Lenta Ltd Holding(s) in Company

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RNS Number : 7831L

Lenta Ltd

13 January 2016 


Lenta Ltd., 13 January 2016 
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 By way of voluntary compliance with Disclosure 
  and Transparency Rule 5.8.12 R (1), Lenta Ltd. 
  hereby discloses the following information provided 
  to it on Form TR-1 (Notification of major interest 
  in shares). 
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 Identity of the issuer or the                                                                   Lenta Ltd. 
  underlying issuer of existing 
  shares to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 Reason for notification                                                                     Disposal of voting 
                                                                                                   rights 
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 Full name of person subject to                                                                LUNA HOLDINGS 
  the notification obligation                                                                       INC. 
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 Full name of shareholders 
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 Date of the transaction and date                                                               December 23, 
  on which the threshold is crossed                                                                 2015 
  or reached 
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 Date on which issuer notified                                                                January 12, 2016 
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 Threshold crossed                                                                              3% threshold 
                                                                                                in respect of 
                                                                                              all voting rights 
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 Notified details - Voting rights attached to 
  shares 
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     Class/type                Situation                                Resulting situation after 
      of shares                previous to                              the triggering transaction 
                               triggering 
                               transaction 
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                           No.             No.             No. of             No. of voting           Percentage 
                         of shares      of voting          shares                 rights               of voting 
                                          rights                                                         rights 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  -------------------  -----------------------  ------------------ 
                                                                            Direct      Indirect   Direct   Indirect 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  ---------  -------  --------- 
        GDRs 
    US52634T1016 
      (for 144A         17,278,371 
        GDRs)              GDRs                          14,308,337 
  and US52634T2006     representing                   GDRs representing 
   (for Regulation      3,455,674.2                      2,861,667.4 
       S GDRs)            Shares       3,455,674.2         Shares         2,861,667.4      -       2.94%       - 
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 Chain of controlled undertakings through which 
  the voting rights and the financial instruments 
  are effectively held 
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                                 All of the GDRs specified in the 'Notified details' 
                                    section of this announcement are held by LUNA 
                                 HOLDINGS INC., which is a member of and beneficially 
                                           owned by the VTB Capital group. 
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 Additional Information 
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                                    The reported disposal of voting rights arose 
                                    from the repo transaction entered into by LUNA 
                                    HOLDINGS INC. with respect to Lenta Ltd GDRs. 
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 Contact name                                                                                 Cicely Leemhuis 
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                                                                                              +44 (0) 20 3334 
 Contact telephone number                                                                           8862 
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