Press-releases

Moscow, 15 September, 2010 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer and owner of a 25% stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel (‘MMC’), welcomes the initiative of the management of MMC to publish seven letters to investors of the company. RUSAL intends to take advantage of this opportunity by publicly posing seven important questions to the management, answers to which have never been received by RUSAL’s representatives on the Board of Directors in the past two years.

Moscow, 8 September 2010 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer and owner of a 25% stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel (‘MMC’), today presents a detailed strategy aimed at increasing the value of Norilsk Nickel and protecting the interests of its all shareholders. The strategy is based on a detailed programme of change. To promote the programme, RUSAL is launching the ‘Save Norilsk Nickel’ website, which contains comprehensive information about the company's current situation and lists the actions needed for its improvement. This information resource will help shareholders to make the right decision to vote at the extraordinary meeting of shareholders of MMC to be held on 21 October 2010.

Moscow, 31 August 2010 – UC RUSAL Plc (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces the creation of RUSAL’s Department of Control, Internal audit and Business coordination, which will be headed by Tatyana Soina, who previously served as Chief Financial Officer of RUSAL. Evgeny Kornilov, formerly Chief Financial Officer of X5, has been appointed CFO to RUSAL.

Moscow, 31 August 2010 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces its intention to launch a Russian Depository Receipts (RDR) Programme and to arrange for the listing/the admission to trading of Russian Depository Receipts on CJSC “MICEX Stock Exchange” and OJSC “Russian Trading System” Stock Exchange.

Moscow, 16 August 2010 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer and owner of a 25% stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel ‘MMC’), today announced that it has filed a suit against MMC in the Krasnoyarsk arbitration court in connection with its failure to provide the voting ballots used at the annual general shareholders’ meeting, held on 28 June 2010.

Moscow, 11 August 2010 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer and owner of a 25% stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel, announces the filing of a request for arbitration against Interros to the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

Moscow, 10 August 2010 – UC RUSAL (HKSE: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces that it has agreed all the terms of  a proposed loan from Sberbank of Russia, which has been approved by Sberbank and is intended to refinance the loan previously provided to RUSAL by Vnesheconombank (VEB).

Moscow, 6 August 2010 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer and owner of a 25% stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel, announces that it has requested an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (EGM) of MMC Norilsk Nickel in order to elect a new board.