Disposal

27 Dec 2007 16:22

JSC VTB Bank27 December 2007 27 December 2007 VTB announces the disposal of its EADS stake In accordance with its strategy to optimize the balance sheet and focus on corebusiness activities, JSC VTB Bank has sold its stake (over 5%) in EADS amountingto 41,056 thousand shares to the State Corporation "Bank for Development andForeign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)". -ends- Enquiries: VTB Tel: +7 (495) 739 77 99Nataly Loginova e-mail: InvestorRelations@vtb.ruElena ErshovaIrina Mokeeva NOTES TO EDITORSAbout VTB VTB is a leading Russian universal banking group offering a wide range ofbanking services and products across Russia, certain CIS countries and selectedcountries in Western Europe, Asia and Africa. VTB is focused on providingbanking products and services to Russian and CIS clients through its domesticand foreign operations and to foreign clients doing business primarily relatedto, or in, Russia and the CIS through its foreign banking subsidiaries andrepresentative offices. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange