Polyus Zoloto : 15.06.2017 Data with a strong effect on the value of the Issuer’s equity securities (according to the Issuer)

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Brief description of the event (action) which, in the issuer's opinion, has an impact on the value of its equity securities: Decision by the General Director of PJSC Polyus, upon consultation with Public Joint-Stock Company Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS (hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange"), on the preliminary order collection period, during which potential acquirers of the securities to be placed (ordinary registered uncertificated shares with a par value of one ruble (RUB 1) each, to be placed by means of public subscription in the quantity of twenty-eight million five hundred ninety-four thousand one hundred sixty-two (28,594,162) pieces, additional issue state registration number - 1-01-55192-Е, state registration date - January 31, 2017, hereinafter referred to as the "Shares") shall submit preliminary orders to acquire the Shares through the trading system of Public Joint-Stock Company Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS being a legal successor of Closed Joint-Stock Company MICEX Stock Exchange.

Public offering of the Shares on the Exchange shall be effected in accordance with the Decision on the Additional Issue of the Shares and the trading rules of the Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Rules").

Information on the broker engaged by the issuer for rendering services related to placement of the Shares: Full legal name: Joint-Stock Company Sberbank CIB

Abbreviated legal name: JSC Sberbank CIB

Primary state registration number (OGRN): 1027739007768 Taxpayer identification number (INN): 7710048970

Location: 4, bld. 2, Romanov Pereulok Str., Moscow 125009, Russian Federation

License number of a professional participant of the securities market for broker activities: 177-06514-100000 License issue date: April 08, 2003

License validity period: without limitation

Licensing authority: Federal Financial Markets Service

Information on the broker's account with the National Settlement Depository, used for payment for the Shares to be placed:

Joint-Stock Company Sberbank CIB INN 7710048970 KPP 770401001

Settlement account 30411810600019000033

with Non-banking Credit Organization Joint-Stock Company "National Settlement Depository" (NSD) location: 12, Spartakovskaya Str., Moscow

OGRN 1027739132563

INN 7702165310

BIC 044525505

Corr. acc. 30105810345250000505

The preliminary order collection period will start on June 15, 2017, and end on June 29, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the "Preliminary Order Collection Period").

Order submission time during the Preliminary Order Collection Period:

- from 10:00 a.m. Moscow time to 7:00 p.m. Moscow time each business day from June 15, 2017 to June 29, 2017.

The date (time) of the end of the Preliminary Order Collection Period set by a decision of the Issuer may be

changed by an order of the Issuer, to be agreed by the Exchange, on or prior to the expiration date of the set Preliminary Order Collection Period. Such information shall be disclosed in the News Feed and on the Issuer's Internet Pages within one (1) day from the date of taking the corresponding decision by the sole executive body of the Issuer and on or prior to the expiration date of the set Preliminary Order Collection Period (and, in case of changing the ending date of the Preliminary Order Collection Period for an earlier date, on or prior to such earlier date).

Types of orders, which may be submitted by potential acquirers within the Preliminary Order Collection Period:

first type orders - for purchase of a certain number of the Shares with indication of the maximum purchase price per Share, at which the potential acquirer of the Shares is ready to acquire the number of the Shares indicated in the order;

second type orders - for purchase of the Shares, containing the maximum total amount, for which the applicant undertakes to purchase any whole number of the Shares without indication of their number and the purchase price per Share.

Technical requirements to orders are set forth in the respective section at the Exchange website. An order shall contain the following significant conditions:

• maximum price per Share (only for first type orders);

• number of the Shares (only for first type orders) - the maximum whole number of securities that the potential acquirer would like to purchase;

• maximum total amount of the Shares purchase (only for second type orders), taking into consideration all the required commission fees;

• settlement code used when making a deal with securities to be included in the clearing pool of the clearing organization processing settlements on the deals made in the course of placement of the Shares by the trade organizer (Exchange) on the multilateral or simple clearing conditions and determining that collateral control procedure shall be provided for at the time of the deal, and the due date of execution of a deal with the Shares shall be the closing date of the deal;

• other parameters in accordance with the Rules of the Exchange.

The date of activation of the orders submitted during the Preliminary Order Collection Period shall be the Shares Placement Commencement Date.

No orders that do not meet the above-stated requirements shall be accepted.

By submission of a preliminary order, a trader of PJSC Moscow Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the Trader) agrees that, in case of filling the order, the Shares will be placed at the placement price of the Shares, determined by the issuer's Board of Directors in accordance with clause 8.4 of the Decision on Additional Securities Issue. The placement price of the Shares, determined by the Issuer's Board of Directors in accordance with clause 8.4 of the Decision on Additional Securities Issue will be disclosed by the Issuer after the Preliminary Order Collection Period in accordance with the procedure set forth in clause 11 of the Decision on Additional Securities Issue.

Upon expiry of the Preliminary Order Collection Period, the Traders may not change or withdraw their orders. A Trader having submitted an order to the Broker anticipatorily agrees that its order can be partially accepted or rejected, as the reply on acceptance of the offer shall be sent to the persons selected by the Issuer at its own discretion from among the persons having made such offers.

A mandatory condition of purchasing the Shares on the Exchange shall be preliminary reservation of the purchaser's money on the account of the Trader, in whose name the order for purchase of the Shares has been submitted to NSD. The amount reserved shall be sufficient for full payment of the number of the Shares specified in the orders, taking into consideration all the required commission fees.

The document confirming closure of the deal by the Trader of PJSC Moscow Exchange shall be an extract from the register of deals, provided by PJSC Moscow Exchange to the Trader to indicate all the deals made by the Trader within a trading day of PJSC Moscow Exchange.

In case the corresponding event (action) is related or connected to a third party - the full legal name (for non-profit organizations - name), location, taxpayer identification number (INN) (if applicable), primary state registration number (OGRN) (if applicable) or last name, first name and patronymic (if applicable) of such a person: information on the trade organizer being a legal successor of CJSC MICEX Stock Exchange through which the transactions to acquire the Shares will be made:

Full legal name: Public Joint-Stock Company Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS Abbreviated legal name: PJSC Moscow Exchange

Primary state registration number (OGRN): 1027739387411 Taxpayer identification number (INN): 7702077840

Location: 13 Bolshoy Kislovsky per., Moscow 125009, Russian Federation tel.: +7 (495) 232-3363, +7 (495) 363-3232; fax: +7 (495) 234-4840

Stock exchange license number: 077-001 License issue date: August 29, 2013 License validity period: without limitation

Licensing authority: Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)

In case the corresponding event (action) is related or connected to the decision taken by the authorized management body of the issuer or a third party - the name of the authorized management body, the date and contents of the decision taken, the date and number of the minutes of the meeting of the authorized management body, in case the decision is taken by the governing board of the respective person: Order of the General Director of PJSC Polyus of June 15, 2017. Contents of the decision: "Determine that preliminary orders to acquire the

Signature

PJSC Polyus Ye. Yu. Zhavoronkova

(signature)

Date June 15 2017 Company Stamp