OJSC «MMC» Norilsk Nickel «(hereinafter -" Norilsk Nickel «or the Company) announces the inclusion of ordinary registered shares of MMC» Norilsk Nickel «in the quotation list» A «first level of MICEX.

Transfer of shares from the quotation list «B» to «A1» list will allow the Company to expand the base of potential investors, including through public and private pension funds, insurance companies, for which one of the conditions of investing in securities is their inclusion in the quotation list «A1» one of the organizers of trading in the securities market. At the end of 2009, total pension savings in the private pension funds in the accounts and the management of Vnesheconombank were more than 530 billion. Rubles. The investment of these funds can only be in the securities of the highest category of reliability.

In the coming days it will be determined by the date of the start of trading in securities of MMC «Norilsk Nickel» in the Quotation List «A1» ZAO «MICEX Stock Exchange».

According to General Director of MMC «Norilsk Nickel» Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, «the inclusion of shares of MMC» Norilsk Nickel «in the list» A «first-level confirms full compliance with the requirements of the Company's stock exchange on the financial performance, liquidity of securities, corporate governance and information disclosure procedure. In addition, the transfer of shares in the «A» list of the first level will increase the investment attractiveness and liquidity of the Company's shares. «— INFOLine, IA (according to company materials)