OREANDA-NEWS. December 14, 2012. The Board of Directors of MMK (Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works) at the meeting held on November 23 adopted a resolution on convening an extraordinary general shareholders meeting (absentee voting) on December 29th,2012.

The list of persons entitled to participate in the extraordinary shareholders' meeting of the Company's shareholders will be prepared on the basis of the Shareholders’ Register as of business close November 23rd, 2012.

The Board of Directors set the following agenda for the extraordinary general shareholders meeting: payment of dividends on the Company’s placed shares based on MMK’s performance for 9 months of the 2012 financial year.

The Board of Directors recommended to the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to approve the payment of dividends for the financial period of 9 months of 2012 in the amount of RUB 0,28 per ordinary share.