FACTBOX-Russian companies planning share issues

REAL ESTATE:

MLK - Real estate developer MLK seeks to raise up to $200 million in an IPO by the end of this year, according to one core shareholder, Alexander Mamut.

TRANSPORT:

SOVKOMFLOT/NOVOSHIP NOMPI.RTS - Russia's two largest tanker shippers, both state-owned, plan to merge and then float a 20 percent stake, although they may not pull off their IPO this year.

RAILWAYS - Transport Minister Igor Levitin announced in May that state-owned Russian Railways would sell off a company holding half of Russia's rolling stock, or 260,000 wagons, raising $2.3 billion.

KAMAZ (KMAZ.MM) - Russian truck maker KAMAZ is reported to be planning a stock offering, but no details have yet emerged. Economy Minister German Gref has said the state's 34 percent stake may be sold in late 2008.

FAR EAST SEA SHIPPING (FESH.RTS) - Russia's biggest container shipper is planning to hold a share offering in 2008 to sell the state's remaining 20 percent stake.

BANKING:

GAZPROMBANK - The banking arm of gas monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM) plans an international listing in 2008, according to Deputy CEO Alexander Sobol. The bank, Russia's third-largest, has exhausted its quota for issuing subordinated debt, leaving an IPO as the only option. Sobol has said Gazprombank could float 15 to 20 percent of its shares and could be worth at least $8 billion.

ZENIT BANK - Zenit Bank, in which Tatneft owns a 39.73 percent stake and managers another 18.32 percent, is planning an IPO, banking sources say.