TMKS.L Regulatory News (TMKS)

20 Apr 2007 10:06

OAO TMK20 April 2007 April 20, 2007 TMK Announces Top Management Appointments OAO TMK ("TMK" or "the Company"), announced today that it has appointed VladimirShmatovich as its Senior Vice-President for Strategy and Business Development.After leading TMK's IPO as CFO, Mr. Shmatovich will now focus on TMK's strategicdevelopment, including mergers and acquisitions, the Company's capital marketsactivity, and the handling of all external communications, including investorrelations and stock exchange regulatory compliance. Mr. Shmatovich was born in Moscow in 1964. He completed an MBA program in 1993at the University of Notre Dame (IN, USA). Prior to joining TMK in 2005, heworked as CFO in Udmurtneft (Oil &Gas), Director for Financial Control inSIDANCO (Oil & Gas) and CFO of Ruspromauto (Automotive). Tigran Petrosyan, previously Vice-President for Planning and Budgeting, has beenappointed as CFO of TMK to focus on current operational and financialmanagement. Before joining TMK in 2001, Mr. Petrosyan worked as Head of Planningand Budgeting of Volzhsky Pipe Plant. Mr. Petrosyan was born in 1968 andgraduated from Yerevan State University. IAI OIE Founded in 2001, TMK (LSE: TMKS) is the largest pipe producer in Russia and oneof the three global market leaders. TMK GDRs and common shares are traded on theLondon Stock Exchange and Russian Trading System. In 2006 the total volume of pipes shipped reached over 3 million tonnes. TMKsupplies pipes to companies in more than 60 countries. TMK production facilities are located in Russia and Romania: • Volzhsky Pipe Plant; • Seversky Pipe Plant; • Taganrog Metallurgical Works; • Sinarsky Pipe Plant; • Orsk Engineering Plant; • SC TMK-ARTROM SA; • SC TMK-Resita SA. For further information please contact: TMK PR Department:Sergey IlinTel: +7 495 775 7600 ext. 2149Email: pr@tmk-group.com Gavin Anderson & Company:Dick Millard/Robert SpeedTel: +44 207 554 1400Email: tmk@gavinanderson.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange