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NLMK Lipetsk is implementing a project to support agriculture. Construction of dairy farming facilities carried out by the Company is nearing completion in the Tver, Kaluga, and Altai regions. The farms will boost the supply of organic milk by 180,000 tonnes per year.

NLMK Group, a global steel company, has implemented a new real-time system for air quality monitoring at NLMK Lipetsk and Stoilensky. The new equipment collects data for a more granular and reliable tracking of the sites’ environmental impact.

NLMK Lipetsk has commenced hot testing of new environmental protection equipment at its steelmaking operations. The new unit for gas dedusting with a capacity of 600,000 m3 per hour, will enable a five-fold reduction in dust emissions at the Mixer Section of BOF Shop No. 1.

Loan participation notes issued by Steel Funding DAC (the “Issuer”) for the purpose of funding loans to Novolipetsk Steel (“NLMK”) due 15 June 2023, 21 September 2024, 30 May 2026 and 2 June 2026 (the “Notes”).

At NLMK Group’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 30 June 2022, NLMK shareholders resolved not to pay FY2021 dividends, following the recommendation of the Board of Directors.

In Q4 2021, NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK, MOEX: NLMK) increased sales by 8% qoq to 4.5 m t as output grew by 16% qoq to 4.5 m t.

NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK, MOEX: NLMK) today announces that its Q3 2021 sales totalled 4.1 m t (-4% qoq). Sales in export markets grew by 2% qoq to 1.4 m t amid stable demand

NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK, MOEX: NLMK) in Q2 2021 increased its sales by 11% qoq to 4.3 m t supported by a 5% qoq production growth. Sales to the Russian market increased by 8% qoq to 1.8 m t (+26% yoy).

NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK, MOEX: NLMK) increased steel output by 12% qoq (+4% yoy) to 4.4 m t. Consolidated sales declined by 7% qoq to 3.9 m t (-13% yoy) driven by a decrease in commercial pig iron sales amid repairs at NLMK Lipetsk BF operations coupled with an increase in intragroup slab sales.

NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK, MOEX: NLMK) sales grew by 3% yoy to 17.5 m t in 2020. Steel output increased by 1% yoy to 15.8 m t.

NLMK Group (LSE, MOEX: NLMK) increased its revenue by 6% qoq to $2,457 m, with its EBITDA margin growing to 24%. Free cash flow totalled $331 m.

NLMK Group (LSE, MOEX: NLMK) today announced its Q4 and 12M 2019 financial results1. Q4 revenue amounted to $2,312 m, with an EBITDA margin of 21%. Free cash flow (FCF) in Q4 grew to $338 m (+36% qoq). NLMK Board of Directors recommended approving Q4 dividends in the amount of RUB 5.16/share (148% of FCF) in line with NLMK’s Dividend Policy.

NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK, MOEX: NLMK) today announced its Q3 2019 financial results. Revenue amounted to $2,576 m (-8% qoq) with an EBITDA margin of 25%. Free cash flow totalled $249 m (-3% qoq).

NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK, MOEX: NLMK), a vertically integrated steel company, has published today its Q2 2019 financial results.

NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK, MOEX: NLMK), a vertically integrated steelmaker, has published today its Q1 2019 financial results.

NLMK Group (MICEX and LSE: NLMK) is pleased to announce an EBITDA growth of 35% yoy to $3.6 bn in 2018. EBITDA margin hit a decade high at 30%. Free cash flow grew by 60% to $2.0 bn.

NLMK Group, a global steel company, announces today that the FTSE Russel agency has revised NLMK’s FTSE4Good rating upwards from 3.4 to 4.3 (with a maximum of 5.0) following its regular review. With this new rating, NLMK Group now ranks among the top 3% of steelmaking companies with the most sustainable practices (outstripping 97% of participating companies)

NLMK Group, a global steel company, has taken first place among ferrous metallurgy companies in the industry ESG rating composed by RAEX Europe based on 2020 performance. It selects the ESG leaders in 12 key sectors of the Russian economy based on 200 parameters. In the overall list of 155 Russian participants, NLMK Group ranks among the top 5 companies.

NLMK Group, a global steel company, was awarded a high rating of B- (on a scale of A to F) by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a leading international organization that rates companies on their environmental sustainability.

NLMK Group, a global steel company, was named among the Top 3 companies in the Environmental Transparency Rating of Mining and Metals Companies according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Russia. The company went up by four places compared to 2020

NLMK Group was ranked among Top 3 Russian companies in sustainable development according to Expert magazine. NLMK gained 18 positions vs last year.

NLMK Group, a global steel company, has topped the ComNews Awards 2021 in the Best Digital ESG Solution nomination. The jury commended NLMK’s digital environmental service: Video Analytics of Air Emissions.

NLMK Lipetsk has commissioned a 10,000 m2 automated warehouse complex as part of its efforts to boost the efficiency of its production processes. The complex will enable 24/7 supply of spare parts, components, and consumables to repair shops, reducing internal order completion time by a factor of four.

NLMK Group, a global steel company, the Belgorod Region administration, and the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade have signed a Memorandum of Intent for a project to construct a new metals and mining facility at the Stoilensky Mining and Beneficiation plant.

Novolipetsk Steel (“NLMK”) hereby informs the holders of the 4.00 per cent. loan participation notes due 2024 (ISIN: XS1577953174, US85812RAA77) (the “Notes”) that (i) on 21 September 2022 NLMK made the scheduled coupon payment to the holders of the Notes whose rights are recorded by Russian depositories, and (ii) on 26 September 2022 (having received the required authorization from the Ministry of Finance of Russia) NLMK transferred the amount equivalent to the balance of the coupon payment to the account of the Issuer of the Notes (Steel Funding D.A.C.) with the Principal Paying Agent (Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch), which was supposed to be on-transferred by the Principal Paying Agent to the international clearing systems for distribution to the holders of the Notes via these systems.

NLMK Group, an international steel company, is pleased to announce that Expert RA has assigned it the credit rating of ruAAA with a stable outlook.

NLMK Group hereby informs that Expert RA has withdrawn NLMK’s credit rating following the expiration of the rating services agreement. NLMK Group plans to resume activities on initial credit rating assignment in the nearest future.

Considering the analysis of Q1 2022 performance and trends on the ferrous metallurgy market in early Q1 2022, the 2022 output of Russian ferrous metallurgy companies is expected to decrease year-on-year by more than 11 m t (-15%). The maximum decrease is expected in H2 2022, over 9 m t (-26%) vs. H2 2021

NLMK Group announces that Fitch Ratings has downgraded NLMK Group’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating from BBB (stable outlook) to B (rating watch negative). The rating action follows the agency’s downgrade of Russia’s sovereign ratings on 2 March 2022.

NLMK Group (LSE: NLMK, MOEX: NLMK), an international steelmaking company with operations in Russia, the USA, and the European Union, is pleased to inform you that it has published its 2022 financial calendar on its web-site. Please note that dates are preliminary and subject to change.