The sale online recruitment resource Headhunter.ru may never take place. Mail.ru Group doubts that a consortium of investors led by “Elbrus Capital” will be able to meet its obligations. It is reported INTERFAX.
This means that HeadHunter as before is part of the company Mail.ru and forecast revenue growth in 2015 (12.7%) includes indicators HeadHunter. According to the head of the Board of Directors of the Mail.ru Dmitry Grishin “economic and geopolitical situation” will increase the amount of revenue from advertising and business company HeadHunter.
Let us recall, last fall Mail.ru has announced its intention to sell HeadHunter «Elbrus capital “and its partners for 9.85 billion rubles. Close the deal was planned in the I quarter of 2015.
In 2013, revenue HeadHunter was 2.7 billion rubles, and EBITDA – 1,3 billion rubles, which is the Headhunter had 10.1% of revenues and 8% net profit Mail.ru. During the first 9 months of 2014 revenue service was 2.3 billion rubles, EBITDA – 1,18 billion rubles. Headhunter indicators at the end of 2014 Mail.ru not disclosed.
We planned Mail.ru transactions Headhunter complex fate. The company could sell online service in the spring of 2014. In April Mail.ru granted an option to purchase the resource CEO “MegaFon” Ivan Tavrin in a deal for the purchase of his 12% stake in the social network “VKontakte”. Term of the option expired on June 14 last year, but did not use it Tavrin.
Mail.ru wants to get rid of HeadHunter for two reasons, said “Interfax” sources familiar with the situation. Firstly, it does not fully meet the business strategy Mail.ru – communitaiment (communications + entertainment), in which the company focuses on the development of communication and entertainment internet services. The second reason – non-participation in the operational management of Mail.ru HeadHunter.
Revenue Mail.ru Group Ltd. in 2014 amounted to 35.8 billion rubles, which is 14.8% more than in 2013. Revenue “VKontakte” at the end of 2014 amounted to 4.3 billion rubles, which is 12.9% the previous year. “Excluding” VKontakte “, revenue growth in 2014 on a comparable basis would have been 15.0%,” – said Grishin.
Almost half revenue fell on Mail.ru segment of social networks, which brought the company 12 4 billion (revenue accounted for only social networks “Classmates” and “My World” – without taking into account the results of “VKontakte»).
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