The auction on the sale of shares of Murmansk Shipping Company OJSC has been recognized as void owing to absence of bids, says press center of Auction House of the Russian Federation OJSC.
240,581 ordinary non-certificated registered shares (25.5% of the authorized capital) were put up for auction. State registration number – 1-01-00088-А. Total nominal value – RUB 240,581. Opening price – RUB 700 mln.
Murmansk Shipping Company OJSC specializes in marine transportation of general cargo and passengers by the fleets of the Company itself and its subsidiaries as well as by chartered vessels. The fleet of the shipping holding numbers over 300 vessels with total deadweight of some 2 mln t. MSC is the largest shipping company which carries out the major part of shipments under the Russian flag in Russian sector of the Arctic. Major shareholders of MSC are Arctic technologies LLC (62.7%) and the state (25.5%). The size of the authorized capital is RUB 943,454. . Total number and types of shares issued: 943,454 uncertificated ordinary nominal shares (state registration number: 1-01-00088-А). Nominal value per one share is 1 ruble. As of June 18, 2013, the Company staff numbered 1,374 employees.