National mediagruppa "increase the authorized capital three times.

Holding National mediagruppa (NMG), the owner of television" Ren TV "and" St. Petersburg - The Fifth Channel, as well as the newspaper Izvestia, announced the intention to increase its charter capital of 3.2 times. It says the newspaper Vedomosti, the Federal Service for Financial Markets registered holding additional issue of shares amounting to nearly 11 billion rubles, while the authorized capital NMG is about five billion rubles.
The guidelines Holding noted that the additional issue was planned even before the crisis and the proceeds are planned to put on business development. In the media made several versions, one of which suggests that NMG will send from the additional issue money to repay loans. However, a source Vedomosti reported. that the holding company intends to acquire a controlling stake RBC, whose debts to the Barclays Bank account for 45 million dollars.
The chairman of the board of directors and co-owner of RBC German Kaplun does not comment on rumors about the sale of its assets, among applicants who were called the "Prof-Media and Gazprom-Media." At the same time, confirmation of these media for their interest in the RBC has yet been received. According to the latest bidding on the MICEX, RBC capitalization of about 2 billion rubles (just over 70 million dollars).
Another version of the future distribution of proceeds from the additional issue of funds offers newspaper Kommersant, which sources believe that NMG will attract a new major investor. Among potential shareholders called President Baltic mediagruppy Oleg Rudnova who did not or disprove or confirm this assumption.
Controlling interest NMG owns the bank "Russia". Among the other major shareholders - Severstalgrupp "," Surgutneftegaz "and" Sogaz. " In April 2008, holding approximately 750 million dollars purchased from a businessman Suleiman Kerimov controlling stake in cable operator, "National Communications", a summer NMG told shareholders that intend to expand presence in the media.