Russian Railways to raise RUB 100bn from selling stakes in 30 subsidiaries.

By bne IntelliNews February 18, 2010
As announced by the head of the state rail monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) Vladimir Yakunin, the company is planning to raise RUB 100bn (USD 3.32bn) from its subsidiaries until 2012. RZD plans to sell stakes in about 30 companies, the largest assets being 50% minus two shares in First Cargo Company and 35% minus two shares in TransContainer, as well as 50% minus two shares stakes in companies such as Elteza, RZD Stroy, RemPutMash and others. To remind, in the end of January Moody's Investors Service confirmed Baa1 rating of state-run railroad monopoly Russian Railways (RZD), while upgrading its outlook to Stable from Negative. Agency attributed the upgrade of the outlook to its increased confidence that government support program is compensating for the consequences of the crisis on the railroad industry. Moody's also notes company's successful and timely adjustment to the new market conditions, namely cutting its investment program by 30% to RUB 176bn and cost-cutting measures enabling RZD to save extra RUB 188bn. Company posted net profit of RUB 35.14bn in Jan-Sep 2009, down by 10% y/y. To remind, in H1/09 company suffered a net loss of RUB 13.7bn vs. RAS net profit of RUB 27.3bn in H1/08. In Jan-Sep RZD revenues went down by 7.2% to RUB 778bn. RAS net profit of RZD in 2008 amounted to RUB 13.4bn vs. net profit of RUB 84.5bn in 2007. Russian Railways is 100% owned by the government.
Read in IntelliNews Pro
Get IntelliNews Pro

Related Articles

Russias participation in Cyprus bail-out under question.

As Cyprus is trying to come up with new ways to raise EUR 5.8bn needed to secure the financing from ECB, EC, and IMF, Russia's participation in the package is not clear. According to the latest ... more

Fitch: Russian banks risks in Cyprus limited.

Fitch Ratings believes that resolution of the Cyprus crisis with a deposit levy or some other form of burden sharing involving creditors is unlikely to result in material losses for Russian ... more

Sources: Russia could triple oil exports to China.

Russia and China discuss contracts that would triple exports of Siberian oil through various transport corridors, Reuters reports citing unnamed sources in the industry. Rosneft is discussing ... more

Follow Us On

Most Read

  1. EU finally boosts defence investment into arms production as Ukraine runs out of ammo
    1 month ago
  2. Don't mention the "D" word - Ukraine
    6 days ago
  3. Ukraine's birth rate plummets to 300-year low as country’s population collapses
    9 days ago
  4. The 'wet-bulb' set to kill hundreds of thousands of people if temperatures and humidity levels continue to rise
    4 days ago
  5. The models are wrong, climate change is accelerating faster than predicted
    1 day ago
  1. Russia could pay off its entire external debt tomorrow, in cash
    27 days ago
  2. Albanians campaign on social media to keep bus bridge created in freak accident
    1 year ago
  3. BRICS announce a blockchain-based payment system to create a common currency
    29 days ago
  4. Speculation swirls of “Men in Blue” in Crocus City Hall terrorist attack linked to FSB
    1 month ago
  5. Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for Neom city
    16 days ago

Reports

Dismiss