OREANDA-NEWS. September 29, 2009. Not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into Austrelia, Canada or Japan.

JSC VTB Bank (“the Bank”) announced that on 25 September 2009, the Central Bank of Russia registered the report on the results of additional issuance of ordinary registered shares of JSC VTB Bank (“the Report”).

According to the Report, the additional placement resulted in the share of the Russian Government (represented by the Federal Agency for State Property Management) in the Bank’s share capital increasing to 85.5%. Participation of other shareholders in the Bank’s share capital is 14.5%, with 7.01% of that belonging to GDR holders.

Under the applicable Russian legislation, once the Report has been registered, the Bank’s shareholders can trade in the securities they acquired during the Bank’s recently announced offering.

The total amount of the additionally placed shares was 3,736,402,828,319 (three trillion seven hundred and thirty-six billion four hundred and two million eight hundred and twenty-eight thousand three hundred and nineteen) shares. The Bank’s shareholders that held pre-emptive rights bought 3,735,146,982,583 (three trillion seven hundred and thirty-five billion one hundred and forty-six million nine hundred and eighty-two thousand five hundred and eighty-three) shares, and 1,255,845,736 (one billion two hundred and fifty-five million eight hundred and forty-five thousand seven hundred and thirty six) shares were acquired during the open subscription.