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Publication of Final Terms

The following Final Terms are available for viewing:

The attached Final Terms were executed on 15 October 2012 in relation to the forthcoming issuance by, but with limited recourse to, Steel Capital S.A., a company incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a société anonyme, of US$ 750,000,000 5.9% Notes due 2022 for the sole purpose of financing a US$750,000,000 5.9% ten-year loan to OAO Severstal (the "Notes") under the US$3,000,000,000 Programme for the issuance of loan-participation notes.

The Final Terms contain the final terms of the Notes and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus dated 5 October 2012 relating to the Programme (the "Base Prospectus"), which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC) and is attached hereto for convenience. Full information on Steel Capital S.A., OAO Severstal and the offer of the Notes is available only on the basis of the combination of the Final Terms and the Base Prospectus.

To view the Final Terms in full, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7416O_-2012-10-15.pdf 

Copies of the Final Terms will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

To view the Base Prospectus in full, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7416O_1-2012-10-15.pdf 

Copies of the Base Prospectus are available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

For further information, please contact

Vladimir Zaluzhsky

Head of Investor Relations

Email: vladimir.zaluzhsky@severstal.com

Tel: +7 (495) 926 7766/67 ext. 6375

Elena Kovaleva

Head of External Communications

Email: ev.kovaleva@severstal.com

Tel: +7 (495) 926 7766/67 ext. 6447

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