OREANDA-NEWS. March 28, 2011. Sistema (LSE: SSA), the largest diversified public financial corporation in Russia and the CIS, announced that it has completed its purchase of non-convertible amortizing Series 02 and Series 03 bonds with a par value of RUB 1,000 each in accordance with the tender announced on March 9, 2011. Following the tender, 8,641,660 Series 02 bonds and 10,858,340 Series 03 bonds were acquired at nominal value for the total amount of RUB 19.5 billion, reported the press-centre of Sistema.
 
VTB Capital acts as Sole Agent and Arranger for this transaction.

Sistema is the largest diversified public financial corporation in Russia and the CIS, which invests in and is a major shareholder of companies serving over 100 million customers in the sectors of telecommunications, high technology, oil and energy, radars and aerospace, banking, retail, mass-media, tourism and healthcare services. Founded in 1993, the company reported revenues of USD 7.3 billion for the third quarter of 2010, and total assets of USD 42.0 billion as at September 30, 2010. Sistema’s global depository receipts are listed under the symbol “SSA” on the London Stock Exchange. Sistema’s ordinary shares are listed under the symbol “AFKS” on the RTS Stock Exchange, under the symbol “AFKC” on the MICEX Stock Exchange, and under the symbol “SIST” on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MSE).