OREANDA-NEWS. At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM), which took place on March 2, 2007, in the form of a postal vote, the shareholders of ОАО TMK (“TMK” or “the Company”) duly approved the TMK Option Program. The resolution was supported by 84,7245% of votes cast.

TMK’s Option Program provides for the purchase of shares by members of the Board of Directors and senior management of the Company of up to 1.1% of the total issued ordinary share capital of TMK within the next three years.

A full copy of the Resolution that was passed at the EGM has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority’s Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at The Financial Services Authority, London.