Deal weekly - bne:Deal http://www.bne.eu en 180 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:28:37 GMT Poland's Lot the thin end of the wedge as Turkish Airlines eyes opportunities across the region http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290429 January 24, 2012 After years of trying to privatize the struggling flag carrier, Poland claims to ... Vkontakte.ru looking for minority shareholder http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290431 January 25, 2012 Event: Yesterday (24 January) Vkontakte.ruÕs founder, Pavel Durov, confirmed in ... No Talks on ÔAssets for GasÕ Deal with Russia, Says Ukrainian Minister http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290434 January 23, 2012 Kiev and Moscow are not discussing the sale of Ukrainian state assets to Russia ... Warsaw tightens grip on KGHM as it digs into Quadra deal http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290435 January 25, 2012 Less than a week after blocking a PLN3bn (€share buyback by Europe's ... Privatisation plans move on in face of opposition http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290437 January 25, 2012 Economy minister Elvira Nabullina is moving ahead with preparation of ... German parent raises stake in E.ON Russia to 81.5% http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290439 January 25, 2012 EONR RM: BUY, target price: $0.18, upside/downside: 125.8% Event: Reuters ... Polyus Gold could merge with Polymetal http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290441 January 27, 2012 RussiaÕs two major gold miners Polyus Gold and LSE-listed Polymetal are in talks ... CBR sees Sberbank privatisation as a benchmark for investors http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#289947 January 27, 2012 --- at around RUB 100 per share and high investor demand --- this suggests a ... ALROSA close to sale of Yakutian gas assets http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290445 January 27, 2012 News: Kommersant reports that ALROSA and Zarubezhneft are to sign a letter of ... Technosila put up for sale; slightly POSITIVE for M.video http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290447 January 25, 2012 According to Vedomosti, the owners of in debt Technosila, MDM bank and Mikhail ... SistemaÕs RTI and NVision integrate their assets http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290449 January 25, 2012 Event: Yesterday (24 January), Sistema announced a framework agreement between ... Sechin ready to work on Zarubezhneft, Transneft merger http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290451 January 24, 2012 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on January 24 he was willing to ... Polyus to sell 10.5% stake to qualify for FTSE 100 http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290453 January 24, 2012 The press reports that Polyus International may sell a ~10.5% stake as soon as ... BoM receives Borodin-connected assets that may allow for partial recovery of a RUB14bn debt http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290455 January 26, 2012 VTB expects no 4Q11 NPL increase VTB subsidiary Bank of Moscow (BoM) gained ... SABMiller, Efes sign definitive agreement to form strategic alliance http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290457 January 24, 2012 SABMiller plc., Anadolu Group and Anadolu Efes have signed a definitive ... NOVATEK might sell 15% of Yamal LNG to Indian ONGC --- positive for sentiment http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290458 January 26, 2012 News: According to Bloomberg, Indian ONGC might acquire a 15% stake in NOVATEKÕs ... Rostelecom announces buyback of 3.86% of shares http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290460 January 25, 2012 Event: Rostelecom announced yesterdayÊ(24 January) that its board has approved ... Evraz looking to buy a re-roller in Southeast Asia http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290463 January 27, 2012 EVRZ LI: BUY, target price: $33, upside/downside: 63.4% Event: Yesterday (26 ... EdF to get operating control of Tomsk distco from 1 March http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290465 January 24, 2012 Event: Interfax reported yesterday (23 January) that MRSK Holding will transfer ... RusHydro board seeks $615mn price from Federal Grid for Far East distribution business http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290467 January 24, 2012 MRKZ RM: BUY, target price: $0.008, upside/downside: 194.5%?MRKH RM: SELL, ... Zarubezhneft Eyes Retail Assets in Croatia http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290469 January 27, 2012 Russian state oil company Zarubezhneft wants to buy Austrian oil company OMV's ... Rosneft to buy 50% in Irkutsk airport filling station http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290471 January 26, 2012 Russia's Irkutsk International Airport plans to sell 50% in the East-Siberian ... Rosneft might acquire Ingolstadt Refinery http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290473 January 27, 2012 News: Kommersant reports that Ingolstadt Refinery is now for sale since the ... State companies get control over Motovilikhinskiye Zavody - report http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290474 January 27, 2012 The Russian government has gained control over Perm Region-based machine ... Russian Helicopters raises stake in gear firm to 88.2% http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290476 January 24, 2012 Russian holding company Russian Helicopters has increased its stake in ... MTS considering acquisition of SkyNet in St Petersburg http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290479 January 23, 2012 Event: Today (23 January), RBC Daily and Kommersant reported that MTS is ... FosAgro to fully acquire 100% in Metachem by 2013 http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290481 January 27, 2012 Russian fertilizer producer FosAgro plans to complete the consolidation of a ... REDI proposes that Gazprom sell 1% in Nortgaz http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290483 January 26, 2012 News: According to Vedomosti, REDI (which is owned by Farkhad Akhmedov) has ... SU-155 wins RUB13bn government contract http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290485 January 27, 2012 LSRG LI: BUY, target price: $9.8, upside/downside: 117.3%?ETLN LI: BUY, target ... HMS Group won a RUB 831mn tender http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290487 January 24, 2012 to deliver equipment for a water processing facility. Together with contracts ... MTS considering acquisition of SkyNet in St Petersburg http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#289152 24 January 2012 Event: Today (23 January), RBC Daily and Kommersant reported that MTS is ... France's Publicis Groupe buys Russia's The Creative Factory http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290491 January 25, 2012 French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA has bought 100% of Moscow-based ... Rusnano may create magnesium producing JV in Armenia http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290495 January 24, 2012 Russian state-owned nanotechnology company Rusnano could create a joint venture ... Sberbank and VTB could sell stakes this year http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290498 January 26, 2012 Stakes in RussiaÕs two largest banks, state-owned Sberbank and VTB could be ... Gazprom Neft: Sale of drilling and well servicing units completes divestment of OFS assets http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290501 January 24, 2012 Drilling, well servicing units sold with 2-year contract. Gazprom Neft (SIBN RX ... VTB Bank, Merrill Lynch seen organizing sale of 10% in Rusnano http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290504 January 27, 2012 Russia's second largest bank VTB Bank and U.S. Merrill Lynch are expected to act ... Government may sell Russian Railways' stake in TransContainer in 2012 http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290506 January 25, 2012 The government still plans to privatize a stake in container shipping company ... Polyus and Polymetal rumoured to merge http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290510 January 27, 2012 Impact: POSITIVE for both companies Facts/News. According to newswire ... Samruk-Kazyna to start disposing of non-core assets http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290513 January 26, 2012 KazakhstanÕs sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna plans to start disposing of ... Agroton [Not Rated] Ñ Increases land bank by 20,000 ha to 171,000 ha http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290516 January 24, 2012 News: WSE-listed Ukrainian agricultural producer Agroton has acquired 100% ... Tatneft might sell 46 fuelling stations in Ukraine --- neutral http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290518 January 26, 2012 News: According to VedomostiÕs sources, Tatneft is to sell 46 of its 128 ... Ukraine raises 2012 Gazprom import target by 19% http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290522 January 25, 2012 33 bcm to be imported in 2012. Ukraine's government was re- ported yesterday to ... Yanukovych sees Ukraine-EU association agreement signed 2012, throws book at Yulia http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290524 January 23, 2012 In a speech on the Day of Unity and Day of Freedom of Ukraine, Ukrainian ... Landkom International [Not Rated] Ñ Shareholders approve acquisition by Alpcot Agro http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290527 January 24, 2012 News: The shareholders of AIM-listed Landkom International, at an EGM yesterday, ... Ukraine, Russia not discussing sale of Ukrainian assets - minister http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290531 January 23, 2012 Ukraine and Russia are not discussing the sale of Ukrainian assets during the ... Kyivstar planning to complete Beeline merger by late 2012 http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290534 January 27, 2012 Joint-stock company Kyivstar is planning by late 2012 to totally complete the ... Ukraine in Talks with Brazil on Black Sea Fields http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290537 January 24, 2012 Ukraine has started talks with Brazil on joint development of hydrocarbons on ... The growing Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290540 January 24, 2012 In January, UkraineÕs state-owned Naftohaz company reduced its imports of ... Gazprom, Naftogaz Ukrainy step up JV efforts to open Black Sea shelf http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290543 January 24, 2012 Gazprom International and Naftogaz Ukrainy struck an agreement on January 18 to ... AkhmetovÕs expansion onto the Ukrainian electricity market http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290546 23 January 2012 Last December and this January, the DTEK company (which belongs to Rinat ... Kiev prepares to sell Khmelnytskoblenergo, Mykolaivoblenergo stakes http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290548 January 25, 2012 The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has started preparing a 45.009% stake ... Ukraine announces tender for assessment of gas pipeline network http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290551 January 23, 2012 Ukraine has announced a tender to select an appraiser of its gas transportation ... Gas deal with Russia to follow Russian presidential elections in March http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290554 January 23, 2012 Ukraine and Russia have virtually agreed the terms of a new gas supply deal, ... Kernel Holding Ñ Exercises option to acquire 100% of Black Sea Industries http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290556 January 26, 2012 News: WSE-listed Kernel Holding, the largest Ukrainian sunflower oil producer, ... Chumak to boost share capital fivefold http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290558 January 24, 2012 Private joint-stock company Chumak, UkraineÕs primary ketchup producer, will ... Belarus pharma producer Belaseptika may create herb JV with Ukraine partner http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290562 January 24, 2012 Belarusian closed joint-stock company BelAseptika (Tsnianka, Minsk district) is ... South Stream beats Nabucco? http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290565 January 23, 2012 GazpromÕs South Stream gas pipeline designed to ship Russian gas directly to ... Rio Tinto gains majority control of Ivanhoe without making an offer to all shareholders http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290568 January 25, 2012 Impact: NEGATIVE Facts/News. Rio Tinto late yesterday announced that it had ... E&Y says Romania M&A market falls 28% in 2011 http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290571 January 25, 2012 The Romanian market of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) topped $909m last year, down ... Romania's Proprietatea Fund plans to sell stakes in utilities in 2012 http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290574 January 26, 2012 Romania's Proprietatea Fund (FP) plans to sell this year a part of the share ... Goldman Sachs-Erste-BCR-Raiffeisen consortium wins Romgaz mandate http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290577 January 26, 2012 Goldman Sachs-Erste-BCR-Raiffeisen consortium wins the mandate for the sale of ... Romania's Novensys buys local subsidiary of Ager Solutions http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290580 January 23, 2012 Romanian provider of information management solutions Novensys said it took over ... Turkish and Russian Companies seen bidding for Bulgaria rail freight firm http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290583 January 24, 2012 Turkish, Chinese and Russian companies will bid for the freight business of ... Mercator gives up on brewery buy seen as attempt to fight off Agrokor takeover http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290586 January 23, 2012 Slovenian retail chain Mercator has decided not to buy Pivovarna Lasko brewery ... CEDC Signs 5-year Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Beam Inc. in Poland http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290589 January 24, 2012 Central European Distribution Corporation CEDC +3.08% one of the leading vodka ... Read-across for Poland's PZU from announced acquisition of Warta by Talanx - http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290592 January 23, 2012 We see the acquisition of Warta by Talanx as a relatively good outcome for PZU. ... Hungarian real estate investment perks up a little in 2011 http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290594 January 27, 2012 Real estate investment in Hungary perked up in 2011 from the miserable ... CIG Pannonia agrees closer ties with Brokernet http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290597 January 26, 2012 CIG Pannonia insurance company signed a second agreement with insurance broker ... Polish Treasury Minister denies conflict with KGHM, attempts to tighten leash at state companies http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290600 Janaury 27, 2012 Poland's recently-appointed Treasury Minister Mikolaj Budzanowski denied ... Hungarian M&A plummets 29% in 2011 http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290603 January 24, 2012 Hungary's M&A market dropped a massive 29% compared with the previous year to ... Malev hoping for a Spanish angel http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290606 January 27, 2012 Spain's Vueling Airlines is considering the acquisition of a stake in Hungary's ... Germany's Talanx agrees purchase of Poland's Warta http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18784#290609 January 23, 2012 German insurer Talanx International has vaulted its way towards the top of the ...