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United Company RUSAL Plc (Paris:RUSAL) (Paris:RUAL)
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UNITED COMPANY RUSAL PLC
(Incorporated under the laws of Jersey with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 486)
DECLARATION OF INTERIM DIVIDEND
CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS
This announcement is made by United Company RUSAL Plc (“UC RUSAL” or the “Company”) pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Inside Information Provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and applicable French laws and regulations.
Shareholders and potential investors are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the shares of UC RUSAL.
INTERIM DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company has on 12 October 2015 approved an interim dividend of US Dollar 0.016 per ordinary share for the financial year ending 31 December 2015 (the “Interim Dividend”).
The Interim Dividend will be payable in cash to shareholders of the Company whose names appear on the principal register of shareholders of the Company in Jersey at 4:30pm Jersey time on 29 October 2015 (being 7:30pm Moscow time on the same date) and to the shareholders registered in the Hong Kong overseas branch register of shareholders of the Company at 11:30pm Hong Kong time on 29 October 2015 (being 4:30pm Paris time on the same date).
The Interim Dividend is expected to be paid on 6 November 2015 in cash in a currency to be determined based on the registered address of each registered shareholder whose name appears on the Company’s registers of shareholders as follows: Hong Kong dollars for shareholders with registered address in Hong Kong and US dollars for shareholders with registered address in all other countries at the exchange rate «Buying TT» of US Dollar 1: Hong Kong Dollar 7.7200 as published by Hong Kong Association of Banks on 12 October 2015.
CLOSURE OF THE REGISTER OF MEMBERS
The Register of Members of the Company will be closed on 29 October 2015 during which no transfer of shares of the Company can be registered. In order to qualify for the Interim Dividend, all completed transfer forms, accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with, in respect of shares registered on the Register of Members in Jersey, Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited, Queensway House, Hilgrove Street, St Helier, Jersey JE1 1ES, not later than 4:30pm (Jersey time) on 28 October 2015, and in respect of shares registered on the overseas branch register in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, Shop 1712 - 1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, not later than 4:30pm (Hong Kong time) on 28 October 2015.
Further announcement(s) will be issued by the Company in relation to the payment of the Interim Dividend, if required.
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By Order of the Board of Directors of United Company RUSAL Plc Aby Wong Po Ying Company Secretary |
13 October 2015
As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Oleg Deripaska, Mr. Vladislav Soloviev and Mr. Stalbek Mishakov, the non-executive Directors are Mr. Maxim Sokov, Mr. Dmitry Afanasiev, Mr. Len Blavatnik, Mr. Ivan Glasenberg, Mr. Maksim Goldman, Ms. Gulzhan Moldazhanova, Mr. Daniel Lesin Wolfe, Ms. Olga Mashkovskaya and Ms. Ekaterina Nikitina, and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Matthias Warnig (Chairman), Dr. Peter Nigel Kenny, Mr. Philip Lader, Ms. Elsie Leung Oi-sie and Mr. Mark Garber and Mr. Dmitry Vasiliev.
All announcements and press releases published by the Company are available on its website under the links http://www.rusal.ru/en/investors/info.aspx, http://rusal.ru/investors/info/moex/ and http://www.rusal.ru/en/press-center/press- releases.aspx, respectively.