2025 Annual Report
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Share capital and shares

Shareholding structure

Authorised capital

Nornickel’s authorised capital is made up of 15,286,339,700 ordinary shares with a nominal value of RUB 0.01 each. The Company’s Articles of Association do not provide for the issuance of preferred shares. Voting at the Meeting of Shareholders follows the “one voting share, one vote” principle, except for cumulative voting, used when electing members of the Board of Directors. No part of the Company’s authorised capital is held by the Russian Federation, any constituent entity of the Russian Federation, or any municipal entity, and no special rights (“golden shares”) are issued.

Authorised capital
RUB 152,863,397
Total shares as at 30 December 2025
15,286,339,700 shares,
including 14,499,193,660 voting shares
Nominal value per share
RUB 0.01
Share price as at 30 December 2025
RUB 149
Market capitalisation as at 30 December 2025
RUB 2,285  bn
USD 29.5 bn
Annual low
RUB 100
Average traded price over the year
RUB 122
Annual high
RUB 152

As of the end of 2025, the main shareholders of PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel are the Interros Group and MKPAO En+ Group.

According to Moscow Exchange, 33% of Nornickel shares were in free float at year‑end 2025.

Shareholder rights

All shareholders enjoy equal rights and treatment in their relations with Nornickel. Shareholders may attend sessions of the Company’s General Meetings of Shareholders regardless of their location or place of residence, as well as vote in absentia, including via electronic services. Shareholders can exercise their rights as prescribed by the Company’s Articles of Association, federal laws On Joint Stock Companies and On the Securities Market as well as other regulations of the Russian Federation.

Shareholder rights
Nornickel shareholders and their holdingsData as at the dates of the Annual General Meetings of Shareholders. Holdings in the authorised capital.
3,3832,8422,1632,3281,9181113111068987899094598480413351207Shareholders - legalentities, thousandIndividual shareholders,thousandOwnership inauthorised capital, %Ownership inauthorised capital, %20242023202220212025

Shares

Share split as at yearend 2025, %
94.855.15Voting sharesShares in the DR programmedepo account15,286,339,700shares
Stock exchange information
Shares (ordinary) in PJSC MMC NORILSK NICKEL
Moscow Exchange ticker GMKN
Quotation list First‑level
Registered number 1‑01‑40155‑F
Issue registration / trading start date 1997/2001
ISIN RU0007288411
Registrar IRC – R.O.S.T.

Nornickel shares have been traded in the Russian stock market since 2001. Starting from 2014, the shares have been on the first‑level quotation list of the Moscow Exchange (ticker: GMKN).

American depositary receipts

Nornickel had an ADR programme for Nornickel shares between 2001 and 2023 under a depository agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon.

Before March 2022, Nornickel ADRs were traded on the US OTC market, as well as on the London, Berlin, and Frankfurt exchanges (OTC electronic trading platforms). The depository agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon was terminated on 23 May 2023, and trading in ADRs was discontinued. In accordance with the law, shares held in DR programme depo accounts, representing 5.15% of the Company’s authorised capital, do not carry voting rights. Persons who were ADR holders as at 28 April 2023 and who received Company shares upon conversion of the ADRs belonging to them may claim unpaid dividends as per the procedure established for the unclaimed dividends by the Federal Law On Joint Stock Companies within three years upon such conversion.

Registrar

IRC – R.O.S.T. (the “Registrar”) keeps the Company’s shareholder register, including opening and maintaining customer and other accounts as well as providing customer account information to the relevant registered person.

The Registrar enables shareholders, including those owning shares via nominee holders, to participate in voting in absentia at General Meetings of Shareholders via e‑ballots by using the  Shareholder’s Personal Account online service.

The access procedure for the Shareholder’s Personal Account is detailed on the  Registrar’s website

Shareholders can also use the Shareholder.online mobile app.

2025 highlights

Key drivers

Nornickel shares outperformed the stock and commodities markets in 2025. From the start of 2025, Company shares gained 29%, while the Moscow Exchange index fell 4% over the same period.

Key tailwinds for the stock included higher prices for key metals as well as expectations of a weaker rouble and anticipated dividend payments. Accordingly, the Group’s basket of key metals also rose, increasing by 21% in roubles (or 51% in US dollars) since the start of the year. In 2025, precious metals posted one of the strongest annual gains in history: palladium surged 78% to USD 1,600/oz, returning to its January 2023 highs, while platinum more than doubled to USD 2,000/oz, surpassing its 2008 levels. Copper rose as much as 44% since the start of the year, to USD 12,500/t, while nickel grew 9% to USD 16,500/t. For more details, please see the  Metals Market section in this Report.

Share performance on the Moscow ExchangeCompany calculations based on closing prices on the Moscow Exchange.
Indicators 2023 2024Taking into account the share split. 2025
Low (RUB) 14,218 95 100
High (RUB) 18,078 165 152
Average traded price (RUB) 15,766 131 122
Year‑end price (RUB) 16,172 116 149
Total shares outstanding 152,863,397 15,286,339,700 15,286,339,700
Market capitalisation as at the year‑end (RUB bn) 2,472 1,766 2,285
Market capitalisation as at the year‑end (USD bn) 27 17 30
Nornickel’s weightings in key indices, % Data as at the last business day in the respective year.
Index 2023 2024 2025
MOEX Russia Index (IMOEX) 6.98 3.69 4.15
Blue Chip Index (MOEXBC) 9.63 4.76 5.47
Metals and Mining Index (MOEXMM) 14.32 14.40 16.03
Broad Market Index (MOEXBMI) 6.98 3.41 3.78

MOEX–RSPP

Sustainability Vector Index (MRSV)

4.84 6.17 5.14

MOEX–RSPP

Sustainability and Transparency Index (MRRT)

9.48 6.65 8.22
Nornickel share performance in 2025 More details on share price performance for all periods are available on the  Company website .
Trade volumes, mln sharesShare price, RUBJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember5,00010,00015,000100160mln sharesRUB per share

Analyst coverage

As at 2025‑end, 13 investment banks covered Nornickel shares. From the start of 2025, the forecast price target for Nornickel rose 16% to RUB 163 per share, with a “Buy” recommendation.

Analyst recommendations on Company shares, %
8515BuyHold
Broker ratings on Nornickel shares Metals & Mining stock recommendations as at 31 December 2025 as published by Interfax.
Broker Rating Target price
ATON Buy 180
ALFA‑BANK Buy 150
BCS Hold 150
VELES Capital Buy 156
Gazprombank Buy 135
Ingosstrakh – Investments Asset Management Buy 150
Sberbank CIB Buy 165
Sinara Hold 140
TBank Buy 180
VTB Investments Buy 201
Promsvyazbank Buy 185
Cifra Broker Buy 163
FINAM Buy 156
Consensus Buy 163