United Rusal : CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS HEAT SUPPLY CONTRACT

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UNITED COMPANY RUSAL PLC

(Incorporated under the laws of Jersey with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 486)

CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS

HEAT SUPPLY CONTRACT

Reference is made to the announcements of the Company dated 30 December 2016, 28 February 2017, 29 December 2017, 2 February 2018, 28 December 2018 and 23 May 2019 in relation to the Previously Disclosed Heat Supply Contracts.

The Company announces that a member of the Group has entered into a contract with an associate of En+, pursuant to which an associate of En+ agreed to supply heat energy to a member of the Group (the "New Heat Supply Contract").

THE NEW HEAT SUPPLY CONTRACT

Reference is made to the announcements of the Company dated 30 December 2016, 28 February 2017, 29 December 2017, 2 February 2018, 28 December 2018 and 23 May 2019 in relation to the Previously Disclosed Heat Supply Contracts.

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The Company announces that a member of the Group has entered into the New Heat Supply Contract, details of which are set out below:

						Estimated
					Estimated	consideration
					payable for
					amount of	the years
	Purchaser	Supplier			heat to be	ending 31
Date of the			supplied for	December
(member of	(associate	Term of		each year	excluding
contract	the Group)	of En+)	contract	Form of heat	(approximate) VAT (USD)	Payment terms
29 August	Limited	Limited Liability	Up to 31	Supply of	Gcal/m2 -	2019:	On or before the
2019,	Liability	Company	May 2022	domestic hot	1258.58	USD1,615	18th day of the
which is an	Company	"Irkutskenergosbyt"		water			current accounting
additional	"United	(Note 2)				2020:	period, the
agreement	Company					USD2,768	consumer shall pay
to the	RUSAL						35% of the heat
original	Anode					2021:	energy cost as
contract	Plant"					USD2,768	approved by the
dated 22							parties; on or
May 2019						2022:	before the last day
(the terms						USD1,154	of the current
of this							accounting period
additional						(Note 1)	the consumer shall
agreement							pay 50% of the
commenced							heat energy cost as
on 3 June							approved by the
2019)							parties; on or
							before the 10th day
							of the month
							following the
							accounting period,
							the consumer shall
							pay the balance
							between of actual
							consumed heat
							energy as
							registered by
							metering
							instruments
							readings or based
							on the calculation
							if a metering
							instrument is not
							available, and the
							amount already
							paid by the
							consumer
Total						2019:
estimated						USD1,615
consideration
payable						2020:
(USD)						USD2,768
						2021:
						USD2,768

2022:

USD1,154

Notes:

1. The thermal energy rate is in accordance with the thermal energy tariff. The price of the New Heat Supply Contract is stated in accordance with the Order of Irkutsk Regional Tariff Authority dated 30 November 2017. The thermal energy tariff for each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 is USD28.08/Gcal, USD29.82/Gcal, USD31.03/Gcal and USD31.66/Gcal, respectively.
2. Limited Liability Company "Irkutskenergosbyt" signed the contract as agent of JSC "Baikalenergo" which will supply the heat energy.

The consideration under the New Heat Supply Contract will be settled in cash via bank transfer.

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THE ANNUAL AGGREGATE TRANSACTION AMOUNT

Pursuant to Rule 14A.81 of the Listing Rules, the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the New Heat Supply Contract and the Previously Disclosed Heat Supply Contracts should be aggregated, as they were entered into by members of the Group with associates of En+, and the subject matter of each contract relates to the heat supply by the associates of En+ to the Group.

The annual aggregate transaction amount that is payable by the Group to the associates of En+ under the New Heat Supply Contract and the Previously Disclosed Heat Supply Contracts for each of the financial years ending 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020, 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2022 is estimated to be approximately USD9.825 million, USD4.668 million, USD2,768 and USD1,154, respectively.

As no other party participated in the open bidding procedure, the New Heat Supply Contract was entered into with Limited Liability Company "Irkutskenergosbyt", agent of JSC "Baikalenergo", which is the supplier of last resort in the Irkutsk region.

The contract price of the New Heat Supply Contract has been arrived with reference to the market price and on terms no less favourable than those prevailing in the Russian market for the heat of the same type and quality and those offered by the associates of En+ to independent third parties. The annual aggregate transaction amount is derived from the total contract price under the New Heat Supply Contract and the Previously Disclosed Heat Supply Contracts, which was based on the need of heat by the Group for the year.

REASONS FOR AND BENEFITS OF THE TRANSACTIONS

The New Heat Supply Contract have been entered into for the purpose of obtaining heat for the Group's production process and for its facilities. The Company considers that the transactions contemplated under the New Heat Supply Contract is for the benefit of the Company as there is no alternative supplier available in the region.

The Directors (including the independent non-executive Directors) consider that the New Heat Supply Contract is on normal commercial terms which are fair and reasonable and the transactions contemplated under the New Heat Supply Contract are in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group and in the interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole.

None of the Directors has a material interest in the transactions contemplated under the New Heat Supply Contract, save for Mr. Christopher Burnham and Mr. Nick Jordan who are directors of En+, Mr. Vyacheslav Solomin, who is the chief operating officer of En+, and Mr. Vladimir Kolmogorov, who is the first deputy chief executive

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officer for technical policy of En+, which holds more than 30% of the issued share capital of Limited Liability Company "Irkutskenergosbyt". Mr. Vladimir Kolmogorov is also the head of technical supervision of JSC EuroSibEnergo, a company which is owned by En+. Accordingly, Mr. Christopher Burnham, Mr. Nick Jordan, Mr. Vyacheslav Solomin and Mr. Vladimir Kolmogorov did not vote on the Board resolution approving the New Heat Supply Contract.

LISTING RULES IMPLICATIONS

Limited Liability Company "Irkutskenergosbyt" is held by En+ (being a substantial shareholder of the Company) as to more than 30% of the issued share capital and is therefore an associate of En+ which in turn is a substantial shareholder of the Company. Accordingly, Limited Liability Company "Irkutskenergosbyt" is a connected person of the Company under the Listing Rules. The transactions contemplated under the New Heat Supply Contract therefore constitute continuing connected transactions of the Company.

The estimated annual aggregate transaction amount of the continuing connected transactions under the New Heat Supply Contract and the Previously Disclosed Heat Supply Contracts for the financial year ending 31 December 2019 is more than 0.1% but less than 5% under the applicable percentage ratios. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 14A.76 of the Listing Rules, the transactions contemplated under these contracts are only subject to the announcement requirements set out in Rules 14A.35 and 14A.68, the annual review requirements set out in Rules 14A.49, 14A.55 to 14A.59, 14A.71 and 14A.72 and the requirements set out in Rules 14A.34 and 14A.50 to 14A.54 of the Listing Rules. These transactions are exempt from the circular and the shareholders' approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.

Details of the New Heat Supply Contract and the Previously Disclosed Heat Supply Contracts will be included in the next annual report and accounts of the Company in accordance with Rule 14A.71 of the Listing Rules where appropriate.

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

The Company is principally engaged in the production and sale of aluminium, including alloys and value-added products, and alumina.

Limited Liability Company "Irkutskenergosbyt" is principally engaged in sales of electricity and capacity.

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DEFINITIONS

In this announcement, the following expressions have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:

"associate(s)"	has the same meaning ascribed thereto under the
	Listing Rules.
"Board"	the board of Directors.
"Company"	United Company RUSAL Plc, a limited liability
	company incorporated in Jersey, the shares of
	which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock
	Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
"connected person(s)"	has the same meaning ascribed thereto under the
	Listing Rules.
"continuing connected	has the same meaning ascribed thereto under the
transactions"	Listing Rules.
"Director(s)"	the director(s) of the Company.
"En+"	EN+ GROUP International public joint-stock
	company (formerly En+ Group Plc), a company
	registered in accordance with the procedure
	established by the laws of the Russian Federation,
	in accordance with the Federal Law of the Russian
	Federation "On International Companies", and
	which is a shareholder of the Company.
"Group"	the Company and its subsidiaries.
"Listing Rules"	the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on
	the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
"percentage ratios"	the percentage ratios under Rule 14.07 of the
	Listing Rules.
"Previously Disclosed Heat	the heat supply contracts entered into between
Supply Contracts"	members of the Group and associates of En+,
	pursuant to which the associates of En+ agreed to
	supply heat energy to members of the Group as
	disclosed in the announcements of the Company
	dated 30 December 2016, 28 February 2017, 29
	December 2017, 2 February 2018, 28 December
	2018 and 23 May 2019.

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"substantial shareholder"	has the same meaning ascribed thereto under the
	Listing Rules.
"USD"	United States dollars, the lawful currency of the
	United States of America.
"VAT"	value added tax.
	By Order of the Board of Directors of
	United Company RUSAL Plc
	Aby Wong Po Ying
	Company Secretary
30 August 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Evgenii Nikitin, Mr. Evgeny Kuryanov and Mr. Evgenii Vavilov, the non-executive Directors are Mr. Marco Musetti, Mr. Vyacheslav Solomin and Mr. Vladimir Kolmogorov and the independent non-executive Directors are Dr. Elsie Leung Oi-sie, Mr. Dmitry Vasiliev, Mr. Bernard Zonneveld (Chairman), Mr. Maxim Poletaev, Mr. Randolph N. Reynolds, Mr. Kevin Parker, Mr. Christopher Burnham and Mr. Nick Jordan.

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

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