OREANDA-NEWS. September 18, 2012. Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group (“NCSP Group” or the “Group”) (LSE: NCSP, MICEX-RTS: NMTP) announces that it has completed payment of its 2011 dividend.

In accordance with the decision of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 15 June 2012, the total dividend payout for 2011 was set at RUB 452,605,661.90 or RUB 0.0235 per share.

Dividends for 2011 were paid in accordance with the Russian legislation.

NCSP Group is the largest Russian port operator in terms of cargo turnover. NCSP shares are traded on Russia’s MICEX-RTS exchange (ticker: NMTP) and on the London Stock Exchange in the form of GDRs (ticker: NCSP). 50.1% shares of PJSC “NCSP” belong to Novoport Holding Ltd, the beneficial owners of which are OJSC “Transneft” and Summa Group. NCSP Group cargo turnover in 2011 totalled 157 million tonnes. Consolidated revenue according to IFRS in 2011 totalled USD 1,050 million and EBITDA was USD 550 million. NCSP Group combines the following stevedoring and other companies: OJSC “Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port”, CJSC “Primorsk Oil Terminal” (since 2011), PJSC “Novorossiysk Grain Terminal”, OJSC “Novorossiysk Ship Repair Yard”, OJSC “NCSP Fleet”, OJSC “NLE”, OJSC “IPP”, CJSC Baltic Stevedore Company, CJSC “SFP” and LLC NFT (joint venture).