EVRAZ PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Oct 8, 2015

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RNS Number : 6527B

Evraz Plc

08 October 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			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:		Lanebrook Limited Mr Roman Abramovich Mr Alexander Abramov Mr Alexander Frolov Mr Eugene Shvidler
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		5 October 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		7 October 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Lanebrook Limited: 64% Mr Roman Abramovich: 31%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
Direct	Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Lanebrook Limited)	890,624,130		890,624,130		905,487,416	905,487,416			64.30%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Roman Abramovich)	433,800,241		433,800,241					440,528,063			31.28%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Alexander Abramov)	301,818,094		301,818,094					306,774,676			21.79%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Alexander Frolov)	150,711,892		150,711,892					153,186,953			10.88%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Eugene Shvidler)	43,101,210		43,101,210					43,805,030			3.11%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period			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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights				Percentage of voting rights
Lanebrook Limited: 905,487,416				64.30%
Mr Roman Abramovich: 440,528,063				31.28%
Mr Alexander Abramov: 306,774,676				21.79%
Mr Alexander Frolov: 153,186,953				10.88%
Mr Eugene Shvidler: 43,805,030				3.11%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Lanebrook Limited holds a direct interest of 64.30% Mr Roman Abramovich holds an indirect interest of 31.28% of which 29.11% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Alexander Abramov holds an indirect interest of 21.79%, of which 21.44% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Alexander Frolov holds an indirect interest of 10.88%, of which 10.71% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Eugene Shvidler holds an indirect interest of 3.11%, of which 3.04% 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. On 05 October 2015, Lanebrook Limited acquired 14,863,286 ordinary shares of EVRAZ plc from a third party.
14. Contact name:	Lanebrook Limited: Helen Skapoullis (administrator)
15. Contact telephone number:	+357 22 555 352 (administrator)

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