5 Aug 2008 07:38
Annual Information Update
In accordance with Prospectus Rule 5.2, OJSC Polyus Gold (the Company) submits its 2007-2008 Annual Information Update, following the publication of the 2007 Annual Financial Statements. This Annual Information Update refers to information that has been published or made available to the public in the Russian Federation, the UK and USA.
This Annual Information Update provides information from 05 July 2007 to 05 August 2008 being the date of publication of this Annual Information Update.
Information submitted to the Regulatory News Service , London Stock Exchange
Details of all regulatory announcements can be found in full on the Company's market news page on the London Stock Exchange website at: www.londonstockexchange.com
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| (in English) | |
| Annual Information Update | 05 July 2007 |
| OJSC Polyus Gold Board of Directors elects Sergey Batekhin as Chairman | 06 July 2007 |
| Polyus Gold launches Mill-3 at Olimpiada Mine in Krasnoyarsk Region | 16 July 2007 |
| Polyus Gold announces preliminary production results for H1 2007 | 31 July 2007 |
| Polyus Gold is to hold a conference call devoted to the launch of the new processing facility, Mill-3 at Olimpiada mine in Krasnoyarsk region. | 01 August 2007 |
| Polyus Gold appoints Deputy General Director, operations. | 14 August 2007 |
| Polyus Gold enters "Global Top 5 Index" after Confirming Natalka JORC P&P Reserves at 40.8 M Oz. | 11 September 2007 |
| Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of Polyus Gold will take place on October 26, 2007 | 12 September 2007 |
| Polyus Gold managers exercise options to acquire Company's shares | 14 September 2007 |
| OJSC Polyus Gold to Report its H1 2007 Financial Results on Friday, October 12, 2007 | 12 October 2007 |
| Polyus Gold releases condensed consolidated financial statements for H1 2007 | 12 October 2007 |
| Polyus Gold to hold conference call on H1 2007 financial results | 15 October 2007 |
| Polyus Gold announces decisions taken by the Board of Directors on October 16, 2007 | 16 October 2007 |
| Polyus Gold announces an agreement with Aker Kvaerner for the preparation of a pre-feasibility study for Nezhdaninskoye deposit in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) | 29 October 2007 |
| The Board of Directors of Polyus Gold approves basic parameters of Blagodatnoye and Titimukhta projects in Krasnoyarsk region | 14 November 2007 |
| Polyus Gold acquires license to develop Medvezhiy field in Irkutsk region | 30 November 2007 |
| Polyus Gold acquires license to develop Kuzeyevskiy ore field in Krasnoyarsk region | 05 December 2007 |
| Polyus Gold acquires license on Doroninskoye ore field in Magadan region | 10 December 2007 |
| Board meeting results | 18 December 2007 |
| The State reserves committee (GKZ Rosnedra) confirmed the reserves of Titimukhta deposit | 20 December 2007 |
| Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of Polyus Gold will take place on April 07, 2008 | 25 January 2008 |
| Block listing update | 28 January 2008 |
| Polyus' Board approves Verninskoye development project and reviews pre-feasibility study for Natalka | 29 January 2008 |
| Polyus Gold releases operating results of the year 2007 | 31 January 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces new appointments | 14 February 2008 |
| Polyus Gold signs agreement with Irkutsk region | 20 February 2008 |
| Polyus Gold obtains new exploration licenses in Irkutsk region | 20 February 2008 |
| Polyus Gold Board approves project to upgrade Kuranakh Mine in Yakutia | 21 February 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces the decisions taken by the Board on a meeting held on March 11, 2008. | 11 March 2008 |
| RiskMetrics Report Recommends against Dismissal of Polyus Gold Board | 25 March 2008 |
| Glass Lewis supports Polyus Board voting recommendations for EGM on April 7, 2008 | 27 March 2008 |
| Polyus' P&P reserves exceed 71 m oz after the audit of Chertovo Koryto | 31 March 2008 |
| Polyus Gold signs agreement with RusHydro about power supply to future Natalka Mine in Madagan region | 02 April 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces the results of the EGM held on April 7, 2008 | 07 April 2008 |
| Rosprirodnadzor begins overall inspection of Polyus' production units | 17 April 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces that it has received an offer from a third party to sell 4,766,000 ordinary shares | 20 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces the decisions taken by the Board on May 21st, 2008 | 21 May 2008 |
| ZAO Polyus, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OJSC Polyus Gold consolidates 97.5% of OJSC Matrosov Mine | 26 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold' management stance on the offer received from Kazimir Partners | 26 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces that it has received notice from the UK Financial Services Authority | 27 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold notes the announcement by Onexim Holdings Limited | 30 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces ADR split | 02 June 2008 |
| Management of Polyus Gold considered offer of Onexim Holding | 04 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces that it has received an offer from Alrosa Company Limited | 05 June 2008 |
| Chertovo Koryto reserves listed with the state | 06 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold to release its 2007 IFRS financial statements on Monday June 9, 2008 | 06 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold today releases its consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2007 | 09 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces that RiskMetrics and Glass Lewis have issued reports in respect of voting on the forthcoming Annual General Shareholders Meeting (AGM) to be held on June 26, 2008 | 16 June 2008 |
| Preliminary Results of the Annual General Shareholders Meeting of Polyus Gold | 26 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold Board of Directors elects Chairman, as well as Committees Members | 03 July 2008 |
| Polyus Gold increases its P&P reserves to over 72 m oz following Titimukhta audit | 10 July 2008 |
| Polyus Gold shows almost 20% increase in production in the 1H 2008 | 23 July 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces the launch of the pilot plant at Natalka mine | 24 July 2008 |
| Block listing update | 31 July 2008 |
Information posted on website ( www.polyusgold.com)
| QUARTERLY REPORTS | |
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| Quarterly report OJSC Polyus Gold for the 2nd quarter 2007 (Russian / English) | 14 August 2007 |
| Quarterly report OJSC Polyus Gold for the 3rd quarter 2007 (Russian / English) | 14 November 2007 |
| Quarterly report OJSC Polyus Gold for the 4th quarter 2007 (Russian / English) | 14 February 2008 |
| Quarterly report OJSC Polyus Gold for the 1st quarter 2008 (Russian / English) | 14 May 2008 |
| AFFILIATED PERSONS REPORTS | |
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| List of affiliated persons (as of 30 June 2007) (Russian / English) | 02 July 2007 |
| List of affiliated persons (as of 30 September 2007) (Russian / English) | 03 October 2007 |
| Changes in the List of affiliated persons (as of 17 October 2007) (Russian / English) | 17 October 2007 |
| Changes in the List of affiliated persons (18-24 December 2007) (Russian / English) | 29 December 2007 |
| List of affiliated persons (as of 31 December 2007) (Russian / English) | 09 January 2008 |
| Changes in the List of affiliated persons (as of 13 February 2008) (Russian / English) | 15 February 2008 |
| List of affiliated persons (as of 31 March 2008) (Russian / English) | 02 April 2008 |
| Changes in the List of affiliated persons (31 March 2008 - 26 May 2008) (Russian / English) | 28 June 2008 |
| List of affiliated persons (as of 30 June 2008) (Russian / English) | 30 June 2008 |
| Changes in the List of affiliated persons (30 June 2008 - 21 July 2008) (Russian / English) | 21 July 2008 |
| Changes in the List of affiliated persons (17 July 2008 - 30 July 2008) (Russian / English) | 30 July 2008 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | |
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| (in Russian and English) | |
| Amendments to the Charter of OJSC Polyus Gold of 29 June 2007 | July 2007 |
| Amendments to the Charter of OJSC Polyus Gold of 26 June 2008 | July 2008 |
| Amendments to the Regulations on the General Shareholders' Meeting | July 2007 |
| Statute on Staff and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors | July 2008 |
| Statute on Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors | July 2008 |
| GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING | |
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| Information on the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting (November 26, 2007) - (Russian / English) | |
| Notice on holding Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of Open Joint Stock Company Polyus Gold | 21 September 2007 |
| Report of the Board of directors of OJSC Polyus Gold setting out the reasoned stance of the Board on the items of the agenda of the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of OJSC Polyus Gold | 21 September 2007 |
| Voting ballot on the items of the agenda of the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of OJSC Polyus Gold | 21 September 2007 |
| Indemnification agreement between OJSC Polyus Gold and the members of the Board of directors of OJSC Polyus Gold | 21 September 2007 |
| Information on the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting (April 07, 2008) - (Russian / English) | |
| Notification to the shareholders on the Extraordinary General Shareholders' meeting of OJSC Polyus Gold of 07 April, 2008 | 14 March 2008 |
| Draft Resolution on agenda items of the Extraordinary General Shareholders' meeting of OJSC Polyus Gold | 14 March 2008 |
| Information on the nominees to the Board of Directors of OJSC Polyus Gold and on their consent to be elected to the Board of Directors | 14 March 2008 |
| Draft amendments to the Charter of OJSC Polyus Gold | 14 March 2008 |
| Report by Board of Directors of OJSC Polyus Gold presenting reasoned stance of the Board of Directors on the issues on agenda of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of OJSC Polyus Gold on April 07, 2008 | 14 March 2008 |
| Information on the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting (June 26, 2008) - (Russian / English) | |
| Notification to the shareholders on the Annual General Shareholders' meeting of OJSC Polyus Gold | 26 May 2008 |
| Draft resolutions on the agenda items of the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting of OJSC Polyus Gold | 26 May 2008 |
| Report by the OJSC Polyus Gold Board of Directors Presenting Reasoned Stance of the Board of Directors on Issues on the Agenda of the Annual General Meeting of the OJSC Polyus Gold Stockholders Following the Results of 2007 | 26 May 2008 |
| RAS Annual report Polyus Gold for 2007 | 26 May 2008 |
| RAS financial statements Polyus Gold for 2007 | 26 May 2008 |
| Explanatory Note to Open Joint-Stock Company Polyus Gold Accounting Statements for 2007 | 26 May 2008 |
| Auditor's report of the independent audit company ROSEXPERTIZA LLC on the 2007 financial (accounting) statements of OJSC Polyus Gold | 26 May 2008 |
| Appraisal of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors OJSC Polyus Gold f the auditor's report | 26 May 2008 |
| Report of the Audit Commission of OJSC Polyus Gold | 26 May 2008 |
| Information on the nominees to the Board of Directors of OJSC Polyus Gold | 26 May 2008 |
| Information on the nominees to the Audit Commission of OJSC Polyus Gold | 26 May 2008 |
| Information on ROSEXPERTIZA LLC | 26 May 2008 |
| Amendments to the Charter of Open Joint-Stock Company Polyus Gold | 26 May 2008 |
| Annual General Meeting Voting Results | 16 July 2008 |
| PRESS RELEASES | |
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| (in Russian and English) | |
| OJSC Polyus Gold Board of Directors elects Sergey Batekhin as Chairman | 06 July 2007 |
| Polyus Gold launches Mill-3 at Olimpiada Mine in Krasnoyarsk Region | 16 July 2007 |
| Polyus Gold announces preliminary production results for H1 2007 | 31 July 2007 |
| Polyus Gold is to hold a conference call devoted to the launch of the new processing facility, Mill-3 at Olimpiada mine in Krasnoyarsk region. | 01 August 2007 |
| Polyus Gold appoints Deputy General Director, operations. | 14 August 2007 |
| Polyus Gold enters "Global Top 5 Index" after Confirming Natalka JORC P&P Reserves at 40.8 M Oz. | 11 September 2007 |
| Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of Polyus Gold will take place on October 26, 2007 | 12 September 2007 |
| Polyus Gold managers exercise options to acquire Company's shares | 14 September 2007 |
| OJSC Polyus Gold to Report its H1 2007 Financial Results on Friday, October 12, 2007 | 12 October 2007 |
| Polyus Gold releases condensed consolidated financial statements for H1 2007 | 12 October 2007 |
| Polyus Gold to hold conference call on H1 2007 financial results | 15 October 2007 |
| Polyus Gold announces decisions taken by the Board of Directors on October 16, 2007 | 16 October 2007 |
| Polyus Gold announces an agreement with Aker Kvaerner for the preparation of a pre-feasibility study for Nezhdaninskoye deposit in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) | 29 October 2007 |
| The Board of Directors of Polyus Gold approves basic parameters of Blagodatnoye and Titimukhta projects in Krasnoyarsk region | 14 November 2007 |
| Polyus Gold acquires license to develop Medvezhiy field in Irkutsk region | 30 November 2007 |
| Polyus Gold acquires license to develop Kuzeyevskiy ore field in Krasnoyarsk region | 05 December 2007 |
| Polyus Gold acquires license on Doroninskoye ore field in Magadan region | 10 December 2007 |
| Board meeting results | 18 December 2007 |
| The State reserves committee (GKZ Rosnedra) confirmed the reserves of Titimukhta deposit | 20 December 2007 |
| Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of Polyus Gold will take place on April 07, 2008 | 25 January 2008 |
| Polyus' Board approves Verninskoye development project and reviews pre-feasibility study for Natalka | 29 January 2008 |
| Polyus Gold releases operating results of the year 2007 | 31 January 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces new appointments | 14 February 2008 |
| Polyus Gold signs agreement with Irkutsk region | 20 February 2008 |
| Polyus Gold obtains new exploration licenses in Irkutsk region | 20 February 2008 |
| Polyus Gold Board approves project to upgrade Kuranakh Mine in Yakutia | 21 February 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces the decisions taken by the Board on a meeting held on March 11, 2008. | 11 March 2008 |
| RiskMetrics Report Recommends against Dismissal of Polyus Gold Board | 25 March 2008 |
| Glass Lewis supports Polyus Board voting recommendations for EGM on April 7, 2008 | 27 March 2008 |
| Polyus' P&P reserves exceed 71 m oz after the audit of Chertovo Koryto | 31 March 2008 |
| Polyus Gold signs agreement with RusHydro about power supply to future Natalka Mine in Madagan region | 02 April 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces the results of the EGM held on April 7, 2008 | 07 April 2008 |
| Rosprirodnadzor begins overall inspection of Polyus' production units | 17 April 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces that it has received an offer from a third party to sell 4,766,000 ordinary shares | 20 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces the decisions taken by the Board on May 21st, 2008 | 21 May 2008 |
| ZAO Polyus, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OJSC Polyus Gold consolidates 97.5% of OJSC Matrosov Mine | 26 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold' management stance on the offer received from Kazimir Partners | 26 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces that it has received notice from the UK Financial Services Authority | 27 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold notes the announcement by Onexim Holdings Limited | 30 May 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces ADR split | 02 June 2008 |
| Management of Polyus Gold considered offer of Onexim Holding | 04 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces that it has received an offer from Alrosa Company Limited | 05 June 2008 |
| Chertovo Koryto reserves listed with the state | 06 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold to release its 2007 IFRS financial statements on Monday June 9, 2008 | 06 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold today releases its consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2007 | 09 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces that RiskMetrics and Glass Lewis have issued reports in respect of voting on the forthcoming Annual General Shareholders Meeting (AGM) to be held on June 26, 2008 | 16 June 2008 |
| Preliminary Results of the Annual General Shareholders Meeting of Polyus Gold | 26 June 2008 |
| Polyus Gold Board of Directors elects Chairman, as well as Committees Members | 03 July 2008 |
| Polyus Gold increases its P&P reserves to over 72 m oz following Titimukhta audit | 10 July 2008 |
| Polyus Gold shows almost 20% increase in production in the 1H 2008 | 23 July 2008 |
| Polyus Gold announces the launch of the pilot plant at Natalka mine | 24 July 2008 |
| PRESENTATIONS | |
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| (in English) | |
| Presentation on the launch of the new processing facility, Mill-3 at Olimpiada mine in Krasnoyarsk region | 01 August 2007 |
| Evgueni Ivanov presenting at BMO Metals&Mining Conference, Florida, USA | 26 February 2008 |
| Presentation on Consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007. | 09 June 2008 |
| RESERVE/RESOURCE REPORTS | |
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| (in Russian and English) | |
| Micon report on Natalka deposit | July 2007 |
| Micon report on Chertovo Koryto deposit | 15 January 2008 |
| Mineral resources and ore reserves of the Titinukhta gold deposit, Severo-Yeniseysk area, Krasnoyarsk region RF | July 2008 |
| OTHER REPORTS | |
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| (in Russian and English) | |
| 2007 Annual report of OJSC Polyus Gold | July 2008 |
Documents filed with the Federal Service for Financial Markets of the Russian Federation (also posted on web-site www.polyusgold.com)
| TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED |
| (in Russian and English) | |
| Notice of the Material Fact - On Adding to the Issuer's Register of Shareholders a Shareholder with No Less Than 5% of the Issuer's Ordinary Shares, and On Any Other Change Resulting in the Fraction of Shares in Possession of the Said Person Becoming More or Less Than 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50 or 75% of the Placed Ordinary Shares | 10 July 2007 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Information on the Decisions Passed by the General Meetings Information on the Share Dividends Accrued on the Issuer's Shares | 13 July 2007 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Details of the Facts which Entailed One-Time Increase in the Issuer's Net Profit by More than 10 Percent | 26 July 2007 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Information on the Deadlines for the Issuer to Fulfill Obligations to the Holders of the Issuer's Shares. Information on the Paid-Out Dividends on the Issuer's Shares | 28 August 2007 |
| Notice of the Information Capable of Exerting Material Influence on the Value of Securities of the Joint-Stock Company - Convening of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the OJSC Polyus Gold Shareholders, Including Approval of the Agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders | 12 September 2007 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Details of the Closing Date of the Issuer's Register of Shareholders | 12 September 2007 |
| Notice of the Information Capable of Exerting Material Influence on the Value of Securities of the Joint-Stock Company - Disclosure by the Joint-Stock Company of the Annual Summarized (Consolidated) Financial (Accounting) Statements Prepared in Compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) | 15 October 2007 |
| Notice of the Information Capable of Exerting Material Influence on the Value of Securities of the Joint-Stock Company - Recommendations on Early Termination of Powers of the Sole Executive Body | 16 October 2007 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Details of the Facts which Entailed One-Time Decrease in the Issuer's Net Profit by More than 10 Percent | 26 October 2007 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Information on the Decisions Passed by the General Meetings | 07 November 2007 |
| Notice of the Procedure of Access to the Information Contained in the OJSC Polyus Gold Quarterly Report | 14 November 2007 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - On Adding to the Issuer's Register of Shareholders a Shareholder with No Less Than 5% of the Issuer's Ordinary Shares, and On Any Other Change Resulting in the Fraction of Shares in Possession of the Said Person Becaming More or Less Than 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50 or 75% of the Placed Ordinary Shares | 28 December 2007 |
| Notice of the Information Capable of Exerting Material Influence on the Value of Securities of the Joint-Stock Company - Convening of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the OJSC Polyus Gold Shareholders, Including Approval of the Agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders | 22 January 2008 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Details of the Closing Date of the Issuer's Register of Shareholders | 22 January 2008 |
| Notice of the Information Capable of Exerting Material Influence on the Value of Securities of the Joint-Stock Company | 13 February 2008 |
| Notice of the Procedure for Access to the Information Contained in the OJSC Polyus Gold Quarterly Report | 14 February 2008 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Details of the Facts which Entailed One-Time Increase of the Issuer's Net Profit by More than 10 Percent | 25 March 2008 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Information on the Decisions Passed by the General Meetings | 17 April 2008 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Details of the Facts which Entailed One-Time Increase (Decrease) of the Issuer's Net Profit or Net Loss by More than 10 Percent) | 29 April 2008 |
| Notice of the Procedure for Access to the Information Contained in the OJSC Polyus Gold Quarterly Report | 16 May 2008 |
| Notice of the Information Capable of Exerting Material Influence on the Value of Securities of the Joint-Stock Company - Convening of the Annual General Meeting of the OJSC Polyus Gold Shareholders, Including Approval of the Agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders | 21 May 2008 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Details of the Closing Date of the Issuer's Register of Shareholders | 21 May 2008 |
| Notice of the Information Capable of Exerting Material Influence on the Value of Securities of the Joint-Stock Company - Recommendations on the Paid Out Share Dividend Amount and on the Procedure for Payment of the Same | 21 May 2008 |
| Notice of the Information Capable of Exerting Material Influence on the Value of Securities of the Joint-Stock Company - Disclosure by the Joint-Stock Company of the Annual Summarized (Consolidated) Financial (Accounting) Statements Prepared in Compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) | 09 June 2008 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Information on the Decisions Passed by the General Meetings | 10 July 2008 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Information on the Share Dividends Accrued on the Issuer's Shares | 10 July 2008 |
| Notice of the Material Fact - Details of the Facts which Entailed One-Time Increase of the Issuer's Net Profit by More than 10 Percent | 28 July 2008 |
Caution: This Annual Information Update is required by and is made pursuant to Article 10 of the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom (Prospectus Rule 5.2) and not for any other purpose and neither the Company, nor any person, takes any responsibility for, or makes any representation, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of, the information which it contains. This information is not necessarily up to date as at the date of this Annual Information Update and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any such information in the future.
OJSC Polyus Gold contact:
Alexey V. Chernushkin, Director, CM and IR
Evguenia V.Buydina, IR manager
Tel.: +7 (495) 641 33 77
E-Mail: ir@polyusgold.com
Anna Solotova, Corporate Secretary
Tel.: +7 (495) 641 33 77
E-Mail: info@polyusgold.com