<strong>VTB</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Report <strong>2011</strong>12. Shareholders’ information140JSC <strong>VTB</strong> Bank (Georgia)Address: 37, D. Uznadze St., Tbilisi 0102, GeorgiaPhone: +99 532 50 5505Fax: +99 532 99 9139; +99 532 95 6085Website: www.vtb.com.geEmail: admin@vtb.com.geJSC <strong>VTB</strong> Bank Branch in New Delhi (India)Address: Mezzanine floor, Taj Mahal Hotel, 1,Mansingh Road, New Delhi 110011, IndiaPhone: +9111 6622 1000Fax: +9111 6622 1024Email: indiabranch@vtb.com12. Shareholders’ information141Banks and financial companies in Asia and AfricaBanco <strong>VTB</strong> Africa S.A.Address: 22, Rua da Missao, Luanda, AngolaPhone: +244 222 39 5889Fax: +244 222 39 5297Email: info@vtb.aoVietnam-Russia Joint Venture BankAddress: 85, Ly Thuong Kiet St., Hoan Kiem District,Hanoi, VietnamPhone: + 844 942 6668Fax: +844 942 6669Website: www.vrbank.com.vnEmail: vrbank@vrbank.com.vnBranches and representative offices abroadJSC <strong>VTB</strong> Bank Branch in Shanghai (China)Address: offices 1101A, 1102-03 (11 floor), 1266,Nanjing Xilu, Jing’an District, Shanghai municipality200040, the People’s Republic of ChinaPhone: + 8621 6136 6288Fax: + 8621 6136 6265Email: shanghaibranch@vtb.ruRepresentative office of JSC <strong>VTB</strong> Bank in ChinaAddress: 18BC, CITIC bldg, 19, Jianguomenwai dajie,Beijing 100004, ChinaPhone: +86 10 8526 2800Fax: +86 10 8526 2810Email: chinavtb@public3.bta.net.cnRepresentative office of JSC <strong>VTB</strong> Bank in ItalyAddress: 8, Piazzale Principessa Clotilde, Milan20121, ItalyPhone: +39 02 2901 3278Fax: +39 02 2906 0007Email: m.volkov@vtbitalia.comRepresentative office of JSC <strong>VTB</strong> Bank in the KyrgyzRepublicAddress: 55, Manasa Avenue, Bishkek 720017,the Kyrgyz RepublicPhone: +996 775 98 3308Fax: +996 775 55 4670Share capitalThe authorised share capital of <strong>VTB</strong> Bank amountsto RUB 104,605,413,373.38 and is divided into10,460,541,337,338 shares. All shares of the Bankare ordinary registered shares, issued in a nondocumentaryform with a par value of RUB 0.01 each.In accordance with the Bank’s Charter, it has the rightto issue a maximum number of 14,000,000,000,000ordinary shares with a par value of RUB 0.01 each, inaddition to the shares already placed.As of 31 December <strong>2011</strong>, there were no outstandingpreferred shares of <strong>VTB</strong> Bank.The state registration number of <strong>VTB</strong> Bank’soutstanding ordinary shares is 10401000B. The recorddate for the state registration of the additional issue of<strong>VTB</strong> Bank’s ordinary shares is 29 September 2006.The Bank’s shares are traded on the Russian mergedMICEX-RTS stock exchange in Quotation List B, andon the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in the form ofGlobal Depositary Receipts (GDRs).Each <strong>VTB</strong> GDR is equivalent to 2,000 ordinary shares.The Bank of New York International Nominees is thedepositary bank for the <strong>VTB</strong> GDR Programme.On 31 December <strong>2011</strong>, GDRs accounted for 16.4% ofthe Bank’s share capital.Shareholder structureAt the beginning of <strong>2011</strong>, the Federal Agencyfor State Property Management made a decision todecrease its stake in the authorised capital of<strong>VTB</strong> Bank. The amount of shares, offered by the Stateto the open market, was 1.04 trillion or 10% of theBank’s share capital. <strong>VTB</strong>’s share sale became themost successful placement of Russian equity capitalon the stock exchange since the financial crisis.The order book was oversubscribed by more thantwo times, meaning that the demand from investorssubstantially exceeded the number of shares offeredduring the sale.Assicurazioni Generali became the largest singleinvestor in the offering, investing more thanUSD 300 million in <strong>VTB</strong> shares. Over ten investors eachbought <strong>VTB</strong> shares worth more than USD 100 million.Number of shares and % of the totalShareholder as of 21 April <strong>2011</strong> as of 31 December <strong>2011</strong>Russian Federation, represented by the Federal Agencyfor State Property ManagementFree float of GDRs (Bank of New York InternationalNominees)7,897,477,400,292 shares75.5 %1,781,970,029,875 shares17.03 %7,897,477,400,292 shares75.5 %1,714,445,519,875 shares16.4 %Other institutional investorsIndividual investorsTotal464,662,116,960 shares4.44 % 848,618,417,171 shares316,431,790,211 shares3.03 %10,460,541,337,338 shares100 %8.1 %
<strong>VTB</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Report <strong>2011</strong>12. Shareholders’ information142TPG Capital and the Chinese sovereign wealth fundChina Investment Corporation (CIC) each investedUSD 100 million. Investors from 20 countries acrossthe world participated in the share offering, which wasorganised by Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and <strong>VTB</strong>Capital.Following the offering, the stake of the Federal Agencyfor State Property Management in the Bank decreasedfrom 85.5% to 75.5%, while the stakes of foreigninstitutional investors almost doubled and reached17%. The proportion of individual investors in theBank’s share capital increased from 2.8% to 3%.The total number of the Bank’s shareholdersincreased by 9,400 to 168,681 shareholders betweenApril 2010 and April <strong>2011</strong>. A significant proportionof the Bank’s shares is held by individual investors.At the end of the <strong>report</strong>ing period, <strong>VTB</strong> shares wereowned by 167,126 individuals, 114,062 of whomparticipated in the Bank’s IPO in 2007.<strong>VTB</strong> Bank is not aware of any shareholders owningmore than 1% of the Bank’s authorised share capital,except those mentioned above. Information on theparticipation of the members of the SupervisoryCouncil and the Management Board in <strong>VTB</strong>’s sharecapital is available in the Corporate Governancesection of this <strong>report</strong>.The General Shareholders MeetingThe General Shareholders Meeting is <strong>VTB</strong> Bank’shighest governing body, and a meeting is heldannually. The date of the meeting is set by theSupervisory Council.The Bank notifies its shareholders about the GeneralShareholders Meeting by a notice, which is publishedin Rossiyskaya Gazeta and on the official website ofthe Bank no later than 30 days prior to the Meeting.Decisions taken at the <strong>Annual</strong> General ShareholdersMeeting and the results of voting are communicatedto shareholders in the same manner. Ballot papersare sent to shareholders by post no later than 20days prior to the Meeting.Materials related to the General ShareholdersMeeting are available to shareholders at theShareholders’ Support Centres or on the officialcorporate website www.vtb.ru<strong>VTB</strong> Bank’s GDR holders, who wish to participatein voting on the agenda of the <strong>Annual</strong> GeneralShareholders Meeting, should contact the depositarybank (The Bank of New York International Nominees)for the GDR programme. The depositary bank’scontact details can be found below.Information about the <strong>2011</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> GeneralShareholders Meeting can be found in the CorporateGovernance section of this <strong>report</strong>.Dividend policyOne of the main rights of <strong>VTB</strong> shareholders is theright to receive a share of the Bank’s net profit inthe form of dividend payments. Dividend paymentsare approved by the <strong>Annual</strong> General ShareholdersMeeting of <strong>VTB</strong> Bank, following recommendationsmade by the Supervisory Council. The SupervisoryCouncil bases its recommendations as to the size ofthe dividend payment on the Bank’s net profit.<strong>VTB</strong>’s Strategy and Corporate Governance Committee,established in <strong>2011</strong>, recommended to the SupervisoryCouncil that dividend amounts for 2010-2013 shouldbe between 10% and 20% of the full year net profit,as shown in <strong>VTB</strong> Group’s IFRS financial results for the<strong>report</strong>ing years of 2010, <strong>2011</strong>, 2012 and 2013.The size of the dividend payment per share, as wellas the period and form of payment are determined atthe <strong>Annual</strong> General Shareholders Meeting. The sizeof the dividend payment cannot exceed the amountrecommended by the Supervisory Council.Declared dividend payments are made in Russianroubles during a 60-day period following the decisiontaken by the <strong>Annual</strong> General Shareholders Meeting,either by bank transfer into shareholders’ accounts orin cash, depending on the shareholder’s preference.In accordance with amendments to Russian legislationthat came into force in <strong>2011</strong>, any dividends accrued,but unclaimed by shareholders within a period ofthree calendar years, are subject to allocation backto the profit of the Bank. Thus, if a shareholder doesnot claim his or her accrued dividends within threeyears, he or she loses the right to receive them. Thisrule does not apply to shareholders, who receive theirdividends by bank transfer, as the transfer of fundsto a shareholder’s account is considered sufficientevidence of a dividend payment.Dividend paymentsOn 3 June <strong>2011</strong>, the <strong>Annual</strong> General ShareholdersMeeting approved the decision to pay dividends for2010 in the amount of RUB 0.00058 per share.The dividend amount remained at the same levelas in the previous year. The total funds allocated fordividends equalled RUB 6,067 million. The dividendswere paid out to the Bank’s shareholders in July <strong>2011</strong>.The amount of dividend payments for <strong>2011</strong> will beapproved by the <strong>Annual</strong> General Shareholders Meetingof <strong>VTB</strong> Bank in June 2012. The record of dividendpayments for the years 2007-2010 is set out below.Dividend taxationAs a tax agent, <strong>VTB</strong> Bank calculates and deducts taxfrom the dividend payments it makes at the year-end.The dividend tax rate for individuals and companieswho are residents of the Russian Federation is 9%,and for non-residents the rate is 15%. The rate isapplied to the taxable dividend amount, which canbe less than the total dividends payable, becausetax has already been withheld from income in theform of dividends that the Bank has earned from itsinvestments in other companies.If a double taxation agreement applies, tax paymentsare made in accordance with the rate specified in theagreement.Mutual funds, foreign institutional and individualinvestors can apply for a tax exemption or a reducedtax rate on dividends received by submittingdocuments to the Bank’s registrar, CJSC <strong>VTB</strong> Registrar,that demonstrate that they have a right to preferentialtax treatment. A complete list of the requireddocuments can be found at www.vtb.ru.Disclosure<strong>VTB</strong> Bank strives to maintain the highest level oftransparency in relation to its activities, and disclosesa wide range of information. The publication ofinformation that has to be disclosed in accordance withthe requirements of the Central Bank of the RussianFederation, and in accordance with the Federal Law onthe Securities Market and the Regulation on InformationDisclosure by Issuers of Securities (approved by DecreeNo 06-117/pz-n of the Federal Financial Markets Service(FFMS) on 10 October 2006), is conducted throughauthorised news agencies and the Bank’s corporatewebsite at www.vtb.ru/we/ir/disclosure/<strong>VTB</strong> publishes its audited consolidated financialstatements under IFRS at the end of the fiscal year.Additionally, the Bank discloses its unauditedcondensed consolidated financial statements at theend of the first, second and third quarters.2007 2008 2009 2010Net profit in accordance with RAS (in RUB million) 17,978 26,894 23,751 43,343Dividend amount per one ordinary share (RUB) 0.00134 0.000447 0.00058 0.00058Total amount of dividend payments (in RUB million) 9,010 3,006 6,067 6,067Dividend payout ratio (% of net profit in accordance with RAS) 50.10 11.10 25.54 14143