25th Nov 2011 14:00
For Immediate Release 25 November 2011
PhosAgro Shareholding Notice
Moscow - PhosAgro ("PhosAgro" or "the Company") , a leading global vertically integrated phosphate-based fertiliser producer, announces that Menoza Trading Limited, a Cyprus-registered Company, in which PhosAgro CEO and member of the Board of Directors Maxim Volkov is an economic beneficiary, informed the Company on 25 November 2011 that it purchased 7,142 PhosAgro shares and 12,117 GDRs (1 share = 30 GDRs), representing 0.061 % of the Company's share capital, for the amount of 3,146,785 USD.
As of the date of this disclosure, Mr. Volkov and Menoza Trading Limited in aggregate own 133,075 PhosAgro shares and 124,697 GDRs, representing 1.10246 % of PhosAgro's share capital.
For further information please contact:
OJSC "PhosAgro"+7 495 231 2747Irina Evstigneeva, Head of Corporate Finance and Investor RelationsTimur Belov, Press OfficerM:CommunicationsUKStuart Leasor+ 44 20 7920 2317RussiaSam VanDerlip+7 495 663 8005Notes to Editors
PhosAgro is a leading global vertically integrated phosphate-based fertiliser producer. The Group focuses on the production of phosphate-based fertilisers, feed phosphate and high-grade phosphate rock, as well as ammonia and nitrogen-based fertilisers. In 2010, the Group was the largest phosphate-based fertiliser producer in Europe, the largest producer of high-grade phosphate rock worldwide and the third largest MAP/DAP producer in the world (excluding China) according to Fertecon. PhosAgro controls approximately 2.1 billion tonnes of high quality apatite-nepheline ore resources, which translates to over 75 years of production. The Group's strategic aim is to reinforce its position as a leading integrated global producer of fertilisers and to enhance overall value for its shareholders through increasing fertiliser and feed phosphate production capacities, utilising the full potential of its apatite-nepheline ore reserves base and continuing to improve operational flexibility and efficiency. PhosAgro is listed on the MICEX stock exchange (MICEX: PHOR) with its global depositary receipts listed on the London Stock Exchange (PHOR LI). The Group had revenues of approximately $2.5 billion in 2010 with EBIDTA of approximately $674 million. PhosAgro employs approximately 25,000 people.
For further information on PhosAgro please visit the company's website: www.PhosAgro.ru
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