MOSCOW, Oct 28 – Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny plans to place eurobonds for $500 million with a maturity of five to seven years, a source in banking circles has told Interfax.

Meetings with investors will begin on October 30 and will be held in London, New York, and Boston.

The organizer is Citi.

In July of this year, Naftogaz Ukrayiny placed three-year eurobonds for $335 million and five-year eurobonds for EUR 600 million. The yield on the dollar issue was 7.375%, the yield on the issue in euros was 7.125%. The EBRD acted as a major buyer of the tranche in euros (acquired one-fifth).