Uralkali (the Company; Moscow Exchange: URKA) announces the resolutions of its Board of Directors taken at a meeting held on 4 June 2018 in relation to the distribution of the Company’s profits, including the payment of dividends for 2017.

The Company earlier announced that it did not expect to pay the dividends for 2017. However, considering the Company’s plans to offer preferred shares in line with the resolutions passed by the extraordinary general meeting on 18 December 2017, the Board of Directors currently recommends to pay the dividends on the preferred shares of PJSC Uralkali in the amount of RUB 0.1 (10 kopecks) per preferred share provided that the indicated shares are placed before the date of the annual general meeting scheduled for 29 June 2018. The purpose of such dividend payment is to maintain the current ratio between voting and non-voting shares of the Company and thus to preserve the current share of voting shares held by minority shareholders of the Company.

The Company also notes that should the previously registered issuance of preferred shares be placed in full, the aggregate payment to the holders of preferred shares of the Company will not exceed RUB 15 million. As stated above and given that this payment is intended to ensure the rights of the Company’s minority shareholders, this corporate action is a technical matter.

Uralkali (www.uralkali.com) is one of the world’s largest potash producers and exporters. The Company’s assets consist of 5 mines and 7 ore-treatment mills situated in the towns of Berezniki and Solikamsk (Perm Territory, Russia). Uralkali employs ca.11,000 people (in the main production unit). Uralkali’s shares are traded on the Moscow Exchange.