9th Nov 2006 15:00
OAO Severstal09 November 2006 NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN 9 November 2006 Publication of Prospectus The following prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and isavailable for viewing: Prospectus dated 8 November 2006 relating to the Offering by Frontdeal Limitedof 85,000,000 ordinary shares of OAO Severstal in the form of ordinary sharesand global depository receipts ("GDRs") (with over-allotment arrangements inrespect of up to 12,750,000 additional GDRs) and admission of GDRs to listing onthe Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange at an Offer Priceof US$12.50 per ordinary share and GDR (the "Prospectus"). Copies of the Prospectus have been submitted to the FSA, and will shortly beavailable for inspection at the FSA's Document Viewing Facility, which issituated at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HSTel no: 020 7066 1000 In addition, the Prospectus will be available in a printed form, free of charge,at the registered office of the Company which is situated at: 30 Mira StreetCherepovetsVologodskaya oblast162600Russian Federation and at the offices of Citigroup Global Markets Limited situated at: 33 Canada SquareCanary WharfLondon E14 5LBUnited Kingdom. This communication does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitationto sell, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase nor shall it (or any partof it) or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on inconnection with, any contract therefore. The offer and the distribution of thiscommunication and other information in connection with the listing and offer incertain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possessionany document or other information referred to herein comes should informthemselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply withthese restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any suchjurisdiction. Any offer of securities to the public that may be deemed to be made pursuant tothis communication in any EEA Member State that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State,the "Prospectus Directive") is only addressed to qualified investors in thatMember State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive. This communication is not an offer for sale of any securities of Severstal inthe United States including its territories and dependencies, any state of theUnited States and the District of Columbia. No securities of Severstal havebeen, or will be, registered under the US Securities Act 1933, as amended, andsecurities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registrationor an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, asamended. Information contained in this communication does not constitute anoffer or an advertisement of any securities in the Russian Federation. The GDRshave not been and will not be registered in the Russian Federation and are notintended for "placement" or "public circulation" in the Russian Federation. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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