OREANDA-NEWS. Following a meeting held on 2 October 2014, the Board of Directors of Uralkali (LSE: URKA; the Company), one of the world's largest potash producers, has resolved to convene an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of shareholders in the form of absentee voting on 11 November 2014 in Berezniki, Perm region, Russia.

The EGM will consider the approval of a new edition of Uralkali's Charter. The draft of the new edition with proposed amendments will be available on the Company's website starting from 11 October 2014.

Shareholders registered as at 13 October 2014 will be eligible to participate in the EGM.

The Board also approved the alienation of 2,957,805 shares of Uralkali to Uralkali-Technology. These shares were acquired by the Company in the buyback of shares from shareholders who had not approved of or had not voted on the merger of Uralkali-Technology into Uralkali. The transferred shares will be cancelled during the reorganisation.

Uralkali is one of the world's largest potash producers and exporters. The Company's assets consist of 5 mines and 7 ore-treatment mills situated in the towns of Berezniki and Solikamsk (Perm Region, Russia). Uralkali employs ca.11,300 people (in the main production unit). Uralkali's shares and GDRs are traded on the Moscow Exchange and London Stock Exchange, respectively.