Gazprom is going to collect today the applications for placement of one-year eurobonds in USD

Gazprom is going to collect today the applications for placement of one-year eurobonds in USD, two sources in the financial circles claim.

The organizer is JP Morgan. The bid book is not closed up to the date, one of them adds. The price guidance for the bonds is 4.75-5%.

In October, Gazprom claimed that it was not going to place eurobonds in the near future.

Gazprom is going to place eurobonds in yuan. In 2011, the Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, the Director of the Financial and Economic Department of Gazprom A. Kruglov claimed that Gazprom was interested in loans in Chinese Yuan.

By 2014, the volume of external loans of Gazprom is 90 billion rubles. In February 2014, Gazprom placed eurobonds of series 35 for Euro 750 million with the coupon of 3.6% and circulation period of 7 years.