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PAO TMK / MiscellaneousTMK Completed a Deal with VTB Bank 30-Dec-2015 / 07:59 CET/CESTDissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EquityStory.RS,LLC - a company of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 30, 2015 PRESS RELEASE TMK Completed a Deal with VTB Bank PAO TMK ('TMK' or 'the Company'), one of the world's leading producers oftubular products for the oil and gas industry, on December 29, 2015,completed a deal with VTB Bank to raise around RUB 10 billion by sellingits shares. Part of the shares will be delivered in the course of 2016. TMK has a right to buy the shares back. The funds will be used to reduce debt by repaying bank loans in 2016. TMK's management believes this transaction is beneficial to the Company,its creditors and investors. It will enable TMK to significantly reduce thedebt by using its own shares. *** For further information regarding TMK please visit www.tmk-group.com ordownload the YourTube iPad application from the App Storehttps://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/yourtube/id516074932?mt=8&ls=1 or contact: TMK IR Department:Marina Badudina Tel: +7 (495) 775-7600 IR@tmk-group.com TMK PR Department:Alexander GoryunovTel: +7 (495) 775-7600PR@tmk-group.com *** TMK (www.tmk-group.com) TMK (LSE: TMKS) is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of steel pipefor oil and gas industry, operating 30 production sites in the UnitedStates, Russia, Canada, Romania, Oman, UAE and Kazakhstan with two R&Dcenters in Russia and the USA. In 2014, TMK's pipe shipments totalled 4.4million tonnes. The largest share of TMK's sales belongs to high margin oilcountry tubular goods (OCTG), shipped to customers in over 80 countries.TMK delivers its products along with an extensive package of services inheat treating, protective coating, premium connections threading,warehousing and pipe repairing. TMK's securities are listed on the London Stock Exchange, the OTCQXInternational Premier trading platform in the U.S. and on the MoscowExchange MICEX-RTS. TMK's assets structure by division: Russian division: American division:Volzhsky Pipe Plant; 12 plants of TMK IPSCO;Seversky Tube Works; OFS International LLC.Taganrog Metallurgical European division:Works; TMK-ARTROM;Sinarsky Pipe Plant; TMK-RESITA.TMK-CPW; Middle East Division:TMK-Kaztrubprom; TMK GIPI (Oman);TMK-INOX; Threading & Mechanical Key Premium LLC (Abu-TMK-Premium Service; Dhabi).TMK Oilfield Services. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30-Dec-2015 The EquityStory.RS, LLC Distribution Services include RegulatoryAnnouncements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap.de/ukreg --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: PAO TMK 40/2a Pokrovka 105062 Moscow Russia Phone: +7 495 775-7600 Fax: +7 495 775-7601 E-mail: tmk@tmk-group.com Internet: tmk-group.com ISIN: US87260R2013 Category Code: MSC TIDM: TMKS Sequence Number: 2950 Time of Receipt: 30-Dec-2015 / 07:58 CET/CEST End of Announcement EquityStory.RS, LLC News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 426473 30-Dec-2015UK-Regulatory-announcement transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.