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UNITED COMPANY RUSAL PLC

(Incorporated under the laws of Jersey with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 486)


UPDATE ON BOARD MEETING CONSIDERING INTERIM DIVIDEND


This announcement is made by United Company RUSAL Plc ('UC RUSAL' or the 'Company') pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Inside Information Provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and applicable French laws and regulations.


Reference is made to the announcements of the Company dated 14 August 2015, 27 August 2015 and 15 September 2015 in relation to, among other matters, the meeting of the board of directors of the Company (the 'Board') considering the payment of an interim dividend.


The Company announces that the Board has resolved to postpone the consideration of the payment of an interim dividend to another Board meeting.


A meeting of the Board will be held on 12 October 2015, for the purposes of considering the payment of an interim dividend, if any.


Shareholders and potential investors should note that any payment of dividend may or may not be approved by the Board as contemplated or at all, and are therefore advised to exercise caution when dealing in the shares of UC RUSAL.



29 September 2015

By Order of the Board of Directors of

United Company RUSAL Plc Aby Wong Po Ying

Company Secretary

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Oleg Deripaska, Mr. Vladislav Soloviev and Mr. Stalbek Mishakov, the non-executive Directors are Mr. Maxim Sokov, Mr. Dmitry Afanasiev, Mr. Len Blavatnik, Mr. Ivan Glasenberg, Mr. Maksim Goldman, Ms. Gulzhan Moldazhanova, Mr. Daniel Lesin Wolfe, Ms. Olga Mashkovskaya and Ms. Ekaterina Nikitina, and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Matthias Warnig (Chairman), Dr. Peter Nigel Kenny, Mr. Philip Lader, Ms. Elsie Leung Oi-sie and Mr. Mark Garber and Mr. Dmitry Vasiliev.


All announcements and press releases published by the Company are available on its website under the links http://www.rusal.ru/en/investors/info.aspx, http://rusal.ru/investors/info/moex/ and http://www.rusal.ru/en/press-center/press- releases.aspx, respectively.

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