TMKS.L Regulatory News (TMKS)

31 January 2017 PRESS RELEASE

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These materials are not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States. These materials do not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").The securities mentioned herein may not be offered or sold in the United States (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) except pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offer of securities in the United States.

This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of EU Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Directive") and/or Part VI of the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. A final information memorandum will be prepared and made available to the public. Investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this document except on the basis of information contained in the final information memorandum. The final information memorandum, when published, will be available on the website of the Company.

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PAO "TMK" LAUNCHES AN SPO OF ORDINARY SHARES

January, 31st 2017 - PAO "TMK" (the "Company", and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group" or "TMK"), one of the world's leading producers of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, today announces the launch of a fully-marketed secondary public offering of up to 138,888,888 existing ordinary shares of the Company ("Offer Shares") by its wholly owned subsidiary Rockarrow Investments Limited (the "Selling Shareholder").

Details of the Offering:

The offering comprises an offering of the Offer Shares (the "Offering") (i) in the Russian Federation; (ii) in the United States to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers, as defined in, and in reliance on, Rule 144A under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"); and (iii) outside the United States and the Russian Federation in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and VTB Capital are acting as Joint Global Coordinators and together with Aton LLC as Joint Bookrunners in connection with the Offering. The timing of the closing of the Offering, pricing and allocations are at the discretion of the Company and the Joint Bookrunners.

Net proceeds to the Selling Shareholder from the Offering will be used to purchase 138,888,888 ordinary shares of the Company from PAO VTB Bank ("VTB") pursuant to a call option under a cash settled non-deliverable forward contract with VTB ("VTB Contract"). The net cost of the repurchase of the ordinary shares from VTB and the settlement of the forward under the VTB Contract will be no higher than the proceeds of the Offering. The ordinary shares purchased from VTB will be used to repay the stock loan provided to the Selling Shareholder by TMK Steel Holding Limited, the Company's major shareholder. Any amount of the proceeds of the Offering in excess of the amount payable to VTB under the VTB Contract will be used by the Group for general corporate purposes. The use of proceeds will be in compliance with applicable U.S. and EU sanctions. As a result of the Offering, the Company expects to significantly increase the number of ordinary shares in free float.

The Company, the Selling Shareholder and TMK Steel Holding Limited, the major shareholder of the Company, have each agreed in respect of themselves and their subsidiaries and persons acting on its or their behalf to provide customary lock-up arrangements in relation to their respective shareholdings in the Company for a period of 180 days following the Offering.

The Offering will be launched immediately following this announcement.

About TMK:

TMK (LSE: TMKS / MOEX: TRMK) is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of tubular products for the oil and gas industry. TMK is operating 27 production sites in the United States, Russia, Canada, Romania, Oman and Kazakhstan and two R&D centers in Russia and the USA. In 2016, TMK's pipe shipments totalled 3.4 million tonnes. The largest share of TMK's sales belongs to high margin seamless OCTG, shipped to customers in over 80 countries. TMK delivers its products along with an extensive package of services in heat treating, protective coating, premium connections threading and pipe repairing. TMK's securities are listed on the London Stock Exchange, the OTCQX International Premier trading platform in the U.S. and on the Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS.

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DISCLAIMER

Aton, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and VTB Capital are acting exclusively for the Company and the Selling Shareholder and no one else in connection with the Offering and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this press release) as their client in relation to the Offering and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company and the Selling Shareholder for providing the protections afforded to their client.

Neither these materials nor any copy of it may be taken or transmitted into the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan or any other jurisdiction where such an announcement would be unlawful.

This announcement is not and does not form part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except to QIBs (the "QIB"), as defined in, and in reliance on, Rule 144A or pursuant to another exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. PAO "TMK" does not intend to register any portion of the offering of any securities referred to herein in the United States or to conduct a public offering of the securities in the United States.

This communication does not constitute an offer of the securities to the public in the United Kingdom. No prospectus has been or will be approved in the United Kingdom in respect of the securities. This communication is being distributed to and is directed only at (1) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (2) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (3) persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) or (4) persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as the "Relevant Persons"). Any investment activity to which the materials relate is only available to and will only be engaged with Relevant Persons. Any person who is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on these materials.

This communication is distributed in any member state of the European Economic Area (each a "Relevant Member State") which applies Directive 2003/71/EC (this Directive together with any amendments thereto and any implementing measures in any Relevant Member State, the "Prospectus Directive") only to those persons who are qualified investors for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive in such Relevant Member State (the "Qualified Investors"), and such other persons as this document may be addressed on legal grounds, and no person that is not a QIB, Relevant Person or Qualified Investor may act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

Some of the information in these materials may contain forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact included herein are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give PAO "TMK" current expectations and projections relating to its financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. These statements may include, without limitation, any statements preceded by, followed by or including words such as "target," "believe," "expect," "aim," "intend," "may," "anticipate," "estimate," "plan," "project," "will," "can have," "likely," "should," "would," "could" and other words and terms of similar meaning or the negative thereof. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors beyond PAO "TMK" control that could cause PAO "TMK" actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the expected results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding PAO "TMK" present and future business strategies and the environment in which it will operate in the future. When relying on forward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and events, especially in light of the political, economic, social and legal environment in which PAO "TMK" operates. These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date hereof. PAO "TMK" expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in PAO "TMK" expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any of such statements are based.