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Press Release 30 September 2021

PJSC Polyus

EGM results

PJSC Polyus (LSE, MOEX: PLZL) ("Polyus", or the "Company") announces the results of its Extraordinary General Meeting held on 29 September 2021 ("EGM").

The resolutions made at the EGM included the following:

1. To declare dividend payment on ordinary shares of PJSC Polyus following the 6 months 2021 amounting to RUB 267.48 per ordinary share of PJSC Polyus.

The dividend amount is equivalent to approximately $3.61 per ordinary share or $1.81 per depositary share. The total dividend payout for the first half of 2021 will correspond to approximately $491 million.[1]

2. To set 11 October 2021 as dividend record date.

Polyus

Polyus is the world's fourth-largest gold mining company by production volumes and the largest gold miner in terms of attributable gold Ore Reserves. The company demonstrates the lowest production costs among major global gold producers. Its principal operations are located in Siberia and the Russian Far East: Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Magadan regions and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Enquiries

Investor contact

Victor Drozdov, Director Investor Relations

+7 (495) 641 33 77

drozdovvi@polyus.com 

Forward-looking statements

This announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" concerning Polyus and/or Polyus group. Generally, the words "will", "may", "should", "could", "would", "can", "continue", "opportunity", "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates", "estimates" or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to future capital expenditures and business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of Polyus' and/or Polyus group's operations. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond Polyus' and/or Polyus group's ability to control or estimate precisely and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on such statements which speak only as at the date of this announcement. Polyus and/or any Polyus group company assumes no obligation in respect of, and does not intend to update, these forward-looking statements, except as required pursuant to applicable law.