OREANDA-NEWS. On 25 April 2008 OMZ OJSC (Uralmash-Izhora Group) announced that its Board of Directors has set the date for its Annual General Meeting of shareholders (AGM) and the record date for shareholders who will be allowed to participate in the meeting. The decisions were taken at a Board meeting held on 16 April, 2008.

The AGM will be held on 27 June, 2008 in Moscow at the following address:

Marco Polo Presnya Hotel, 9, Spiridonyevsky Pereulok, Moscow.

The record date is 12 May, 2008.

The Board of Directors also approved the AGM agenda which includes the following items:

1. Approval of the company’s annual report and financial statements

2. Election of members of the Board of Directors

3. Election of members of the Audit Committee

4. Approval of the company’s auditors

About OMZ

OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group) is one of the largest Russian heavy industry enterprises. It specializes in engineering, production, sales and maintenance of equipment and machines for the nuclear industry, oil, gas and petrochemical industry, and mining industry, and also in the production of special steels. OMZ divisions’ facilities are located in Russia (Uralmash and Izhorskiye Zavody) and the Czech Republic (Pilsen Steel and Skoda JS).