereas United Company Rusal, one of the world’s largest producers of aluminum, thinks of its IPO replacing for the sum $9 bln from London stock exchange (LSE) to Hong Kong.

JSC OGK-6 was founded on the order of RAO “UES of Russia” dated March 16, 2005 in accordance with the decision of RAO UES board of directors dated December 24, 2004 and in accordance with the order of the Government of Russian Federation dated September 1, 2003. RAO “UES of Russia”, as the sole founder of JSC OGK-6, paid the stocks of Novocherkassk SDPP OJSC, Kirishi SDPP OJSC, Ryazan SDPP OJSC and Krasnoyarsk SDPP-2 OJSC for the authorized capital.

Inprom OJSC was established on February 15, 1996. Equity capital totals RUR 1.397 bln. For many years Inprom OJSC is one of the largest Russian steel service network companies and, according to the national branch ratings of the leading participants of metal market, enters the top three. Through the network of own steel centers the Enterprise annually supplies its consumers with 100 000 tons of rolled steel and pipes from the carbon and alloyed steel grades produced in practically all metallurgical works of the CIS. The Company is listed in the federal register of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the Chamber’s Most Reliable Business Partners. In 2006 the Enterprise turnover exceeded RUR 12 bln.

Gazprombank, the joint stock bank of gas industry, is the authorized bank of OAO Gazprom and enters the top five of the largest Russian banks regarding all basic indices. Besides gas industry, Gazprombank currently renders bank services to enterprises and employees of other real sector industries of the economy (chemical industry, engineering, defense and other). The Bank’s clients are about 2 mln citizens, over 36 000 corporate clients, including 1 000 enterprises and organizations of gas industry.