OTP Bank Russia to place 4 bln-6 bln in bonds on Oct 31
MOSCOW. Oct 25 (Interfax) - OTP Bank Russia will at 11:00 a.m., Moscow time, on October 31, open a bid book for investors to acquire 4 billion to 6 billion rubles worth of exchange bonds, reported Citibank, which is organizing the placement with VTB Capital and Gazprombank.
OTP Bank plans to place 6 billion rubles in BO-02 bonds or 4 billion in Bo-03 bonds.
Guidance for the first coupon rate ranges from 10% to 10.5%, which corresponds to yield to the one-year offer of 10.25%-10.78%.
Bids for the three-year bonds will be accepted until 11:00 a.m., Moscow time, on November 1.
The MICEX Stock Exchange registered three OTP Bank exchange bond issues totalling 15 billion rubles in mid-July. OTP Bank placed 5 billion rubles in BO-01 bonds with 7.95% yield for coupons 1-6 in July.
The bank has 2.5 billion rubles in classic series 2 bonds on the market and they will mature in March 2014.
OTP Bank was ranked number 39 by asset value in the Interfax-100 review of Russia's banks in the first three quarters of 2011. The review is compiled by the Interfax Center for Economic Analysis.