OREANDA-NEWS. November 08, 2012. TMK announces that its shareholders duly approved all the resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM), which took place on November 2, 2012, in the form of an absentee voting.

The following were approved by shareholders:

- Decision to approve interim dividends, for the first 6 months of 2012, of RUR 1.50 per share (approximately USD* 0.19 per GDR). A total of RUR 1,406,379,141 (approximately USD* 44.8 mln.) will be paid out as dividend by December 28th 2012;

- Proposal to amend the Regulations on the Board of Directors;

- Decision to approve related-party transactions.

*As of November 6, 2012, the Russian Central Bank exchange rate stood at 31.3817 RUR/USD.