Alexander Yakob becomes Bank Yekaterinburg BOD Chair

Moscow,љ 10 October 2008 – UC RUSAL, which owns a 25% plus two shares stake in Norilsk Nickel, today requested an Extraordinary General Meeting of Norilsk Nickel’s shareholders to elect a new, expanded Board of Directors that will represent the interest of all shareholders. UC RUSAL believes the current board has demonstrated that it is incapable of acting in the interests of all shareholders, has abused corporate governance principles and presided over the destruction of significant shareholder value. Following consultations with Norilsk Nickel’s minority shareholders, UC RUSAL is proposing

Moscow, 8 July 2008 -љ UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer and 25% shareholder in Norilsk Nickel, is issuing the following statement in relation to the results of the first meeting of the new Norilsk Nickel Board of Directors which was held on 7 July 2008.љ The decisions made at this meeting demonstrate that the Board is controlled by Interros and does not represent the interests of all shareholders. The first meeting of the Board of Directors of Norilsk Nickel did not comply with the practices used by public companies.љ It was called by Interros on one working

Moscow, 14 August 2008 – UC RUSAL, the owner of 25% plus two shares of Norilsk Nickel, announces its intention to call for an extraordinary meeting of Norilsk Nickel shareholders to elect a new Board of Directors and will file a demand to convene this meeting in early September. UC RUSAL believes that the current Board, fully controlled by Interros, is incapable of reversing a slide in Norilsk Nickel’s market value.љ UC RUSAL is completing consultations with Norilsk Nickel minority shareholders held over the last two months to discuss the current situation at the company and the creation of a

Moscow, 12 November 2008 – At its regular meeting yesterday, the Board of Directors of UC RUSAL, which owns a 25% plus two shares stake in Norilsk Nickel, discussed preparations for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Norilsk Nickel’s shareholders, which has been scheduled for 26 December 2008 to elect a new Board of Norilsk Nickel. UC RUSAL’s shareholders raised several concerns about the situation at Norilsk Nickel, notably in relation to Interros withdrawing cash from the company which has resulted in a worsening of the company’s financial situation set against the background of the fall

The General Director of Express-Garant Alexander Ivanov and Leonid Chetverkin, the GD of Gubernskaya Management Company joined Reserve South Ural Social Development Bank’s Board of Directors. The news has been announced after the annual general meeting held in Yekaterinburg recently. Apart from these two executives, the BOD also consists of the bank’s Counselors to the Chairman Valeria Kanevskaya and Alexander Ustyukhin as well as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board Sergey Kolobov. Alexander Ivanov and Leonid Chetverkin were reported earlier to have bought Reserve South Ural Social