OAO TMK's board of directors has nominated the following candidates to the board of directors: Dmitry Pumpyanskiy, Alexander Shiryaev, Andrey Kaplunov, Sergey Papin, Igor Khmelevsky, Mikhail Alekseev, Alexander Shokhin, Bob Foresman, Peter O'Brien, Elena Blagova, Oleg Schegolev.

TMK's Board of Directors has also recommended that the AGM adopt a resolution to pay dividends for 2012 in the amount of RUB 0.84 per ordinary share of TMK stock. Total dividends will amount to RUB 787,572,318.96 (approximately USD 25.1 million) and will be paid out by August 23, 2013.