Regulatory News:
Pursuant to Chapter 38 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Securities and Futures Commission regulates United Company RUSAL Plc in relation to the listing of its shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The Securities and Futures Commission takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.
UNITED COMPANY RUSAL PLC (Paris:RUSAL) (Paris:RUAL)
(Incorporated under the laws of Jersey with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 486)
UPDATE ON THE ANNUAL RESULTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
AND INSIDE INFORMATION
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 and the Inside Information Provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
Reference is made to the annual results announcement for the year ended 31 December 2013 ("Annual Results Announcement") dated 28 March 2014 of the Company. Unless otherwise specified, capitalised terms in this announcement shall have the same meanings as the defined terms in the Annual Results Announcement.
As mentioned in the Annual Results Announcement, as of 27 March 2014, being the date of approval of UC RUSAL's consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 December 2013, the Company was unable to obtain the consolidated financial statements of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel ("Norilsk Nickel") as at and for the year ended 31 December 2013. Consequently, the Group has estimated its share of profit and other comprehensive income of its associate, Norilsk Nickel, for the year ended 31 December 2013 based on the then latest publicly available information reported by Norilsk Nickel adjusted by the Group to account for Norilsk Nickel's performance in the remaining part of the relevant reporting period.
On 7 April 2014, Norilsk Nickel published its audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2013, prepared in accordance with IFRS ("Norilsk Nickel Financial Statements") on its own website. The management of the Company is reviewing the Norilsk Nickel Financial Statements and is of the preliminary view that they may possibly have material adverse impact on the Company's published consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 December 2013 (as stated in the Annual Results Announcement).
As soon as the Company has updated its consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 December 2013 and the auditors have performed the relevant audit procedures with respect to the Norilsk Nickel Financial Statements, the Company will make further announcement containing the Company's updated consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 December 2013.
Shareholders of the Company and potential investors are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the securities of the Company
By Order of the Board of Directors of United Company RUSAL Plc Aby Wong Po Ying Company Secretary |
8 April 2014
As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Oleg Deripaska, Ms. Vera Kurochkina, Mr. Maxim Sokov, Mr. Vladislav Soloviev and Mr. Stalbek Mishakov, the non-executive Directors are Mr. Dmitry Afanasiev, Mr. Len Blavatnik, Mr. Ivan Glasenberg, Mr. Maksim Goldman, Ms. Gulzhan Moldazhanova, Mr. Christophe Charlier, 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.
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 and http://www.rusal.ru/en/press-center/ press-releases.aspx, respectively.
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United Company RUSAL Plc