OREANDA-NEWS. April 07, 2010. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (hereinafter – MMC Norilsk Nickel or the Company) took place, and the following resolutions were adopted.

The Board of Directors approved the list of candidates nominated by the shareholders owning more than 2% shares of the Company for election to the Board of Directors at the upcoming Annual General Meeting of shareholders of MMC Norilsk Nickel.

The following persons are on the list:

• Boris Bakal, Managing Director of Citigroup Venture Capital International (2002-2010),

• Aleksey Bashkirov, Executive Director of Investment and Asset Management Department, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company,

• Andrey Bougrov, Managing Director, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company,

• Olga Voitovich, First Deputy Director of Legal Department, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company,

• Alexander Voloshin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, MMC Norilsk Nickel,

• Artem Volynets, Director for Strategy and Corporate Development, UC RUSAL,

• Vadim Geraskin, Director for Government Relations, UC RUSAL,

• Maxim Goldman, Deputy Director for Investments, Branch of RENOVA MANAGEMENT AG,

• Oleg Deripaska, General Director of UC RUSAL,

• Marianna Zakharova, Director of Legal Department, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company,

• Olga Zinovieva, First Deputy General Director, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company,

• Natalia Kindikova, Financial Controller, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company,

• Andrey Klishas, Vice President, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company,

• Dmitry Kostoev, Deputy General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel,

• Bradford Alan Mills, General Director of Mandalay Resources, Executive Director of Plinian Capital,

• Oleg Pivovarchuk, First Deputy General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel,

• Dmitry Razumov, General Director of ONEXIM Group,

• Petr Sinshov, Deputy General Director of UC RUSAL,

• Tatiana Soina, Financial Director of UC RUSAL,

• Maxim Sokov, Director for Investment in UC RUSAL,

• Vladislav Soloviev, General Director of En+ Company,

• Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, General Director – Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel,

• Vasily Titov, First Vice President – Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC VTB Bank,

• Dmitry Afanasiev, Legal Advisor, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners Legal Bureau,

• John Gerard Holden, Advisor, Rockbury Services Inc (Private).

The Board of Directors also approved changes of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel: Vyacheslav Poltavtsev, Deputy General Director, Head of the Business Unit responsible for government relations, social and compensation policies and Sergey Selyandin, General Director of Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (MMC Norilsk Nickel’s subsidiary) entered the Management Board of the Company. Kirill Parinov, who left the post of the Deputy General Director of the Company, was excluded from the Management Board.

Besides, the members of the Board of Directors reviewed the Company’s sales results for 2009 and gave them a positive assessment.