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December 25, 2012

Rostelecom completes acquisition of additional shares in Svyazinvest

Moscow, Russia – December 25, 2012– Rostelecom OJSC (the “Group”) (MICEX - RTS: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY), announces that the Company has completed the acquisition of 140,315,416 additional ordinary nominal book-entry shares in Svyazinvest OJSC[1] (“Svyazinvest”) for a total cash consideration of RUB 1,720.267 million.

The acquisition will enable the Group to remain in control of the 25% + 1 share blocking stake it possesses in the state holding before the merger is complete.

In accordance with Russian Federation Presidential Decrees ¹1005 dated August 12, 2010, and ¹1418 dated November 15, 2010, the State, represented by the Federal Agency for State Property Management, is the second Svyazinvest shareholder and purchased its stake by transferring to Svyazinvest its ordinary shares in OJSC Bashinformsvyaz, JSC Ingushelektrosvyaz, JSC Chukotkasvyazinform, OJSC MMTS-9, as well as its ordinary and Class A preferred shares in JSC Central Telegraph.

The second stage of the reorganisation, which merges Svyazinvest with Rostelecom, is expected to be completed in 2013. Once the merger is complete, Rostelecom will obtain control over all of Svyazinvest’s assets.

[1]The shares exchanged in this private placement were issued by Svyazinvest following an Extraordinary General Meeting of Svyazinvest shareholders on June 29, 2012, that approved an additional issue of 561,261,664 ordinary shares at par value of RUB 1 each. On October 11, 2012, the issue was registered with the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM) and assigned under state registration number 1-03-00563-A-001D. 


 
 
 

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