Evraz Plc Holding(s) in Company (9907O)

TIDMEVR

RNS Number : 9907O

Evraz Plc

02 June 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                     EVRAZ plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                 X 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject             Mr Roman Abramovich 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                      Lanebrook Limited 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date           28 May 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:             1 June 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                           31% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                     Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                      transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number            Number               Number         Number of voting           % of voting rights 
                 of                of                   of shares      rights                     (x) 
                 Shares            Voting 
                                   Rights 
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                                                       Direct         Direct       Indirect      Direct      Indirect 
                                                                       (xi)         (xii) 
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 Ordinary 
 shares 
 GB00B71N6K86 
 (Mr Roman 
 Abramovich)    433,800,241       433,800,241                                      433,800,241               30.80% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial       Expiration       Exercise/                        Number of voting            % of voting 
  instrument              date (xiii)      Conversion Period                rights that may             rights 
                                           (xiv)                            be 
                                                                            acquired if the 
                                                                            instrument is 
                                                                            exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise        Expiration     Exercise/         Number of voting              % of voting rights 
 financial         price           date (xvii)    Conversion        rights instrument             (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                       period            refers to 
                                                  (xviii) 
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                                                                                                 Nominal       Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                           Percentage of voting rights 
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 433,800,241                                                       30.80% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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 Mr Roman Abramovich holds an indirect interest of 30.80% of which 28.63% 
  is held indirectly through Lanebrook Limited 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                           On 28 May 2015, the issuer, EVRAZ 
  13. Additional information:               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. 
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 14. Contact name:                         Andre De Cort 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             [phone] 
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