AFK Sistema sells remaining stake in Sistema Hals
2010-07-13
AFK Sistema (AFK) has sold its remaining stake in
Sistema Hals – 27.6% – to VneshTorgBank (VTB),
the holder of one of the most substantial stakes in the developer, through a secondary public offer. The total number of shares placed in April 2010 exceeded 16 million, with a par value of RUB 0.25.
AFK was forced to use its 71.1% stake in Sistema Hals as security for its €0.6bn debt to the bank during the crisis. Some of this – 51.24% – went to the creditor shortly afterwards at a price of less than €2 per share. However, AFK announced only recently that will not withdraw from the property business in Russia.