JSC SITRONICS (SITRONICS or the “Group”) (LSE:SITR), a leading provider of telecommunications, information technology and microelectronic solutions in Russia and the CIS, with a growing presence in other EEMEA emerging markets, today announced that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) has set a date for an Extraordinary General Meeting of SITRONICS’ Shareholders (“EGM”) for September 28, 2009.

The proposed agenda of the EGM includes the election of the members of the Board of Directors of SITRONICS.

Shareholders registered as at the record date of July 10, 2009 will be eligible to participate and vote at the meeting. The EGM will take place at 3.00 pm Moscow time at the following address: 39/5, 3-ya Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, Building 1, Moscow, 125047, Russia.

Further information with regard to the EGM and other related issues will be available on the Group’s website at www.sitronics.com.

For further information, please visit www.sitronics.com

SITRONICS is a leading provider of telecommunication solutions, including software, equipment and systems integration, IT solutions and microelectronic solutions in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States with a strong presence in Central and Eastern Europe and a growing presence in the Middle East and Africa.

SITRONICS serves over 3,500 clients, maintains offices in 32 countries and exports its products and services to more than 60 countries. SITRONICS has around 10,000 employees of whom approximately 4,500 are involved in research and development.

SITRONICS’ key Telecommunication Solutions operations are based in Prague, Czech Republic and Athens, Greece, while the company’s IT Solutions and Microelectronics divisions are based in Kiev, Ukraine and Zelenograd, Russia respectively.

SITRONICS generated revenues of US$ 214.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and had total assets of US$ 1,743.6 million at the end of the period. SITRONICS is majority owned by Sistema, the largest public diversified corporation in Russia and the CIS, which manages fast growing companies operating in the consumer services sector.

SITRONICS has developed strategic alliances in its home markets with Cisco Systems, STMicroelectronics, Infineon and Giesecke & Devrient in relation to certain products and services. SITRONICS has vendor relationships with Siemens, Ericsson, Motorola, ORACLE, Intel, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft. Key customers include Sistema group companies, such as MTS, Comstar-UTS and MTT, and also OTE, Cosmote, Vodafone, Ericsson, Arcelor Mittal (formerly Mittal Steel) and TCL.

Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of SITRONICS. You can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "will," "could," "may" or "might" the negative of such terms or other expressions. These statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. We do not intend to or undertake any obligation to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, general economic conditions, our competitive environment, risks associated with operating in Russia, rapid technological and market change in our industries, and other factors specifically related to SITRONICS and its operations.