Framework contract for 5,000 railcars

For immediate release 28 December 2011

Globaltrans announces a framework contract for the delivery of 5,000 railcars

Globaltrans Investment PLC (the "Company" and together with its consolidated subsidiaries "Globaltrans" or the "Group"; LSE ticker GLTR) announces that it has signed a framework contract for the delivery of 5,000 gondola cars in 2012. The first 1,000 gondola cars under this contract will be delivered by the end of the first quarter 2012. The contract also allows for the purchase of up to a further 4,000 railcars subject to supplementary agreements.

Separately, the Group has contracted for a further 250 gondola cars which will also be delivered by the end of the first quarter 2012.

These contracts follow the announcement on 15 December 2011 that the Group had contracted for 1,500 gondola cars to be delivered by the end of February 2012. This means in aggregate, the Group has now contracted for a total 2,750 gondola cars.

These contracts all form part of the recently announced CAPEX program to purchase up to 10,000 gondola cars by the end of 2012.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Globaltrans is Russia's leading private freight rail transportation group and the first such group to have an international listing.

Globaltrans Investment PLC is incorporated in Cyprus with major operating subsidiaries located in Russia, Ukraine and Estonia. The Group provides freight rail transportation, railcar leasing, and certain ancillary services to clients in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltics.

The Group's fleet of rolling stock owned and leased under finance and operating leases amounted to 49,529 units at 30 June 2011, including 28,776 gondola cars, 20,207 rail tank cars, 56 locomotives and 490 other railcars.

The Group's Freight Rail Turnover in the first six months of 2011 was 57.5 billion tonnes-km with 36.4 million tonnes of freight transported. In the first six months of 2011 the Group's Adjusted Revenue was USD 603.6 million with Adjusted EBITDA reaching USD 256.5 million.

Globaltrans' global depositary receipts (ticker symbol: GLTR) have been listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since May 2008.

To learn more about Globaltrans, please visit www.globaltrans.com.

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