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Who Owns The Yellow Pages Business in Russia

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Posted by: Yakov @ 16:10 [14. 11. 07]

The investors who hesitate to directly invest in Russia can still capitalize on a high growth of its Internet usage through a Western investment vehicle.

One is a Swedish holding company Kontakt East Holding (KEH). It aims to raise some $16 million through a new share issue and invest the funds into building up its presence in directory service and consumer e-commerce in Russia.

In 2006 Kontakt East listed its shares on First North stock exchange in Sweden and bought-out a Russian directory business of Eniro of Sweden for EUR 5 million.

Yell.ruIn August 2007, the company acquired Yell.ru (YPI Yellow Pages Limited), the leading provider of directory services in St. Petersburg and Perm, for $18 million (or a multiple of 1.8 to Yell.ru’s forecasted sales in 2007 and multiple of 9 to EBITDA). The deal strengthened KEH’s position as the largest provider of directory media services in Russia.

Avito

In October 2007, Kontakt East launched its first e-commerce website - Avito.ru where consumers and businesses can buy and sell goods and services over the Internet through classifieds.

 

For more information about Kontakt East Holding, please visit its corporate website.

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