OREANDA-NEWS. August 15, 2012. NLMK, the leading global steelmaking company, announced that the Board of Directors (“the Board”) has set a date for an Extraordinary General Meeting of NLMK’s Shareholders (“EGM”) for October 25, 2012, reported the press-centre of NLMK.

The meeting will be held in the form of absentee voting. The deadline for the receipt of voting ballots was fixed at October 25, 2012.

The Board adopted the following agenda for the EGM:

Early resignation of NLMK President and Chairman of the Management Board Alexey Lapshin.

Election of a new President and Chairman of the Management Board.

According to the Russian legislation, shareholders who own more than 2 per cent of the Company’s ordinary shares have the right to put forward a candidate for the position of NLMK President and Chairman of the Management Board until September 25, 2012.

The list of persons entitled to participate in the EGM will be prepared on the basis of the NLMK Shareholder Register as of 00:00, August 14, 2012 (or 24:00, August 13, 2012). Suggestions on candidates for the position of NLMK President and Chairman of the Management Board, as well as completed ballot papers, should be sent to the following address: NLMK, Shareholder's Equity Department, 2, pl. Metallurgov, Lipetsk, 398040 Russia.