21.03.2009 /Investing Swedish fund East Capital bought out the additional issue of Probusinessbank shares for RUR 375 million - In addition to that East Capital provided to Probusinessbank a RUR 625 million subordinated loan for 5 years. After the registration of these two transactions with CBR, the capital of Probusinessbank will increase by RUR 1 billion to reach RUR 4 billion 670 million.

21.03.2009 /Investing Probusinessbank and four individual shareholders bought shares of Gazenergobank, Kaluga - Konstantin Martemyanov, Sergey Letunov, Alexey Pirogov and Michael Zavgorodny became holders of 19,293%, 19,708%, 19,654% and 17,566% common shares of the bank, respectively.

21.03.2009 /Investing Probusiness Landing Forces in Kaluga - Vice-presidents of Probusinessbank, Michael Zavgorodny, Sergey Letunov, Alexey Pirogov and Konstantin Martemyanov acquired 80,17% shares of Gazenergobank, Kaluga. Probusinessbank has 19,83% shares in its balance sheet. The source of information, close to the Probusinessbank management, assures that the funds were provided by shareholders, and the compensation is expected to be paid in a week. The transaction amount, according to the information provider, was "extremely far from the market value".

21.03.2009 /Investing Probusinessbank placed 31,25% additional shares issue - The offering price of shares was RUR 4,721 thousand. In this way, the bank planned to raise RUR 1,2 billion. Additional shares were issued to increase the bank’s charter capital by 8,3% to reach RUR 3,322 billion.

21.03.2009 /Investing Probusinessbank increased its share in "Gazenergobank" from 19,79% to 99,99% - The ultimate objective of these measures will be the complete settlement of all obligations of Gazenergobank to its creditors by March 01, 2009, and laying the foundation for a guaranteed and smooth performance of Gazenergobank's operations in future.

21.03.2009 /Investing Probusinessbank increased its share in "Bank24.ru", Ekaterinburg, from 20% to 99,5342% - In the mid-January 2009 top-managers of Probusinessbank sold to the bank approximately 80% shares of Gazenergobank (Kaluga), where the bank became the owner of approximately 20% shares in November 2008.

21.03.2009 /Events East Capital to increase share in Probusinessbank - Presently, Probusinessbank is finalizing the process of the conversion of the subordinated loan to common registered shares at the offering price of RUR 2145 per share. The charter capital of Probusinessbank amounts to RUR 3,147 billion.

21.03.2009 /Operations Bank24.ru joined the Financial Group Life - Sergey Lapshin, Chairman of the Board of Bank24.ru specifically pointed out that the Bank's clients will not be affected by the Bank’s admission to the Financial Group. "Changes in the shareholding structure of the Bank only mean that the Bank’s clients get a guarantee that they will face no more financial problems."

21.03.2009 /Operations Bank24.ru to optimize the branch network - Bank24.ru will close one of its additional offices. The office, located at Ul. Malysheva, 29, will be closed soon. The bank explains that this step is taken with a view of the branch network optimization, but this is not due to the fact that the bank has new owners.

21.03.2009 /Who's who Boris Diakonov resigned from the his office of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank24.ru - This office was assumed by Yaroslav Alekseev, Credit Risks Vice-president of Probusinessbank, Moscow (both banks belong to Financial Group Life).