CEE Equity
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On Monday night, Dmitry Grishin, the Russian entrepreneur, sold a chunk of his stake in Mail.ru Group, the internet services company he co-founded, via an accelerated bookbuild led by Goldman Sachs on the back of reverse enquiries from investors.
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Russian lender Credit Bank of Moscow (CBM) raised Rb14.4bn ($250m) of fresh equity with a 13.4% capital increase this week. -
En+ Group, the Russian power and metals company controlled by Oleg Deripaska, has opened the books for its $1.5bn IPO in London and Moscow, which may value it at up to $8.5bn if the deal is priced at the top of its price range.
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Footasylum, the UK sports shoe retailer, plans to float on London’s Alternative Investment Market next month, it said in an intention to float document on Monday.
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Shareholders in Russia’s United Co Rusal raised HK$2.5bn ($320.3m) through an overnight bookbuild, following a rally in the stock as its parent EN+ Group is seeking a $1.5bn IPO.
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One of the most widely anticipated IPOs in the EMEA region got going on Thursday when EN+ Group, the Russian power and metals business controlled by Oleg Deripaska, said it would sell up to $1.5bn worth of global depositary receipts in London and Moscow in November.
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Central Asia Metals, the Aim-listed owner of a copper mine in Kazakhstan, priced a £137.4m ($153.5m) capital increase and secondary share sale on Friday, to partly finance its acquisition of Lynx Resources for $402.5m.
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The strength of the demand for equity block trades in Europe was highlighted once again on Wednesday evening by Telenor when it covered an effective cleanup trade in Veon, the New York-listed Russian telecoms company formerly known as VimpleCom, in half an hour.
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Another elusive name was traded in the equity blocks market on Tuesday night, when Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Russia’s national carrier, came to market to sell 53.7m treasury shares worth Rb9.8bn ($169m).
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On Monday evening, Telia, the Nordic telecoms group, launched another large block trade of shares in Turkcell, the leading mobile phone operator in Turkey.
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Bank Saint Petersburg, the Russian regional retail bank, has successfully priced a Rb3.2bn ($53m) equity capital increase, through a multi-day bookbuild that finished on Friday.
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An otherwise quiet week for block trades was interrupted on Thursday night with a large selldown of shares in Norilsk Nickel, the Russian nickel and palladium mining company, by Metalloinvest, the steel maker and miner.
