Nur ungern sehen die Russen das Interesse von Exxon am Erwerb vo Yukos ,zudem ist zu befürchten,dass eine Steuernachforderung vo 3 Milliarden auf Yukos zukommt.Wenig schön dürfte auch sein,dass der Hauptaktionär Leonid Nevzlin sich nach Israel abgesetzt hat.Was nützen Yukos die 92% Aktien ,wenn doch die Fusion rückgängig gemacht wird und die Rückzahlung der bezahlten Summe vo 3 Milliarden ungeklärt bleibt.Es wird befürchtet ,dass nach Beendigung der Fusion Yukos noch leichter angreifbar wird für juristische Angriffe.Jedenfalls ist Yukos heute noch weiter gefallen in Moskau.Heute Mittag soll ein Pressemitteilung erfolgen.
Interfax news agency quoted key YUKOS owner Leonid Nevzlin, who fled Russia to Israel fearing prosecution, as saying it would take months before a final break-up deal was signed.
He also said YUKOS did not plan to bring Sibneft to court over penalties as it hoped that the compensation would be included in the final divorce deal.
YUKOS said its management will hold a press conference, its first public event since the merger collapsed, on Wednesday at 1200 local time (0900 GMT).
With the merger effectively over, attention will now turn to whether major shareholders in Sibneft and YUKOS want to find international partners for their firms.
The Wall Street Journal Europe said last week that U.S. oil company Exxon Mobil , which had been in talks to take a stake in the combined firm before Khodorkovsky's arrest, was once again signaling interest in YUKOS.
Analysts said the results of Sibneft's two extraordinary shareholder votes on Tuesday and on December 30 may show whether the two firms had indeed found a compromise.
Both meetings were scheduled months ago and designed to facilitate the merger. On Tuesday, YUKOS was supposed to vote with its 92 percent of Sibneft shares to amend Sibneft's charter and dissolve its executive board. On December 30, YUKOS was to vote in a new board of directors for Sibneft.
The results of Tuesday's vote are to be announced in the next 15 days, but sources at YUKOS said on Tuesday the firm would vote against the charter changes and would not nominate candidates for the Sibneft board.
"If the firms have agreed on main principles for the divorce, it makes little sense for
YUKOS to seek operational control of Sibneft, or a presence on the board to be elected on December 30," said Moscow-based brokerage Troika Dialog.
Analysts have said that, by abandoning the merger with Sibneft, which enjoys good relations with the Kremlin, YUKOS would be more vulnerable to judicial attack from prosecutors.
YUKOS's offices have been raided on numerous occasions on the orders of state prosecutors and the tax ministry has said the company may owe up to $5 billion in back taxes.
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