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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

The proposed Transaction involves the acquisition by OJSC Novolipetsk Steel (“NLMK”, a company organized under the laws of Russia) of sole control of Steel Invest & Finance (Luxembourg) S.A. (“SIF”, a company organized under the laws of Luxembourg), a company which is presently under the joint control of NLMK and Duferco Participations Holding Limited.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-- NLMK: carbon steel semi-finished and finished flat products, carbon steel semi-finished and finished long products and electrical steel products;

-- SIF: carbon steel semi-finished and finished flat products

Concurrently with (or shortly following) the completion of the Transaction, certain businesses (the “Spin-Off Businesses”) presently controlled directly or indirectly by SIF will be spun-off by the SIF group, and upon the completion of the spin-off of the Spin-Off Businesses the SIF group (and NLMK) will hold no further interest in the Spin-Off Businesses. The Spin-Off Businesses are: Carsid S.A., and the following assets and activities of Duferco La Louvière S.A. and its affiliates: the electric arc furnace and wire rod mill located at the company’s site at La Louvière, Belgium and the wire drawing line situated at the company’s site at Tildonk, Belgium.