At a meeting on 16 November 2004, the Board of Directors of OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group) set 24 December 2004 as the date for an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting (EGM) of the Company. Shareholders of record as of 16 November 2004 have the right to participate in the EGM.

The Board approved the following agenda for the EGM:
1. Approve changes to the Company Charter;
2. Approve the Provision on the Executive Board of OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group);
3. Approve the external auditor of the Company;
4. Approve related party transactions that could be executed by the Company in the course of its day-to-day operations.

The EGM will be held at the Marco Polo Hotel on 9 Spiridonevsky Per. Registration of shareholders will commence at 9a.m.; the meeting will start at 10a.m. Shareholders can send proxy-voting ballots by mail to the following address:
OMZ
25 Ermolaevsky Per.
Moscow 123379
Russia

Shareholders can familiarize themselves with the meeting materials between 4th and 23rd December 2004, between 11a.m. and 5p.m., Monday to Friday, at the following address:
OMZ
25 Ermolaevsky Per.
Moscow 123379
Russia
Tel: (+7095) 974 6021
Fax: (+7095) 974 6022

For further information please contact Marina Nacheva, Head of Investor Relations, on (++7095) 974 6021 or by e-mail at mnacheva@omz.ru