OREANDA-NEWS. On 11 August 2008 was announced, that at a meeting held on 8 August, 2008, the Board of Directors of OJSC "Uralkali" (Uralkali) set 18 September 2008 as the date for an Extraordinary Shareholders' General Meeting (EGM) of Uralkali. Shareholders registered as at the record date of 13 August 2008 will be eligible to participate in the EGM.

The Board of Directors of Uralkali recommended for the approval of shareholders an interim dividend in respect of the first six months of 2008 of RUR 4.00 per ordinary share (RUR 20.00 per GDR), which would be a total of RUR 8 497 560 000.00.

The EGM will be held in absentee form. The ballots should be mailed to the below address and received by 18 September, 2008: Ul. Pyatiletki, 63 - 618426 - Berezniki, Perm Territory - Russian Federation.

Shareholders can familiarize themselves with the meeting materials from 29 August, 2008, between 9 a.m. and 5p.m., Monday to Friday, at the following address:

Administrative Building, corps. 104A, Corporate Governance Department,

Ul. Pyatiletki, 63 - 618426 - Berezniki, Perm Territory - Russian Federation

The meeting materials will be available from 29 August, 2008 at Uralkali's websitewww.uralkali.com.