Transfer of Shares
January 30 2006 - 11:43AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:6497X
Evraz Group S.A.
30 January 2006
NOT FOR RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR
INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA.
30.01.2006
Notification of transfer of shares in Evraz Group S.A. by Crosland Global
Limited, and related placement of Evraz's GDRs with insititutional investors
January 30, 2006 - Evraz Group S.A. (the "Company", LSE: EVR), one of the
leading vertically integrated steel production and mining businesses with
operations mainly in Russia, announces that it has been notified today by
Crosland Global Ltd. ("the Transferor"), its major shareholder, and BNY
(Nominees) Limited (the "Transferee"), that the Transferor deposited with the
Transferee, acting as custodian for The Bank of New York as depositary for the
Company's GDR facilities, 7,014,259 shares (the "Deposited Shares"), resulting
in the issue of 21,042,777 global depository receipts (GDRs), representing
approximately 6% of the Company's issued share capital.
The Company understands that the transfer by Crosland Global Ltd. is pursuant to
a placement of the GDRs to certain institutional investors that was completed on
January 30, 2006 for a price of U.S. $18.50 per GDR. The Transferor is
indirectly owned by, amongst others, Mr. Alexander Abramov, Mr. Alexander Frolov
and Mr. Valery Khoroshkovsky. Mr. Khoroshkovsky is the Company's Chief Executive
Officer, and all three are members of its Board of Directors.
Acting on behalf of the Company, its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Khoroshkovsky,
has acknowledged and accepted the transfer of the Deposited Shares, and the
Company has duly registered the transfer of the Deposited Shares in the register
of Company's shareholders.
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For further information:
Evraz Group
Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations
Irina Kibina
Tel: +7 495 232 1370
IR@evraz.com
www.evraz.com
This document is not an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an
offer to purchase securities in the United States. The offer and sale of the
securities has not been, and will not be, registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The securities may
not be offered or sold in the United States absent such registration other than
pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration. There will be no public
offering of the securities in the United States.
This document is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons
who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals falling
within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (iii) high net worth entities, and other
persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a)
to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant
persons"). The securities are only available to, and any invitation, offer or
agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be
engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person
should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.
Any offer of securities to the public that may be deemed to be made pursuant to
this communication in any EEA Member State that has implemented Directive 2003/
71/EC (together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State,
the "Prospectus Directive") is only addressed to qualified investors in that
Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.
This press release is not a public offer or advertisement of securities in the
Russian Federation, and is not an offer, or an invitation to make offers, to
purchase any securities in the Russian Federation.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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