United Company RUSAL Plc: Continuing Connected Transactions Transportation Contracts

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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)

CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS
TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS

Reference is made to the announcements of the Company dated 14 January 2015, 29 December 2015, 20 January 2016, 4 March 2016, 6 April 2016, 20 May 2016, 31 May 2016, 5 July 2016 and 14 July 2016 in relation to the Previously Disclosed Transportation Contracts.

The Company announces that on 25 August 2016, members of the Group and associates of En+ entered into a contract/addendum, pursuant to which associates of En+ agreed to provide transportation services to members of the Group.

THE NEW TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS

Reference is made to the announcements of the Company dated 14 January 2015, 29 December 2015, 20 January 2016, 4 March 2016, 6 April 2016, 20 May 2016, 31 May 2016, 5 July 2016 and 14 July 2016 in relation to the Previously Disclosed Transportation Contracts.

The Company announces that on 25 August 2016, members of the Group and associates of En+ entered into a contract/addendum, pursuant to which associates of En+ agreed to provide transportation services to members of the Group (the "New Transportation Contracts”) with major terms set out below:

Notes:

1. The cost of services is determined by the demand schedules for transportation services indicating vehicle types engaged (including freight automobiles, hoisting and road cleaning machines, loading and unloading equipment), quantity of vehicle-hours (which ranges from approximately 3 vehicle-hours to 12,911 vehicle-hours (depending on vehicle type and demand for the same)) and vehicle-hour cost (which ranges from approximately USD5.42 to USD36.07 (depending on type of vehicle)).

2. The cost of services is determined by the demand schedules for transportation services indicating vehicle types engaged (mobile crane), quantity of vehicle-hours and vehicle-hour cost (which is approximately USD31.50).

The consideration under the New Transportation Contracts is to be paid in cash via wire/bank transfer or set-off.

THE ANNUAL AGGREGATE TRANSACTION AMOUNT

Pursuant to Rule 14A.81 of the Listing Rules, the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the New Transportation Contracts and the Previously Disclosed Transportation Contracts should be aggregated, as they were entered into by members of the Group with the associates of En+, and the subject matter of each contract relates to the provision of transportation services by the associates of En+ to the Group.

The annual aggregate transaction amount that is payable by the Group to the associates of En+ under the New Transportation Contracts and the Previously Disclosed Transportation Contracts for the financial years ending 31 December 2016 is estimated to be approximately USD16 million.

The basis of calculation of payments under the New Transportation Contracts is the service fee proposed by KraMZ-Auto. The Company invited several organizations to take part in the tender in relation to the required transportation services and chose the contractor offering the best terms and conditions (taking into account the price and quality offered by the service provider, availability of extra vehicles in the vehicle pool, ability to meet the Group’s requirements for transportation services, proximity of the contractor’s location and the business relationship with the service provider) and then entered into contracts with the chosen service provider. Accordingly, the New Transportation Contracts were entered into.

The contract price under the New Transportation Contracts has been arrived at after arm’s length negotiation with reference to the market price and on terms no less favourable than those prevailing in the Russian market for transportation services of the same type and quality and those offered by the associates of En+ to independent third parties. The annual aggregate transaction amount is derived from the total contract price under the New Transportation Contracts, which was based on the need of transportation services by the Group for the relevant year.

REASONS FOR AND BENEFITS OF THE TRANSACTIONS

The New Transportation Contracts were entered into for the purpose of goods and motor transportation. The Company considers that the transactions contemplated under the New Transportation Contracts are for the benefit of the Company, as the services provided are at a competitive price and the service provider is capable of meeting the Group’s transportation needs and is conveniently located.

The Directors (including the independent non-executive Directors) consider that the New Transportation Contracts are on normal commercial terms which are fair and reasonable and the transactions contemplated under the New Transportation Contracts are in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group and in the interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole.

None of the Directors has a material interest in the transactions contemplated under the New Transportation Contracts, save for Mr. Deripaska, Mr. Maxim Sokov, Ms. Olga Mashkovskaya and Ms. Gulzhan Moldazhanova, who are directors of En+, being the holding company of KraMZ-Auto. Mr. Deripaska is also indirectly interested in more than 50% of the issued share capital of En+. Accordingly, Mr. Deripaska, Mr. Maxim Sokov, Ms. Olga Mashkovskaya and Ms. Gulzhan Moldazhanova did not vote on the Board resolutions approving the New Transportation Contracts.

LISTING RULES IMPLICATIONS

KraMZ-Auto is an indirect subsidiary of En+, and is therefore an associate of En+ which is a substantial shareholder of the Company. Accordingly, KraMZ-Auto is a connected person of the Company under the Listing Rules.

Accordingly, the transactions contemplated under the New Transportation Contracts constitute continuing connected transactions of the Company.

The estimated annual aggregate transaction amount of the continuing connected transactions under the New Transportation Contracts and the Previously Disclosed Transportation Contracts for the financial year ending 31 December 2016 is more than 0.1% but less than 5% under the applicable percentage ratios. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 14A.76 of the Listing Rules, the transactions contemplated under these contracts are only subject to the announcement requirements set out in Rules 14A.35 and 14A.68, the annual review requirements set out in Rules 14A.49, 14A.55 to 14A.59, 14A.71 and 14A.72 and the requirements set out in Rules 14A.34 and 14A.50 to 14A.54 of the Listing Rules. These transactions are exempt from the circular and shareholders’ approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.

Details of the New Transportation Contracts and the Previously Disclosed Transportation Contracts will be included in the relevant annual report and accounts of the Company in accordance with Rule 14A.71 of the Listing Rules where appropriate.

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

The Company is principally engaged in the production and sale of aluminium, including alloys and value-added products, and alumina.

KraMZ-Auto is principally engaged in the provision of transportation services.

DEFINITIONS

In this announcement, the following expressions have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:

26 August 2016As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Oleg Deripaska, Mr. Vladislav Soloviev and Mr. Siegfried Wolf, 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), Mr. Philip Lader, Dr. Elsie Leung Oi-sie, Mr. Mark Garber, Mr. Dmitry Vasiliev and Mr. Bernard Zonneveld.

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