OREANDA-NEWS.  April 08, 2014. At its meeting the Board of Directors of MMC Norilsk Nickel (further, Norilsk Nickel or the Company) reviewed and approved a number of issues related to the annual general shareholders' meeting to be held on June 6, 2014.

Date of compiling the list of persons entitled to participate in the annual general meeting of shareholders shall be April 29, 2014.

List of nominees to the Board of Directors is approved as follows:

Ardavan Moshiri (Chairman of the Board of Directors of USM Holdings Limited);

Sergey Skvortsov (Deputy General Director, Rostechnologii Government Corporation);

Sergey Barbashev (General Director, Member of the Management Board, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company);

Alexey Bashkirov (Deputy General Director for Investments, Member of the Management Board, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company);

Sergey Bratukhin (President, CIS Investment Advisers);

Andrei Bougrov (Deputy General Director, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of MMC Norilsk Nickel);

Marianna Zakharova (Deputy General Director for Legal Issues, CJSC INTERROS Holding Company);

Egor Ivanov (Director for control, internal audit and business coordination, CJSC RUSAL Global Management B.V.);

Stalbek Mishakov (Adviser to General Director, CJSC RUSAL Global Management B.V.);

Gareth Penny (Executive Chairman of the Board, New World Resources Plc.);

Prinsloo Cornelis Johannes Gerhardus (Director of Natural Resource Partnership);

Sokov Мaxim (Director for Strategic Investments Management, CJSC RUSAL Global Management B.V., General Director of En+ management, the First Deputy General Director of En+ Group Limited);

Vladislav Soloviev (First deputy division Director at CJSC RUSAL Global Management B.V.);

Robert Edwards (Principal of Highcross Resources Ltd.)

The Board of Directors granted preliminary approval of the annual consolidated financial statements for 2013. Consolidated financial statements shall be reviewed by the AGM on June 6, 2014.

Board of Directors approved the annual consolidated financial statements for the year 2013. On June 6, 2014 the statements should be considered and approved by the AGM.  The Board of Directors paid special attention to the company's results on HSE issues in 2013, and welcomed management's efforts to reduce working capital.