President of Norilsk, Andrey Klishas, said: «I am delighted to report that today the London High Court judge threw out this claim, describing the order sought by Rusal as „an abuse of the process of the court“ and sanctioning Rusal’s „unreasonable“ conduct with an indemnity costs order. The management of Norilsk will not tolerate serial litigation or diversionary tactics to prevent it from continuing to look after the interests of all shareholders. Management remains committed to promoting the prosperity of the Norilsk business for the benefit of all of its shareholders.»

«We are extremely happy that Debevoise strongly resisted this illegitimate attempt by Rusal to get information from our own lawyers and stood firm to preserve the sanctity of the lawyer client relationship. We will continue to resist these illegitimate attempts by Rusal to selfishly promote its own interests at the expense of other shareholders. We will not allow Rusal to damage the company in this way», — Andrey Klishas added.

The judge rejected much of what Rusal alleged as mere speculation and stressed throughout the judgment that Debevoise itself is a wholly innocent party. Neither Norilsk nor its subsidiaries was involved in this application in London. The judge rightly made clear that his findings have very limited relevance and application, that they apply only in the context of this unusual and unsuccessful discovery application and that his findings are strictly without prejudice to the positions of Norilsk or any other party.

Rusal lost another attempt to disrupt shareholder value enhancement program and gain unfair advantage at EGM