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NOVATEK announces consolidated IFRS results for first quarter 2016

Moscow, 27 April 2016. OAO NOVATEK today released its consolidated interim condensed financial statements as of and for the three months ended 31 March 2016 prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).   

In the first quarter 2016, our total revenues increased to RR 139.4 billion, or by 22.5% compared to the first quarter 2015 largely due to an increase in liquids sales volumes and the combined growth in natural gas sales prices and volumes. Decrease in net average sales prices in rouble terms for LPG and certain types of petroleum products had a negative impact on the dynamics of our revenues.  

The Company’s Normalized EBITDA, including our respective share in the EBITDA of joint ventures, amounted to RR 62.1 billion, representing a 13.3% increase compared to the EBITDA for the first quarter 2015. Profit attributable to NOVATEK shareholders increased by 3.7 times to RR 115.9 billion, as compared to RR 31.1 billion in the first quarter 2015. Profit for the first quarter 2016 was positively impacted by the closing of a transaction for the sale of a 9.9% equity stake in Yamal LNG to the Silk Road Fund of China. Excluding profit from this transaction, normalized profit attributable to NOVATEK shareholders totaled RR 58.2 billion, representing an 87.4% increase as compared to the prior reporting period.  Our profit dynamics was also positively impacted by the non-cash items such as foreign exchange effect and the change in fair value of non-commodity financial instruments.

Our free cash flow increased by 49.5% to RR 45.4 billion as a result of operating cash flow growth by 37.0% and a decrease in cash used for capital expenditures. 

Our natural gas sales volumes totalled 17.8 bcm, representing an 11.3% increase as compared to 16.0 bcm in the corresponding period in 2015. Higher natural gas sales volumes were a result of consumption recovery by one of our major customers following a temporary decline for technical reasons in the first quarter 2015, as well as the development of gas trading at the commodity exchange and higher volumes sold to traders. In the first quarter 2016 the total amount of natural gas recorded as inventory decreased by 898 mmcm to 429 mmcm as compared to a decrease by 395 mmcm in the first quarter 2015.

Liquid hydrocarbon sales volumes aggregated a record 4.6 million tons in the first quarter 2016 representing an increase of 63.8% as compared to the first quarter 2015. This significant increase was due to the launch of the Yarudeyskoye oil field and the Termokarstovoye gas and gas condensate field, as well as production growth at the Arcticgas fields and a decrease in inventory. As at 31 March 2016, 612 thousand tons of liquid hydrocarbons were in transit or storage and recognized as inventory representing a decrease by 298 thousand tons as compared to the end of 2015.

	31 March 2016	31 December 2015
ASSETS
Non-current assets	771,682	751,552
Property, plant and equipment	332,650	331,712
Investments in joint ventures	180,913	154,725
Long-term loans and receivables	227,200	230,799
Total current assets	169,075	120,485
Assets held for sale	-	7,987
Total assets	940,757	880,024
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Non-current liabilities	246,552	282,178
Long-term debt	214,849	252,050
Current liabilities	144,567	169,675
Total liabilities	391,119	451,853
Equity attributable to OAO NOVATEK shareholders	545,886	426,079
Non-controlling interest	3,752	2,092
Total equity	549,638	428,171
Total liabilities and equity	940,757	880,024

The full set of consolidated interim condensed IFRS financial statements, the notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are available on the Company’s web site (www.novatek.ru).

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PAO NOVATEK is one of the largest independent natural gas producers in Russia, and in 2017, entered the global LNG market by successfully launching the Yamal LNG project. Founded in 1994, the Company is engaged in the exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. Upstream activities of the Company’s subsidiaries and joint ventures are concentrated mainly in the prolific Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, which is the world’s largest natural gas producing area and accounts for approximately 80% of Russia’s natural gas production and approximately 15% of the world’s gas production. NOVATEK is a public joint stock company established under the laws of the Russian Federation.