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Yandex

Shareholders of Yandex approved dividends for 6 months 2024 in the amount of ₽80 per ordinary share. The last day of purchase of securities to receive dividends is September 19, 2024. Dividend yield may amount to 2.07%.

X5 Group

X5 Retail Group and BashSPIRT trading house agreed on a strategic partnership that provides for the use of the OKOLO franchise within the framework of the program of large-scale reconstruction and rebranding of the TANTANA retail network, including 142 stores in the Republic of Bashkortostan. As a result, the outlets will start operating under the joint bran...

Aeroflot

Aeroflot Group in August 2024 carried 5.922 million passengers, up 13.4% from 5.22 million passengers a year earlier. Passenger turnover increased by 15.8% to 15.82 billion pkm. Seat occupancy increased by 1.9 p.p. to 93.6%.

X5 Group

X5 Retail Group has launched its own delivery of online orders using Yandex robots from Pyatyorochka stores in Moscow. At the pilot stage, the service is available for 35 thousand households. After the adaptation of operational processes and routing, the staff of robots will be increased, and automated delivery will also become available from supermarkets of...

Magnit

Retailers Magnit and Samberi launched the format of hard discounters Cenohit in the Far East. Prototype for the new format was the network of hard discounters First Choice, which Magnit develops since 2023. Currently, the network unites more than 130 stores in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and the regions.

SmartTechGroup (CarMoney)

CarMoney and Promsvyazbank have announced a strategic partnership to develop long-term cooperation. To implement strategic initiatives, the bank intends to increase its stake in the company to 25%, including by acquiring shares in a voluntary offer at ₽2.5 per share, which will last until October 02, 2024. CarMoney will also conduct a private placement addit...

Softline

Softline acquires a controlling stake in Test IT, a developer of test management and quality management systems for software development. Deal will allow Softline to take 20% of the test management system market.

Henderson

Henderson's August 2024 revenue grew 24.2% to ₽1.6 billion, with online sales revenue up 68.7%. Full operating results report the company will disclose on September 25.

Artgen

Artgen Group has provided a convertible loan of ₽20 million to biotech startup Adena. Funds will be used to develop a portfolio of drugs based on adeno-associated viruses for the prevention and therapy of HPV-associated cancers. Drugs for the prevention and treatment of cat allergic disease. As well as drugs against respiratory syncytial virus and a therapeu...

MMC Norilsk Nickel

Nornickel's Palladium Technology Center intends to create and introduce more than 100 new materials to the global market by 2030, which will create additional demand for the metal of at least 40 tons per year. Currently, the center's portfolio includes about 20 projects.