Preliminary elements concerning the spin-off of part of the Company’s patrimony With respect to item 2 on the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Sometra S.A. (the “Company”), convened for 3/4 August 2015, the board of directors hereby informs the shareholders on the preliminary proposal for the spin-off, as follows. Through the spin-off of part of the Company’s patrimony, the Company intends to achieve the separation of the production/processing of Lead and/or Zinc (Pb, Zn) metal and concentrates activity from the trading/commercial activity of Lead and/or Zinc (Pb, Zn) metal and concentrates. Further to the partial spin-off, the Company’s patrimony will be divided as follows: - the inventory, technical equipement and other fixed assets, trade debtors connected to the production/processing activity will be transferred to a new entity; - the real estate (land and buildings), trade debtors and other assets linked to the trading/commercial activity will remain in the Company’s patrimony. The debts and equity elements will be separated between the Company and the new entity, proportionally with the assets connected to the trading/commercial activity which shall remain with the Company and, respectively, with the assets related to the production/processing activity which will be transferred to the new entity. *The information presented above is preliminary and purely for the purpose of informing the Company’s shareholders. Such information may be subject to changes, following the evaluation of the Company’s statements from legal, accounting, financial, fiscal and economical perspective. Detailed information regarding the distribution of the elements of the Company’s patrimony as a result of the partial spin-off shall be included in the spin-off project, as well as in the related documents prepared in view of the partial spin-off, following the approval in principle of the spin-off by the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders. PAGE 1 of 1