OREANDA-NEWS. August 26, 2010. Acron confirms that it is buying back 953,752 shares of its outstanding common registered non-certificated shares at the local offer price of RUB 910.39 per share in accordance with the Board of Directors decision announced May 18, 2010. The total number of shares applied for buy-back by Acron was 3,556,264 and therefore Acron is required to pro-rate each shareholders’ tendered shares. The pro-ration ratio applicable to each shareholder is 0.2681893133.

Each participating shareholder will be required to execute a share purchase agreement and such purchase which will be recorded in the share register. Title to the shares will transfer between September 10 and October 11, 2010.

In the European Economic Area, with respect to any Member State that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State, the "Prospectus Directive") this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.

The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to US persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) unless the securities are registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. The issuer of the securities has not registered, and does not intend to register, any portion of the offering in the United States, and does not intend to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.

These materials shall not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell, nor shall there be any sale of the securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

These materials and the information herein shall not constitute an advertisement of securities in Russia.

Certain statements in this document are not historical facts and are "forward looking" within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward looking statements include statements concerning our plans, expectations, projections, objectives, targets, goals, strategies, future events, future revenues or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs, plans or intentions relating to acquisitions, our competitive strengths and weaknesses, plans or goals relating to development projects, financial position and future operations and development, our business strategy and the trends we anticipate in the industries and the political and legal environment in which we operate and other information that is not historical information. By their very nature, forward looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and risks exist that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward looking statements will not be achieved. Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward looking statements. We do not intend and we do not assume any obligation to update any forward looking statement contained herein.