Holdings in Company

31 Jul 2007 15:00

Urals Energy Public Company Limited31 July 2007 Urals Energy Public Company Limited ('Urals Energy' or the 'Company') Holdings in Company Urals Energy announces that Nafta (B) N.V. ("Nafta") has reduced itsshareholding in the Company by 3,500,000 Shares. The transfer of Shares tookplace in settlement of a loan obligation, entered into prior to Urals Energy'sflotation, between Nafta and the transferee. Following this transfer, which was finalised on 30 July 2007 and maderetroactively effective to 3 July 2007, Nafta holds 5,484,000 Sharesrepresenting 4.6% of the Company's issued share capital. As a result of their respective shareholdings in Nafta, Viatcheslav Rovneiko andGueorgui Ramzaitsev are deemed interested in a part of Nafta's shareholding inUrals Energy. Consequently, this transfer of shares reduces these individuals'direct and indirect holdings in Urals Energy to: Viatcheslav Rovneiko: 17,501,711 Shares or 14.7% of the Company's issued sharecapital Gueorgui Ramzaitsev: 15,576,618 Shares or 13.1% of the Company's issued sharecapital 31 July 2007 Enquiries: Pelham PRJames Henderson 020 7743 6673Gavin Davis 020 7743 6677 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange