OREANDA-NEWS. November 16, 2007. Evraz Group S.A. (LSE: EVR) (“Evraz” or the “Company”) announces that Evraz’s Board of Directors has resolved to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on 19 December 2007 in Luxembourg.

The extraordinary general meeting will have, inter alia, the following agenda:

1)    Decision to authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to appoint the chief executive officer of the Company without prior authorisation of the shareholders and henceforth to amend and restate the first paragraph of article 11 of the Articles of Association;

2)    Decision to modify the date of the annual meeting which shall take place on 15 May and henceforth amend and restate article 15 of the Articles of Association.