Vilnius Stock Exchange to list Siauliu Bankas AB and Agrovaldymo grupe AB corporate bond issues

03.07.2006 VLN

A 731-day issue of 100,000 corporate registered bonds at LTL 100 (EUR 0.289) face value of Siauliu Bankas AB is admitted to the VSE Bond List. The total nominal value of the issue amounts to LTL 10,000,000 (EUR 2,896,200). The bonds will be redeemed on May 17, 2008. The bonds give a right to annual interest of 4.6 %.

On June 1, 2006, the authorized capital of Siauliu Bankas AB amounted to LTL 94,039 thousand (EUR 27,236 thousand). Unaudited net profit of the bank during the first quarter of 2006 reached LTL 6,003 thousand (EUR 1.739 thousand). In 2005 and 2004, the net profit of the bank totaled LTL 8,103 thousand (EUR 2,347 thousand) and LTL 4,440 thousand (EUR 1.286 thousand), accordingly. As of March 30, 2006, the following shareholders held over 5 % of all bank’s votes: European reconstruction and development bank –16.6 %, Aiva AB – 6.92 %, Gintaras Kateiva – 6.42 %, clients of the Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (Sweden) – 6.12 %.

A 366-day issue of 100,000 corporate registered discount bonds at LTL 100 (EUR 0.289) face value of Agrovaldymo grupe AB is also admitted to the VSE Bond List. The total nominal value of the issue amounts to LTL 10,000,000 (EUR 2,896,200).The corporate discount bond issue prospectus was approved by the Lithuanian Securities Commission (statement on approval of securities registration document No. 4R-26 as of June 1, 2006). The bonds will be redeemed on June 22, 2007. The bonds give a right to annual interest of 8.0 %.

Agrovaldymo grupė AB is an agricultural investment management company, which currently manages 14 agricultural companies in various Lithuanian regions. The core activities of the agricultural companies are dairying and growering. On June 30, 2006, the authorized capital of Agrovaldymo grupė AB amounted to LTL 200 thousand (EUR 58 thousand), and the company’s shareholders’ equity stood at LTL 4,651 thousand (EUR 1,347 thousand). As of June 21, 2006, the largest shareholders (holding more than 5% of the company’s authorized capital) are the following: ZIA valda UAB – 26,9%, Pozityvios investicijos AB – 21,5 %.   

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