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Summary of Proposed Investment

This Summary of Proposed Investment is prepared and distributed to the public in advance of the IFC Board of Directors’ consideration of the proposed transaction. Its purpose is to enhance the transparency of IFC’s activities, and this document should not be construed as presuming the outcome of the Board decision. Board dates are estimates only.

Project number 25774
Company namePM Invest Company Limited
CountryRussian Federation
SectorInformation
Environmental categoryC
DepartmentGlobal Inform. & Comm. Tech.
StatusCompleted
Date SPI disclosedJanuary 12, 2007
Projected board dateFebruary 13, 2007
Previous EventsInvested: May 23, 2007
Signed: March 30, 2007
Approved: March 28, 2007
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Project description
Prof-Media (or the company) is Russia’s largest diversified entertainment media group with a portfolio of assets in TV and radio broadcasting, movie production and distribution, cinema, Internet, magazines and newspapers. The company’s activities are consolidated in a sole purpose holding company, called PM Invest Company Limited incorporated in Cyprus.

To date, Prof-Media’s has grown based on an M&A strategy. Capital expenditures and acquisitions have been financed by internal cash generation and contributions from the shareholders. As the company has been relatively under-leveraged, it is seeking third-party funding to help finance its growth and repay shareholder bridge loans. IFC is contemplating to participate in the senior debt financing by providing $50 million as an anchor investor alongside a $250 million credit linked notes (the CLN) arranged by Renaissance Capital. The CLN were successfully placed within a diverse group of both Russian and international investors.