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Rosneft acquires SANORS Holding Limited

23 May 2014, in the course of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Rosneft and SANORS Holding Limited signed agreement of sale and purchase, according to which Rosneft acquired enterprises of SANORS group of companies.

The agreement was signed by Rosneft President, Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin and SANORS Holding Limited (Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company) President Igor Soglaev, in the presence of Nikolay Merkushkin, governor of the Samara region.

The document implies Rosneft's purchase of 100% stocks of SANORS Holding Limited. The transaction is to be completed after obtaining permits of anti-monopoly and other regulatory authorities by third quarter of 2014. Sberbank CIB appeared as financial adviser of SANORS Holding Limited for the transaction.

'This transaction with SANORS is a key phase in the development of petrochemical strategy of Rosneft,' Igor Sechin said after the signing. 'One of the tasks of the project is to build new world-class petrochemical complex in the Samara region. Deep integration of oil and gas resources and processing resources will lead to significant synergistic effect in the region of oil and gas processing and petrochemical, and will provide impetus for accelerated development of the industries which accumulate high value added'

'Consolidation of share capital in the hands of one owner will promote accelerated development of SANORS's plants sidewards better processing' - President of the Holding Igor Soglaev commented on the agreement.

Governor of Samara region Nikolay Merkushkin mentioned that acquisition of SANORS petrochemical holding by Rosneft will get petrochemical industry to the new level. "Integration of Novokuibyshevsk site headed by Rosneft will let to fix the positive dynamics of development of the petrochemical plants of the region. Regarding the availability of the crude materials, this will have a good impact on the marketability of the final output. As a result the importance and influence of the petrochemical complex of the region on the economy of the Novokuibyshevsk and Samara region will rise." - said Nikolay Merkushkin.

Notes for Editors:

Rosneft has heavy modern facilities for oil and gas production, oil refining, and gas refining, as well as scientific units and its own marketing network in the Samara and Orenburg regions.

SANORS Holding Limited was established in 2011 by the merger of the largest petrochemical companies of Novokuibyshevsk. In December 2013, after integration of 4 organizations, there was established one legal entity, Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company.

List of output products of the holding enterprises includes over 50 items. Total salable production of the company amounted to 1.5 million tons. The sales geography covers more than 20 countries. Currently there are about 5,000 employees in company.

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May 23, 2014

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