Benedict Sciortino in Wesley Chapel (US)

The Board of Directors also approved a schedule for Board meetings, and established Board Committees made up of the following members:

Strategic Planning Committee:

Chairman – Vladimir Lisin, members: Oleg Bagrin, Vladimir Skorokhodov, Benedict Sciortino (independent director), Karl Doering, Karen Sarkisov, Helmut Wieser (independent director), Franz Struzl (independent director) and Alexey Lapshin.

Audit Committee:

Chairman – Benedict Sciortino (independent director), members: Franz Struzl (independent director), Karl Doering, Nikolai Gagarin and Karen Sarkisov.

Human Resources, Remuneration, and Social Policies Committee:

Chairman – Vladimir Lisin, members: Oleg Bagrin, Vladimir Skorokhodov and Alexey Lapshin.

The Board of Directors appointed the following to the Management Board:

– Oleg Bagrin, President (Chairman of the Management Board)

– Alexander Buraev, Director, Long Products and Metalware

– Brijesh Garg, Vice President, Procurement

– Alexander Gorshkov, Vice President, Head of Iron Ore Division

– Yuri Larin, Vice President, Technology Development & Operational Efficiency

– Alexander Saprykin, Vice President, Strategic Raw Materials Division

– Alexander Sapronov, Vice President, Logistics

– Grigory Fedorishin, Vice President, Finance

– Sergey Filatov, Novolipetsk Managing Director

– Stanislav Tsyrlin, Vice President, HR & Management System

About NLMK

NLMK is a vertically integrated steelmaking company with production facilities in Russia, Europe, and the USA. Its operating units have a crude steel production capacity in excess of 15 mt/y. The company generated USD 12.2 billion in revenue and USD 1.9 billion in EBITDA in 2012. NLMK’s ordinary shares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MICEX-RTS) and its global depositary shares on the London Stock Exchange.