VTB announces Mandatory Offer for Sistema-Hals shares

VTB Bank announces its Mandatory Offer for purchasing of ordinary registered shares of OJSC Sistema-Hals:

• Number of shares to be purchased - 4,555,852; 

• Date of the offer submission to the Russian federal securities market authority - December 11th, 2009; 

• Offer price - RUB 736.69 per share; 

• Mandatory offer acceptance period - 70 days starting from December 28th, 2009. 

Contacts:

Investor Relations: 

Tel.: +7 495 775 71 39

Email: investorrelations@vtb.ru

Media Relations: 

Tel.: +7 495 783 1717

Email: pr1@vtb.ru