EVRAZ PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jun 2, 2015

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RNS Number : 9907O

Evraz Plc

02 June 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
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				X
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Mr Roman Abramovich
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Lanebrook Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		28 May 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		1 June 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		31%

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 (Mr Roman Abramovich)	433,800,241			433,800,241							433,800,241			30.80%
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
433,800,241								30.80%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Mr Roman Abramovich holds an indirect interest of 30.80% of which 28.63% 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 28 May 2015, the issuer, EVRAZ plc, has transferred 10,074,926 ordinary shares out of treasury to the issuer's Employee Benefit Trust. Following the above transfer, the issuer's issued share capital consists of 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares of which 98,383,582 are held as treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights attaching to the issuer's ordinary shares is 1,408,143,712.
14. Contact name:	Andre De Cort
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 20 7471 1602

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