NLMK Group, the international metals company, continues to implement programmes to support regions and social assistance to current and former employees.

To equip the hospitals in the regions of presence of the company in coordination with the administrations of cities and regions was purchased the most in demand medical equipment and personal protective equipment. In particular,

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36 stationary devices for artificial lung ventilation (ALV) and 20 mobile versions of the ALV for medical transport arrived (part will go to the end of may) in hospitals of Lipetsk and Stary Oskol (Belgorod oblast). The company also transferred the funds to acquire additional 11 inpatient medical ventilators for the regions of presence;

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More than 200 thousand masks and respirators, 11 thousand protective suits and other PPE transferred to the medical institutions of Lipetsk, Yelets and Mud Lipetsk region, Stary Oskol and Belgorod, Belgorod region, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Earrings Sverdlovsk region, Kaluga, Zarinsk, Altai region.

in Addition to helping medical facilities, NLMK is implementing a complex of measures of social assistance to its employees and to the communities in which the enterprises of the company:

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the Company provided a one-time cash assistance to more than 700 families of NLMK Group employees who are raising three or more children under the age of 18 years. Cash assistance will also be given to 200 families with children with disabilities, and staff are single parents.

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, NLMK has allocated funds for food parcels for the residents of the cities of presence, which is currently in need of support: large families raising three or more children under the age of 18, families with children with disabilities, single parents. Residents of Lipetsk, Stary Oskol and Zarinsk will receive about 15 thousand such sets in the near future.

To date, the total amount of funding issued by NLMK Group and its social partner, charity Fund "Mercy", to support regions and social assistance, is about 450 million rubles.

"We continue the systematic work on support with focus on specific challenges and targeted assistance. In the first place, of course it will help to medical institutions. In connection with the coronavirus pandemic has increased the burden on families with children and other vulnerable groups - they are now concentrated our efforts on social assistance", - commented Vice-President for human resources and management systems Mikhail Arkhipov.

the Group also continues to implement the necessary measures to reduce the risk of the spread of coronavirus infection inside the company https://nlmk.com/ru/media-center/news-groups/nlmk-group-sets-aside-funds-to-support-fight-against-covid-19-in-home-regions/. During the period from late March to the present, the expenditure on these activities amounted to RUB 1.25 billion. Thus, the total cost of combating the pandemic COVID-19 and social support for employees and regions of presence, estimated by the company at 1.7 billion RUB.

about the company

NLMK group is a vertically integrated steel company, the largest in Russia and one of the world's most efficient producers of steel products.

NLMK's metal Products are used in various industries, from construction and engineering to power-generating equipment and offshore wind turbines.

the Production assets of NLMK are located in Russia, Europe and the USA. The production capacity of steel companies over 17 million tonnes a year.

Ordinary shares of JSC "NLMK", free float which is 18.6%, are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (Ticker "NLMK"), global Depositary shares on the London stock exchange (Ticker "NLMK:LI"). The share capital of the Company is divided into 5,993,227,240 shares with a par value of 1 Russian ruble.

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