Moody’s affirms Globaltrans’ Ba3 rating
26.09.2014
Globaltrans Investment PLC (“the Company” or together with its consolidated subsidiaries “Globaltrans” or “the Group”) (LSE ticker: GLTR) announces that Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the Ba3 corporate family rating (CFR) and the Ba3-PD probability of default rating (PDR) of Globaltrans Investment PLC as well as the B1 senior unsecured ratings assigned to the domestic bond issues by New Forwarding Company, a 100% subsidiary of Globaltrans, which is guaranteed by Globaltrans. Moody’s has also changed the outlook of the ratings of Globaltrans and New Forwarding Company’s bond issues to stable from positive.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Globaltrans is a leading private freight rail transportation group with operations in Russia, the CIS and the Baltic countries. The Group’s main business is the provision of freight rail transportation services. Globaltrans provides services to more than 500 customers and its key customers include a number of large Russian industrial groups in the metals and mining and the oil products and oil sectors.
The Group has a Total Fleet of about 65 thousand units of rolling stock with an average age of 8.4 years. Universal gondola cars and rail tank cars constitute the backbone of the Group’s fleet. About 93% of the Total Fleet is owned by the Group. In the first six months of 2014 the Group’s Freight Rail Turnover (including Engaged Fleet) was 80.6 billion tonnes-km. The Group’s Market Share was 8.4% of overall Russian freight rail transportation volumes.
Globaltrans' global depositary receipts (ticker symbol: GLTR) have been listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since May 2008. Globaltrans was the first freight rail transportation group with operations in Russia to have an international listing.
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