EVRAZ PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Apr 24, 2015

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RNS Number : 3242L

Evraz Plc

24 April 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			EVRAZ plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Lanebrook Limited Mr Roman Abramovich Mr Alexander Abramov Mr Alexander Frolov Mr Eugene Shvidler
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		20 April 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		22 April 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Lanebrook Limited: 64%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Lanebrook Limited)	968,385,484			968,385,484			890,624,130		890,624,130			63.70%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Roman Abramovich)	471,675,808			471,675,808							433,800,241			31.03%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Alexander Abramov)	328,170,157			328,170,157							301,818,094			21.59%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Alexander Frolov)	163,870,710			163,870,710							150,711,892			10.78%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Eugene Shvidler)	46,864,423			46,864,423							43,101,210			3.08%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.			% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
												Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
Lanebrook Limited: 890,624,130								63.70%
Mr Roman Abramovich: 433,800,241								31.03%
Mr Alexander Abramov: 301,818,094								21.59%
Mr Alexander Frolov: 150,711,892								10.78%
Mr Eugene Shvidler: 43,101,210								3.08%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Lanebrook Limited holds a direct interest of 63.70% Mr Roman Abramovich holds an indirect interest of 31.03% of which 28.84% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Alexander Abramov holds an indirect interest of 21.59%, of which 21.24% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Alexander Frolov holds an indirect interest of 10.78%, of which 10.61% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Eugene Shvidler holds an indirect interest of 3.08%, of which 3.02% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	On 1 April 2015, the issuer, EVRAZ plc, invited shareholders to participate in a tender offer to tender up to a maximum of 8.03% of their shareholding for consideration of US$3.10 per share.  Pursuant to the terms of the tender offer, on 20 April 2015, EVRAZ plc transferred to treasury 108,458,508 ordinary shares of the Company which had been successfully tendered by the shareholders.
14. Contact name:	Lanebrook Limited Helen Skapoullis (administrator)
15. Contact telephone number:	+357 22 555 352 (administrator)

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