TMM Initial Offering Brings Ukraine's Largest Capitalization To Market



    Ukraine's leading real estate development company, TMM
    (www.tmm.com.ua) placed a 13.11% stake among foreign institutional
    investors for roughly USD 105 mln, giving the company an MCap of USD
    800 mln - the largest capitalization of any Ukrainian company that has
    been floated to date. The book was closed on May 16. Shares were sold
    in the form of global depositary receipts issued by the Bank of New
    York. The price of a depositary receipt corresponding to one share of
    the company amounted to USD 15.45 at placement. The total number of
    placed depositary receipts was 6,792,165. Concorde Capital
    (www.concorde.com.ua) acted as the sole financial advisor and
    bookrunner for the offering.

    Proceeds exceeded initial expectations by the company's management
    and shareholders. The strong demand for TMM shares led to the company
    increasing its initial offering from 10% to 13.11%.

    In their first day of trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on
    May 29, the company's shares closed at USD 15.84 with a USD 255 ths
    volume.

    According to Concorde Capital CEO Igor Mazepa, "Intensive
    cooperation with a wide range of international investors allowed us to
    get a high valuation for the company, whose shares were placed at a
    premium to other industry leaders. At the same time, we tried to
    balance the interests of the company and investors, especially in
    estimating the placement price."

    The company intends to use the placement proceeds to implement
    existing projects. By the end of the year, OII expects to complete a
    USD 5 mln investment project - an engineering center which will be
    used to guide construction projects from their development stages to
    completion, in compliance with European standards - a unique feature
    on the Ukraine market.

    OII views the placement as the first step of its long-term target
    to attract USD 300-500 mln in equity capital and loans on
    international capital markets within the next three years.

    TMM CEO Mykola Tolmachev said, "We were driven to enter
    international markets by the need for resources required to implement
    a new strategy that includes integrated development, neighborhood
    construction and to strengthen the company's construction capacities."

    According to Tolmachev, the placement was enormously important to
    the company's business. He also underlined, "Having placed an equity
    stake on a stock exchange, we not only increased our financial
    resources but also acquired a reputation that has improved TMM's
    standing with financial institutions. Thus, the company got the
    opportunity to enlarge its number of creditors and improve
    relationships with clients and contractors. The placement allowed us
    to draw attention to the company both in Ukraine and abroad, which
    also strengthens our competitiveness."

    TMM is a leading construction/development company in Ukraine's
    business and elite property segments. For the last 12 years, the
    company has constructed a total of 325 ths sq. m of housing property.
    The volume of the company's current project pipeline is 1 mln sq. m in
    Kyiv, Kharkiv, Yalta, and Zhytomir. TMM was founded in 1992.

    Concorde Capital is a full-service investment bank offering
    services in Ukraine, Russia and other CIS financial markets. Last
    year, Concorde Capital attracted over UAH 1 billion in investments for
    Ukrainian companies. The company was founded in 2004 by Igor Mazepa,
    and in only two years of existence the company has become one of the
    largest in terms on trading volume on Ukraine's primary exchange, the
    PFTS.