02 June 2004 17:11
GAZPROM INCREASES INTEREST IN SIBUR TO 78.1%
Vasilyev said Gazprom owned 50.67% of Sibur outright and the rest
via Gazprominvestholding and other Gazprom subsidiaries and via
YEKATERINBURG. June 2 (Interfax) - Gazprom bought another 2.4% of Sibur since the start of this year to increase its
interest in the petrochemicals company to 78.1%, Nikolai Vasilyev, Gazprom's property chief, said at a meeting with
the gas giant's shareholders.
subsidiaries of another company, SIBBURAibur.
Gazprom aims to control 90% of Sibur.
The main Sibur subdivisions are Sibur-Neftekhim (Nizhny Novgorod), Sibur-Tyumen, Sibur-Khimprom, and
Sibur-Volzhsky.
[Interfax] |
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