The agenda was mainly devoted to a range of issues associated with the Annual General Shareholders Meeting, including:
- preliminary approval of the annual financial statement, the annual accounting reports, which include the company's profits & loss statement and allocation of profits and losses based on 2002 results.
The meeting also examined the report issued by the auditor and auditing committee based on the inspection on the company's 2002 accounting reports.
The Board of Directors recommended to the Annual General Shareholders Meeting that 2002 dividends be paid out as follows:
- Rub 0.206 per each types A preferred share;
- Rub 0.096 per each common share;
The following procedure was established for dividend payout:
- cash form for type A preferred shares until August 23, 2003;
- cash form for common shares until December 31, 2003.
The Board of Directors also approved the agenda for the company's Annual General Shareholder's Meeting, which is to be held June 24, 2003 at 11 o'clock a.m. in Moscow at the following address: Suvorovskaya Ploshad, dom 2, Yekaterinsky dvorets.
The AGM will be recommended to approve ZAO Erntst & Young Vneshaudit as the Company's 2003 auditor.
The procedure was established for shareholder notification and the list of information provided to shareholders in preparation for holding the annual general shareholders meeting, and the procedure for making said information available.
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