LUKOIL Vice President Leonid Fedun attends press conference after the extraordinary general meeting of the company’s holders, January 24, 2005.
Photo: Ilya Pitalev
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Gazprom Beefs Up Holders Number
At close of the forth quarter of the past year, Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom had 465,109 holders compared with 464,326 holders at close of the previous quarter, AK&M news agency reports.
It was for the first time over quite a long period, when Gazprom was able to report growth in the holders’ number. For instance, in the first quarter of 2002, Gazprom had 516,383 holders, their number slid to 506,282 in the second quarter, was down to 502,883 in the third quarter and to 500,138 in the fourth quarter of 2002. As close of the first quarter of 2003 Gazprom could post only 497,457 holders, but it lost to 488,709 in the second quarter and to 480,188 at close of the third quarter. As of early 2004, the holders number was 477,059, it shed to 471,857 at close of March and to 466,481 as of early July.
Russia’s government is still the sole major holder in Gazprom with the state-run stake standing at 38.37 percent. Gazprombank has at least 5 percent in nominal holding.
Gazprom has 118.367 billion rubles in stock capital. 23,673,512,900 common stocks, 5 rubles par each, are floating.
In the fourth quarter of 2004, Petrocommerce bank joined the number of Gazprom minors. According to Petrocommerts report, at close of 2004, it owned 19.54 million stocks of Gazprom, i.e. slightly less than 0.1 percent in stock capital. Previously, Petrocommerce had never posted Gazprom ownership.
Petrocommerce (IFD Kapital Group) was set up in 1992, stock capital equals 5 billion rubles. The bank has 19 affiliates and subsidiary banks in Komi, Stavropol, Ukraine and Moldova. Leonid Fedun, LUKOIL vice president and IFD Kapital CEO, chairs the bank’s board of directors.
Petrocommerce lowered 2004 profit to 1.32 billion rubles compared with 1.77 billion rubles posted in 2003.
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