VK shares rose almost 5% after reports emerged that the redomiciliation of its owned Skillbox Holding Limited from Cyprus to Russia had been completed, according to Moscow Stock Exchange data. Forbes drew attention to this.
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The growth of shares of MCPAO “VK” amounted to 4.8%, reaching a maximum of 354.4 rubles per share. At 16:37 Moscow time, growth slowed to 3.8% and the share price fell to 351.2 rubles.
According to Kommersant, Skillbox Holding Limited was registered on January 21 in Kaliningrad as MKAO Skillbox Holding. The authorized capital of the holding company is 502.5 million rubles. The Bank of Russia registered the issue of ordinary shares of MKAO Skilbox Holding, assigning it the registration number 1-01-17014-A.
Previously, on January 15, the Bank of Russia decided to register the issuance of ordinary shares of the international joint-stock company Skilbox Holding. Against this background, shares of VK, which controls the educational holding Skillbox, grew by 7.4%, reaching a maximum of 332.6 rubles per share, according to data from the Moscow Stock Exchange.
In March 2024, RBC, citing a source, reported that VK had returned to its plans to conduct an IPO of Skillbox. A Skillbox representative told the publication that the company “does not exclude the possibility of an IPO to further strengthen the holding’s leading position in the Russian EdTech market,” but declined to provide details. Finam Financial Group analyst Leonid Delitsyn noted that during the IPO, Skillbox could receive a valuation of 55 billion rubles.
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