meerkat1
01.10.05, 13:46
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A plan to fully remove restrictions on foreign ownership
of shares in Russia's Gazprom will be sent to the government "within days,"
the gas monopoly said in a statement Thursday.
A day after sealing Russia's biggest-ever takeover with the $13 billion
acquisition of Sibneft, Gazprom also said the plan would secure "the full
removal of restrictions on the purchase of shares in Gazprom by non-
residents."
It added that an Economy Ministry blueprint for removing the so-called "ring
fence" should take effect by the end of this year, as long hoped for by
investors.
"I am quite sure the liberalization is going to happen. All the statements
are quite firm," said Jacques von Polier, a fund manager at Atria Advisors,
which has $100 million under management, including Gazprom stock.
"The latest delay was perhaps linked with Sibneft and that seems to be a done
deal now. I am quite convinced that it will take place in the very short term
and that is the news people have been waiting years for."
Share liberalization is the key outcome for investors of a tortuous project
to restore majority state control over the world's largest gas company via a
$7 billion buyback of a 10.7 percent stake.
For now, foreigners are only allowed directly to own Gazprom's London-listed
American depositary shares, which trade at a premium to Gazprom's domestic
shares but make up only about 3 percent of its equity"
A tu juz "ekonomistka" <eva> tlumaczyla, ze aresztowania Chodorkowskiego
Putin dokonal by zapobiec przejeciu kontroli nad JUKOS przez hamerykanski
kapital!
P.S.Pozdrow, evuniu, Abramowicza, ktorego Putka wlasnie wzbogacil o 9
miliardow $$$ ;-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))