DGAP-News: Sberbank of Russia

DGAP-News: Sberbank: National scale rating withdrawal by Moody's

Sberbank / Key word(s): Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous

18.03.2016 15:28

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STATEMENT of the Material Fact "On Change of the Rating of the Issuer by the Rating Agency under the Agreement with the Issuer"

1. General Information

1.1 Full company name of the issuer: Sberbank of Russia

1.2 Short company name of the issuer: Sberbank

1.3 Location of the issuer: Moscow, Russian Federation

1.4 OGRN (Primary State Registration Number) of the issuer: 1027700132195 1.5 INN (Taxpayer Identification Number) of the issuer: 7707083893 1.6 The unique code assigned by the registration authority to the issuer: 1481? 1.7 Internet addresses used by the issuer to disclose information. http://www.e-disclosure.ru/portal/company.aspx?id=3043, www.sberbank.com 2. Contents of the Statement

2.1. Subject of the rating change (issue-grade securities and/or their issuer): Sberbank (Issuer) 2.2. Type of rating changed for the subject of rating assessment (credit rating, long-term credit rating, corporate governance rating, other): National Scale Rating 2.3. If the subject of the rating change are issue-grade securities of the issuer, indicate the type, category, series and other identifying characteristics of such issue-grade securities: Not applicable 2.4. In case of a rating change, indicate the rating value before and after the change: Rating value before the withdrawal: Aa1.ru

2.5. Date of rating withdrawal: March 18, 2016 2.6. Brief description of the rating value or address of the Internet page with publicly available information about the methodology used for assigning the ratings: A description of the methodology used by the international rating agency to assign ratings is publicly available and is published on the website at www.moodys.com. 2.7. Full and short company names (name for a non-commercial entity), location, INN (if applicable), and OGRN (if applicable) of the entity which assigned the ratings (the rating agency). Full Name: Moody's Interfax Rating Agency Closed Joint Stock Company Short Name: MIRA Location 21, 1st Tverskay-Yamskaya St., Moscow, 125047, Russian Federation INN: 7710270371 OGRN: 1027739523118 2.8. Other information about the ratings indicated at the discretion of the issuer: Rating is withdrawn because of changes in the Russian laws and closure of MIRA business 3. Signature

Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank Bella I. Zlatkis

March 18, 2016 L. S.

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Sberbank 19 Vavilova St. 117997 Moscow Russia Phone: +7-495-957-57-21 Fax: E-mail: media@sberbank.ru Internet: www.sberbank.ru ISIN: US80585Y3080, RU0009029540, RU0009029557, US80585Y4070 Listed: Open Market (Entry Standard) in Frankfurt ; London, MICEX, RTS End of Announcement EquityStory.RS, LLC News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------