The American investment company BlackRock has reduced its stake in gold miner Polymetal from 7.44% to 4.01%, according to a notice published on the Polymetal website on March 12. According to the text of the notice, the shares were sold on the market on March 4 at a price of $3.8 per security.
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What is known
BlackRock was the second largest shareholder of Polymetal: the investment company owned the largest share of shares in free float, it is said in the company's message dated March 11.
The largest shareholder of the gold miner is a consortium of Omani investors led by the Omani government-owned fund Mercury Investments International (23.9%).
At the end of January it became known , that the structure of the Mercury Investments International fund received this share from the ICT group of Alexander Nesis (61st place in the Forbes ranking, net worth $2.1 billion) and partners, the transaction amount was not disclosed.
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The conclusion of an agreement on the transaction became known in February of this year. JSC Polymetal was valued at $3.69 billion, including $2.21 billion of net debt, Polymetal reported.
