OREANDA-NEWS. On April 27, 2009 Uralsvyazinform (RTS: URSI/URSIP, ADR: UVYZY/ UVYZYP), the leading carrier of fixed-line and mobile services in the Urals region, Russia reported the agenda of the forthcoming annual general meeting, reported the press-centre of Uralsvyazinform.

On April 24, 2009 the Board of Directors validated the agenda of AGM to be held on June 4, 2009 in Perm, and announced recommended dividend as of FY2008 and Auditor for Meeting’s approval.

The Meeting’s Agenda is comprised of the following:

Approval of the Annual Report, the Annual Financial Statements, including the Profit and Loss statement (profit and loss account) of the Company, as well as the Company’s profit (including dividend payment) and loss distribution as of the reporting (2008) fiscal year.

Election of members of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Election of members of the Company’s Audit Commission.

Approval of changes in the Charter.

Approval of changes in the Regulation on the Company’s Board of Directors.

Termination of participation in Association of Network Operators (CDMA).

Nomination of the Company’s Auditor for 2009.

Setting the amount of annual remuneration payable to the members of the Company’s Board of Directors.

The Board has recommended for AGM’s approval the annual report and annual financial statements, including profit and loss statement and profit distribution as of 2008.
The Annual General Meeting is recommended to approve the pay-out of FY2008 dividend at the rate of:

RUR 0.034175 per 1 preferred share;

RUR 0.012437 per 1 common share.

Total amount of dividend payment, if approved by AGM, amounts to RUR 669.5 mln or 25.0% of net profit of the company as of 2008 under RAS. The rest of net (retained) profit in the amount of RUR 2,008.4 is recommended for the increase of equity capital.

The Board recommends KPMG (ZAO) as the Auditor of financial statements under Russian and International Accounting Standards as of 2009. KPMG was announced winner of the tender to assign the company’s auditor.

The AGM will take place on June 4, 2009 at the following location: 2, Krupskoy str., Perm, 614060, Russia. Record date (the date of compiling the list of persons entitled to participate in the AGM) – April 15, 2009. The information, subject to disclosure to shareholders under preparation for Annual General Meeting, is accessible via corporate web-site at www.usi.ru/en/ and company offices starting from May 4, 2009.