4 April 2012
Ferrexpo plc ("Ferrexpo")
Update on shareholder dispute
Ferrexpo announces today that it has received judgement on its
jurisdictional proceedings in the UK in relation to a long standing
shareholder dispute at Ferrexpo Poltava Mining (as announced on 19
December 2011).
The judge has applied a stay of proceedings in the UK
while the case continues in Ukraine.
The board of directors of Ferrexpo has received legal advice that the
Ukrainian proceedings are without merit.
Ferrexpo:
Ingrid McMahon
Emma Villiers
+44 207 389 8304
+44 207 389 8306
Pelham Bell Pottinger
Charles Vivian
+44 207 861 3126
Lorna Spears
+44 207 861 3883
Notes to Editors:
Ferrexpo is a Swiss headquartered iron ore company with assets in
Ukraine.
It is principally involved in the production and export of high
quality iron ore pellets, which are used in the manufacture of steel.
Ferrexpos resource base is one of the largest iron ore deposits in the
world.
Its current producing asset, FPM, produced approximately 10
million tonnes of iron ore pellets in 2010 making it the largest
exporter of pellets in the CIS.
The Company has a diversified customer
base supplying steel mills in Austria, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic,
Germany and other European states, as well as in China, India, Japan,
and other Asian countries.
Ferrexpo is listed on the main market of the
London Stock Exchange under the ticker FXPO.
For further information,
please visit www.ferrexpo.com
Joanna Boon
Senior Account Executive
Direct line: +44(0)20 7861 3867
Pelham Bell Pottinger
5th Floor, Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7861 3232 Fax: +44 (0)20 7861 3233
www.pelhambellpottinger.co.uk
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