MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Cyprus-based offshore Mardea Holding Ltd. has bought 9.7% of Ordinary shares in Bank Zenit from Nabertherm Ltd. and Ruvc Ltd., the bank said Friday.
The deal will leave Nabertherm and Ruvc with 5.28% and 12.38% of shares in the bank, respectively. The sum of the deal between Mardea Holding Ltd and Bank Zenit, assigned a long-term issuer default rating of B by Fitch, has not been disclosed.
Earlier reports said that Bank Zenit, one of Russia's 30 largest banks, had issued 6 billion additional Ordinary shares with par value of 1 ruble that increased the bank's capital from 7.6 billion ($274.4 million) to 10 billion rubles ($370 million).
Following the issue, Zenit's major shareholders included Tatneft oil company (33.23%), its subsidiary Tatneft Oil AG (6.498%), Nabertherm Limited (11.68%), Ruvc Limited (15.7%), and Sgi Enterprises Limited (9.02%).
