OREANDA-NEWS.  August 09, 2013. PhosAgro ("PhosAgro" or "the Company") (Moscow Exchange, LSE: PHOR), a leading global vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producer, reports that Maxim Volkov, Chairman of the Strategy Committee of PhosAgro’s Board of Directors, has increased his stake in the company to 0.979% from 0.963%, by purchasing 60,000 global depositary receipts (with one share representing 3 GDRs).

Maxim Volkov and Menoza Trading Limited, a company in which Mr Volkov is an economic beneficiary, in aggregate now own 1,330,750 shares and 267,571 GDRs, representing 1.096% of PhosAgro’s share capital.