Annual Report 2007 - Severstal
Annual Report 2007 - Severstal
Annual Report 2007 - Severstal
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<strong>Severstal</strong> on the<br />
capital markets<br />
Share capital structure<br />
GDR holders by geography<br />
A.Mordashov 82.37%<br />
Institutional<br />
investors and<br />
employees 17.63%<br />
UK & Ireland 43%<br />
Continental Europe 20%<br />
North America 17%<br />
Russia 4%<br />
Other 16%<br />
Share capital<br />
Our share capital consists of 1,007,701,355 shares, with a nominal<br />
value of 0.01 roubles each, which equals 10,077,013.55 roubles.<br />
No additional shares were issued in <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
As of 1 January 2008, 82.37% of our share capital<br />
was directly or indirectly controlled by CEO Alexey Mordashov.<br />
<strong>Severstal</strong>’s institutional investors and employees own the<br />
remaining 17.63%.<br />
Global Depositary Receipts<br />
Sponsored Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) were issued under<br />
the Reg S and 144A rules. One receipt corresponds to the rights<br />
provided by one regular share. Deutsche Bank Trust Company,<br />
Americas, is the depositary bank, while Deutsche Bank, Moscow,<br />
LLC performs custodian banking functions.<br />
As of 31 December <strong>2007</strong>, 89,220,129 shares, or 8.85% of<br />
the charter capital, were converted into GDRs.<br />
GDR and share price<br />
<strong>Severstal</strong>’s shares and GDRs demonstrated impressive growth<br />
in <strong>2007</strong>, exceeding the benchmark rates of RTS index growth.<br />
GDR and share prices more than doubled over the course of the<br />
year, and our capitalisation grew by 108% – amounting to<br />
US$23.38 billion as of 31 December <strong>2007</strong> (share price of US$23.20<br />
at LSE).<br />
In Russia, our underlying shares are traded on the RTS and on<br />
MICEX stock exchanges. Overseas, they’re traded in the form of<br />
depositary receipts, on the London Stock Exchange and via the<br />
PORTAL trading system in the US.<br />
In March <strong>2007</strong>, <strong>Severstal</strong> shares were included in the<br />
authoritative MSCI Emerging Markets and MSCI Russia indices.<br />
This serves as independent confirmation of the high level of<br />
liquidity of <strong>Severstal</strong>’s stock, and underlines the company’s place<br />
in the aggregate capitalisation of the Russian market.<br />
GDR characteristics<br />
International<br />
Aggregate figures for exchange-traded <strong>Severstal</strong> shares<br />
Type of identification Trading<br />
and GDR turnover for <strong>2007</strong><br />
receipt number, ISIN CUSIP bourses Trading Trading code Turnover, Turnover,<br />
Reg S/<br />
London Stock bourse of the share US$ million millions of shares<br />
sponsored US8181501045 818150302 Exchange (LSE) MICEX CHMF 1,871* 109<br />
144A/<br />
sponsored US8181503025 818150104 PORTAL<br />
RTS<br />
LSE<br />
CHMF<br />
SVST<br />
144<br />
2,937<br />
9<br />
168<br />
Total 4,952 286<br />
*<strong>2007</strong> average nominal exchange rate: 25.58 roubles/one US dollar, Bank of Russia.<br />
<strong>Severstal</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 57