February 5, 2015, Moscow - Sberbank announces the signing of a transaction for the sale of a block of shares amounting to 6.12% of LafargeHolcim received under a repo deal using an ABB procedure. The stake has been sold to a group of international investors (UK, Switzerland, USA and other countries). This deal will not have a significant influence on the financial results of Sberbank Group.

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Sberbank is Russia's largest bank and a leading global financial institution. Sberbank holds almost one third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the biggest deposit taker in Russia. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is the founder and principal shareholder of Sberbank owning 50% of the Bank's authorized capital plus one voting share, with the remaining 50% held by domestic and international investors. Sberbank has more than 135 million individual customers and more than 1 million corporate clients in 22 countries. Sberbank has the largest distribution network in Russia with almost 17,000 branches, and its international operations include UK, US, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and other countries.

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