Sistema-backed Segezha Group to acquire Inter Forest Rus from Bonum Capital for $515m.

Sistema-backed Segezha Group, a provider of wood products, agreed to acquire Inter Forest Rus, a wood, paper and packaging producer, from Bonum Capital, a private equity firm, for $515m. “Our long-term interests in the sector are now focused on Segezha, which with its outstanding management team and a proven and profitable business model is well positioned to take Russia’s forestry industry to a new global level. As a result of this transaction, we will significantly increase our stake in Segezha Group and become its second-largest shareholder. We believe that Segezha has the potential to become one of the biggest success stories in Russia’s capital markets," Murat Aliev, Bonum Capital Founder and Owner.