JSC Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant (CZP) (LSE, RTS, MICEX: ŃHZN) announces that, with effect from Today, 23 November 2009, it is terminating the appointment of its current shareholders’ registrar, Closed Joint-Stock Company “Registrar Intraco”, and appointing as its replacement Closed Joint-Stock Company “VRK”. 

Details of the current Registrar (until 23 November 2009): Closed Joint-Stock Company “Registrar Intraco”

Registered address: 64 Lenina street, 2nd floor, Perm, Russia

Mailing address: 64 Lenina street, 2nd floor, Perm 614990 Russia

Moscow branch of CJSC “Registrar Intraco”

License of the Federal Commission for Securities of Russia No. 10-000-1-00272

Address: 2 Volgogradsky prospeck, Moscow 109316 Russia

Telephone: +7 (495) 730-05-46, +7 (495) 674-41-40

OGRN (state registration number) 1025900763063

Tax registration number 7709222038

Director of the Branch – Alexey B. Sharlygin

Email: mail@intraco.msk.ru

Details of the new Registrar (from 24 November 2009): Closed Joint-Stock Company “VRK”

Registered address: 28 Lenina prospect, Yekaterinburg, Russia

License of the Federal Commission for Securities of Russia No. 10-000-1-00303

Visiting address: 16 Dobrolyubova street, 5th floor, Yekaterinburg, 620014 Russia

Mailing address: 16 Dobrolyubova street, 5th floor, Yekaterinburg, 620014 Russia

Telephone: +7 (343) 283-02-16

Fax: +7 (343) 283-02-19

OGRN (state registration number) 1026605227923

Tax registration number 6661049239

Web-site: www.vrk.ru

Email: reg@etel.ru

Branch offices:Chelyabinsk +7 (351) 266-47-55

Kurgan +7 (352) 241-85-89

Tyumen +7 (3452) 23-02-53

Moscow +7 (495) 739-38-24

St. Petersburg +7 (812) 603-21-52

Kemerovo +7 (3842) 44-06-43 

About Closed Joint-Stock Company “VRK”. CJSC “VRK” is the leading Registrar in Ural region. The company was the first in region which took out the license for maintenance of register. Nowadays CJSC “VRK” is authorized registrar of the Government of Russia (since 2000) and the Government of Sverdlovsk region (since 1999). CJSC “VRK” has a large branch in Chelyabinsk.