PhosAgro announced that Xavier Rolet has been nominated as a candidate for election to the Board of Directors of the company by the AGM of shareholders scheduled for May 30, 2018. In addition to Xavier Rolet, who has not previously served as a member of the company’s Board of Directors, the other candidates who have been nominated as Independent Directors on the basis of their strong reputation among investors are Sven Ombudstvedt, Chairman of PhosAgro’s Board of Directors; Marcus Rhodes, Chairman of the Audit Committee of PhosAgro’s Board of Directors; Irina Bokova, the first female Director-General of UNESCO, who held this position for two four-year terms from 2009 to 2017; legendary international investor Jim Rogers; world-renowned scientist Natalia Pashkevich; and Andrey Sharonov, who has extensive experience both in government and the investment business. Xavier Rolet successfully headed the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) for nine years. Under his leadership, LSEG successfully implemented a strategy that developed the exchange as a global financial institution and established a strong management team. Under Xavier’s leadership, LSEG has become a truly diversified player in the global financial infrastructure, whose market capitalisation has grown from £800 million to £14 billion.