EVRAZ PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Jan 21, 2013

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RNS Number : 9767V

Evraz Plc

21 January 2013

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				X
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
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		16 January 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		18 January 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Lanebrook Limited: 72%, 71%, 70%, 69%, 68%, 67%, 66%, 65% Mr Roman Abramovich: 34%, 33%, 32% Mr Alexander Abramov: 24%, 23%, 22% Mr Alexander Frolov: 12%, 11%

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)	967,561,578			967,561,578			967,561,578		967,561,578			65.71%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Roman Abramovich)	463,801,971			463,801,971							471,302,870				32.01%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Alexander Abramov)	329,622,798			329,622,798							330,216,751				22.42%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Alexander Frolov)	164,892,446			164,892,446							164,892,446				11.20%
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: 967,561,578								65.71%
Mr Roman Abramovich: 471,302,870								32.01%
Mr Alexander Abramov: 330,216,751								22.42%
Mr Alexander Frolov: 164,892,446								11.20%

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 65.71% Mr Roman Abramovich holds an indirect interest of 32.01%, of which 29.74% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Alexander Abramov holds an indirect interest of 22.42%, of which 21.91% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Alexander Frolov holds an indirect interest of 11.20%, of which 10.94% 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:	Change in percentage of voting rights as a result of the additional issue of shares by EVRAZ plc following the completion of acquisition of an indirect controlling interest in OJSC Raspadskaya on January 16, 2013. The increase in the number of shares held indirectly by Mr. Roman Abramovich and Mr. Alexander Abramov reported in Box 8 is due to historic indirect acquisitions of shares which were not previously reported due to an oversight.
14. Contact name:	TMF Corporate Secretarial Services Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 207 832 8922

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