NLMK (LSE:NLMK) is to hold a Board of Directors meeting on August 15, 2011. Among other items on the agenda, the Board will discuss the convocation of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. 

The proposed agenda for the EGM contains the proposal to approve interim dividends for the first half of 2011. The list of persons entitled to participate at the EGM will be prepared on the basis of the NLMK Shareholders’ Register as of 00:00, August 16, 2011 (or 24:00, August 15, 2011).