Form 8-A

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Mechel Steel Group OAO

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Russian Federation   Not Applicable

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya 12

Moscow 123610

Russian Federation

(Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant’s

Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

to Be so Registered

  

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class Is to Be Registered

Common shares, nominal value 10 rubles per share   New York Stock Exchange*

* The common shares will trade only in the form of American Depositary Shares.

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-119497

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

The Registrant hereby incorporates the description of the securities to be registered by this Form 8-A by reference to the sections captioned “Description of Capital Stock and Certain Requirements of Russian Legislation” and “Description of American Depositary Shares” in the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-119497), as amended, originally publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2004.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Not applicable.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

       

Mechel Steel Group OAO

    
Date: October 22, 2004                                                                                By:  

/s/    Vladimir Iorich  

    
           

Name:

   Vladimir F. Iorich    
           

Title:

   Chief Executive Officer