16 Apr 2009 07:00
NCSPΒ announcesΒ AGMΒ Date, DividendΒ Recommendations and Record Date
16Β AprilΒ 2009
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (LSE: NCSP, RTS and MICEX: NMTP) today announces that its Annual general meeting of shareholders (AGM) will be held on June 5 2009 at 12:00 am (Moscow time) at 16 Portovaya street, Novorossiysk, Russia.
RecordΒ dateΒ forΒ AGMΒ isΒ 20Β April 2009.
Voting ballots may be submitted until two days prior to AGM date.
The Agenda of the AGM:
1)Β Approval of the Annual report (unconsolidated).2)Β ApprovalΒ ofΒ theΒ AnnualΒ financialΒ accountsΒ (unconsolidated)Β including the Profit and Loss statement.3)Β ApprovalΒ ofΒ Distributions of ProfitΒ (unconsolidated)Β ofΒ 2008.4)Β ApprovalΒ ofΒ theΒ amountΒ and terms of payment ofΒ dividendsΒ of 2008.5)Β ElectionΒ ofΒ theΒ BoardΒ ofΒ directorsΒ (SupervisoryΒ board).6)Β ElectionΒ ofΒ theΒ AuditingΒ commissionΒ members.7)Β ApprovalΒ ofΒ theΒ Auditor.8)Β ApprovalΒ ofΒ compensationsΒ toΒ membersΒ ofΒ theΒ BoardΒ ofΒ directorsΒ andΒ members of theΒ Auditing commission.
Proposed distribution of 2008Β profitsΒ and terms of dividend payment:
Further information related to the AGM will be made available at NCSP website atΒ www.nmtp.infoΒ in Russian and will be provided to depositary receipt holders via J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. as depositary.
About NCSP
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port is the largest Russian port operator in terms of cargo turnover.Β Group'sΒ consolidated cargo turnover in 2008 totaled 81.6Β million tonnes.
NCSP shares are traded Russia's RTS and MICEX exchanges (NMTP)Β as wells asΒ on the London Stock Exchange (NCSP)Β in form of GDRsΒ (75 shares per GDR). Consolidated revenue to IFRS for the 9 months of 2008 totaled $487.560 million, EBITDA - $251.093 million, net profit - $106.335 million.
NCSP Group includes the following stevedore companies: PJSC NCSP, PJSCΒ Novorossiysk Grain Terminal, OJSC Novorossiysk Ship Repair Yard, PJSC NCSP Fleet, OJSCΒ Novoroslesexport, OJSC IPP, and Baltic Stevedoring Company Ltd.
For more information please contact:Tel.: +7 (495) 783-5434IR@nmtp.info
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