Directors’ Interests in Shares
Further to the appointment of Mr Alexey Mordashov and Mr Mikhail Noskov as non-executive directors of the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 14 June 2012, the Company announces that it has registered, in accordance with chapter 5.3 of the Dutch Act on Financial Supervision, the interests of Mr Mordashov and Mr Noskov in the shares and GDRs of the Company as at 14 June 2012 as follows:
| DIRECTOR NAME | NO. OF SHARES INTERESTED IN | % OF THE TOTAL ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL HELD |
| Alexey Mordashov | 320,897,867 | 89.44 |
| No. of GDRs interested in | ||
| Mikhail Noskov | 200,000 | 0.06 |
In addition, the Company announces that it has registered, in accordance with chapter 5.3 of the Dutch Act on Financial Supervision, the interests of Mr Mordashov following the acquisitions of GDRs on the LSE on 25 and 26 June 2012 as follows:
| DIRECTOR NAME | NO. OF ACQUIRED GDRS | ACQUIRED % OF THE TOTAL ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL | % OF THE TOTAL ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL HELD |
| Alexey Mordashov | 1,750,000 | 0.49 | 89.93 |
As announced on 15 June 2012, a company owned by Mr Mordashov has agreed to sell 2,511,559 shares in the Company to its Chief Executive Officer Mr Nikolay Zelenskiy, and 1,076,383 shares to the Company’s head of strategy Mr Oleg Pelevin. Following completion of those transfers, Mr Mordashov’s interests will be as follows:
| DIRECTOR NAME | NO. OF SHARES AND GDRS INTERESTED IN | % OF THE TOTAL ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL HELD |
| Alexey Mordashov | 319,059,925 | 88.93 |