RNS Number : 9886E

Evraz Plc

12 May 2017

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: 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:		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:		03 May 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		10 May 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Roman Abramovich 31%; 30%

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		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Lanebrook Limited)	905,487,416			905,487,416			905,487,416		905,487,416			63.23%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Roman Abramovich)	440,528,063			440,528,063							440,528,063				30.76%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Alexander Abramov)	303,541,958			303,541,958							303,541,958				21.20%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Alexander Frolov)	151,573,018			151,573,018							151,573,018				10.58%
Ordinary shares GB00B71N6K86 (Mr Eugene Shvidler)	43,805,030			43,805,030							43,805,030				3.06%
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 xv, xvi
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								63.23%
Mr Roman Abramovich: 440,528,063								30.76%
Mr Alexander Abramov: 303,541,958								21.20%
Mr Alexander Frolov: 151,573,018								10.58%
Mr Eugene Shvidler: 43,805,030								3.06%

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 63.23% Mr Roman Abramovich holds an indirect interest of 30.76% of which 28.62% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Alexander Abramov holds an indirect interest of 21.20%, of which 21.09% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Alexander Frolov holds an indirect interest of 10.58%, of which 10.53% is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited Mr Eugene Shvidler holds an indirect interest of 3.06%, of which 2.99% 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 03 May 2017, 12,541,215 ordinary shares of EVRAZ plc were transferred out of treasury to the EVRAZ plc Employee Benefit Trust.
14. Contact name:	Lanebrook Limited: Helen Skapoullis   (administrator)
15. Contact telephone number:	+357 22 555 352  (administrator)

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