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    ARMENIAN IMEX GROUP TO ISSUE 1 BLN DRAMS WORTH CORPORATE BONDS

    ARKA
    Sep 25, 2008

    YEREVAN, September 25. /ARKA/. Armenia's IMEX Group Ltd plans to issue
    on October 13-15 coupon bonds worth 1bln drams. The nominal price of
    the 24-month bonds is 10,000 drams with 11.5% annual yield.

    The income from the issue will help the company expand business and
    increase circulating assets, said Norayr Khachatryan, president of
    IMEX Group.

    "We plan to attract enterprises and financial organizations, as they
    can get major benefits from investments in our company," he added.

    Ameriabank is the underwriter of the issue.

    "The advantage of the bonds is that they have a put option, allowing
    redemption a year after the issue," said Arak Anesyan, president
    of Ameriabank.

    The Central Bank of Armenia licensed IMEX Group's issue on September 1.

    The deadline for the public subscription is October 10.

    IMEX Group is the official representative of 75 European companies in
    Armenia. It represents such companies as the Ideal System, Keramika,
    Thermotech, BAXI, Ermenegildo Zegna and Emporio Armani.

    The company's sales proceeds totaled 8.3bln last year. Its net
    profit amounted to 1bln drams with 22.5% earnings yield. IMEX Group's
    2004-2007 investments were worth 800mln drams.

    The Ameriabank CJSC (former Armimpexbank) was established in 1992 as
    the Armenian branch of the USSR Vnesheconombank.

    Last August the TDA Holding Limited, affiliate of the Russian Troika
    Dialog, became the bank's shareholder. The bank was renamed Ameriabank
    this May.

    According to ARKA, the bank ranks 11th among the 22 local commercial
    banks for its first-half assets and liabilities. Ameriabank ranks10th
    in local market for total capital and the sixth for authorized capital
    stock. ($1 - 304.31 drams)
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