Dergounova: Investors from Asia are attractive to the state-owned “Rosneft” – RIA Novosti

Dergounova: Investors from Asia are attractive to the state-owned "Rosneft" – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, December 12 – RIA Novosti. If the state decides to privatize 19.5% stake in the oil company “Rosneft” in the next three years, it is worth to focus primarily on Asian investors, the head Rosimushchestva Olga Dergounova.

“We have no information on how the privatization of” Rosneft “. The method may be any, and the company will look very carefully, who can become a shareholder. As a company will make the decision, we do not know. But if this decision will be made within the next three years, it certainly vector discussions and interests – he looks towards the South-East Asia, but this does not exclude that there may be other investors “, – told reporters Dergounova.

However, the head of the Federal Property Agency sees risks for the privatization of major assets in the next three years due to poor market conditions against the backdrop of sanctions.

Dergounova added that she did not know about the negotiations with investors for the privatization of “Rosneft”.

According to the Federal Property Management Agency, the choice of currency in the sale of state-owned Russia’s largest oil company should be established, “the presumption of greed,” that is the currency of the value of the shares. “According to the privatization of” Rosneft “released all corporate decisions which allow to cook a deal. The price is in the US, there are in rubles. Rosimuschestvo considers reasonable the price, which will be higher. The company also has its own guidelines,” – she said.

The Government agreed in late November, the privatization of state-owned 19.5% of “Rosneft” at a price not lower than the IPO in 2006. During the “people’s IPO” in 2006 was taken 1.4 billion shares worth $ 10.7 billion, the offering price was 7.55 dollars per share (or 203 rubles per share in the prices of July 2006). In late October, the head of “Rosneft” Igor Sechin said that the privatization of 19.5% of the company will be held at a price not less than 8.12 dollars per share. On December 11 MICEX stock oil company cost 213 rubles (about 3.8 dollars).