Russian LUKOIL sold its 70% share in BANK CASPIAN CJSC (Kazakhstan)
15.01.02 00:00
/IRBIS, Jan 15, 02/ - Today BANK CASPIAN OJSC (Almaty) bonds of which
are traded in official list of KASE securities under category "A" distributed the
report in which it is said about significant changes in the owners' structure of
the bank that took place in December 2001.
According to the information presented by the bank, Russian LUKOIL
company which controlled through its subsidiaries about 705 of share capital
of the bank sold all share of participation in the bank to the consortium of
investors, which includes Corporation Kazakhmys OJSC (Zhezkazgan),
Russian Sibakadembank and a group of Kazakhstan companies. More
precise information about shareholders is not given.
According to the extract from holders register, as of April 01,2001 (IRBIs
agency has no yet more recent information) general number of holders of
BANK CASPIAN OJSC common stocks was 4,807, privileged shares -
2,344. Share exceeding 5% of paid authorized capital belonged to:
Petrocomerc Kazakhstan CJSC (Almaty) - 20.9%; Leasing center-Astana
LLP (Almaty) - 20.6; Kazakhstan Fuel Company LLP (Astana) - 17.7%;
Ayaks LLP (Almaty) - 17.5%.
KASE informed previously that extraordinary meeting of BANK CASPIAN
OJSC shareholders is going to take place on February 14,2002, the agenda
of which includes issues concerning before the appointed time cancellation of
power of the Board of Directors members of the bank, determination of
qualitative composition and election of new Board of Directors. Holding of
such meeting is directly connected with the change of the owners of BANK
CASPIAN OJSC. Besides, the bank informed the exchange about change of
supervision: Igor Vladimirovich Kim was appointed as the Chairman of the
Board, Aleksei Aleksandrovich Mironov - as the first deputy of the Board
Chairman.
In the report of the bank distributed today it is said that the reason for
realization of LUKOIL share of BANK CASPIAN OJSC is that bank assets for
the oil company are not profile. Besides, LUKOIL company does not have inn
Kazakhstan enough amount of own projects for their servicing in a
specialized bank.
Based on bank's information, the consortium of found investors poses new
problems for BANK CASPIAN OJSC on business expansion. "New clients -
largest Kazakhstan companies - will come to the bank, bank technologies
and service quality will be improved, BANK CASPIAN will increase its size of
assets and owners' equity and in the result will take the more meaningful
place among Kazakhstan banks", is said in the report.