Softline buys 5% of Moscow Exchange at a 60% discount

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which last year announced its desire to completely withdraw from its Russian assets, has found a buyer for its stake in Moscow Exchange, sources told Forbes. Buyer of 5.3% of shares of the trading floor became IT-company Softline. Deal has already been approved by the government commission on foreign investments with the terms of 60% discount to the stock exchange price of shares and payment of the EBRD exit tax in the amount of 20%.