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Sberbank / Miscellaneous 20.12.2012 17:10 Dissemination of a UK Regulatory Announcement, transmitted byEquityStory.RS, LLC - a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 20, 2012 COMPLETION OF THE EXCHANGE OF REGULATION S GDSs FOR LEVEL I ADSs SBERBANK OFRUSSIA REGULATION S GDSs: CUSIP: 80585Y506; ISIN: US80585Y5069 LEVEL I ADSs: CUSIP: 80585Y308; ISIN: US80585Y3080 As previously announced on November 19, 2012, Sberbank of Russia('Sberbank') entered into an amendment to its Regulation S GDR programdeposit agreement, dated as of November 19, 2012 (the 'Reg S GDR DepositAgreement'). Under this amendment, the terms of the Reg S GDR DepositAgreement were amended and restated to be identical to the terms ofSberbank's Level I ADR program deposit agreement, dated as of June 27,2011, as amended as of September 24, 2012, thereby merging the twodepositary receipt programs into one single program (the 'Reg S GDSConversion'). Sberbank now announces that the Reg S GDS Conversion was completed onDecember 19, 2012. As a result, the Reg S GDSs have now been redesignatedas American depositary shares ('ADSs') under Sberbank's Level I ADR programand are in all respects fungible with the outstanding ADSs. The ADSs tradeon the LSE under the ticker symbol 'SBER' as well as on the entry standardtrading platform of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and over-the-counter inthe United States. * * *This announcement and the information contained herein is not anadvertisement, an offer, or an invitation to make offers, sell, purchase,exchange or otherwise transfer any securities in the Russian Federation orto or for the benefit of any Russian person or entity. Neither the GDSs,ADSs nor any prospectus or other document relating to them has beenregistered with the Russian Federal Service for Financial Markets. The GDSsand ADSs are not intended for and will not be admitted to 'placement' or'circulation' in Russia (as defined under Russian law) and any informationon the GDSs and ADSs in this announcement is not intended for Russianpersons or persons in the Russian Federation unless and to the extentpermitted by Russian law. 20.12.2012 EquityStory.RS, LLC's Distribution Services include RegulatoryAnnouncements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: EnglishCompany: Sberbank 19 Vavilova St. 117997 Moscow RussiaPhone: +7-495-957-57-21Fax: E-mail: media@sberbank.ruInternet: www.sberbank.ruISIN: US80585Y3080, RU0009029540, RU0009029557Listed: Frankfurt in Open Market (Entry Standard) ; MICEX, RTSCategory Code: MSCLSE Ticker: SBERSequence Number: 1294Time of Receipt: Dec 20, 2012 17:10:07 End of Announcement EquityStory.RS, LLC News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------UK-Regulatory-announcement transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.