OREANDA-NEWS. March 15, 2012. RBC OJSC (MICEX-RTS: RBCM) hereby announces the publication of a notice of option for the company's shareholders to exercise their preemptive rights to buy additionally issued shares (state registration number 1-02-56413-H-001D dated January 19, 2012). The text of the notice can be viewed (in Russian) by all stakeholders in RBC daily newspaper, dated February 29, 2012.

All of the company's shareholders, who, according to the shareholders register, were eligible to take part in the general meeting of shareholders, which passed the resolution to increase the authorized capital by offering 51,109,375 additional shares, are vested with preemptive rights to buy shares. The record date is set for September 5, 2011.

RBC's shareholders may exercise their preemptive rights within 20 days from the date of publication of the notice in RBC daily newspaper by submitting to the company a written application to buy shares.

In order to exercise their preemptive rights, shareholders may buy additionally issued shares commensurate with the number of RBC shares they own as of the record date. The offering price will be determined by RBC's Board of Directors after the deadline for exercising preemptive rights expires.