The Board of Directors resolved to convene the annual General Shareholders Meeting of Gazprom on June 27, 2014 in Moscow.

A list of persons entitled to take part in the Shareholders Meeting will be drawn up on the basis of the Gazprom Register of Shareholders at the end of the business day on May 8, 2014.

The Board of Directors approved the lists of nominees for the Gazprom Board of Directors and the Audit Commission, to be voted for at the Shareholders Meeting.

The Board of Directors put the following items on the Shareholders Meeting agenda:

  • approval of the Company's Annual Report;
  • approval of the Company's annual Accounting Statements, including the financial results;
  • approval of the Company's profit distribution based on the results of 2013;
  • on the amount, terms and form of the dividend payment based on the results of 2013 as well as on the date when a list of persons entitled to receive dividends is drawn up;
  • on the remuneration payment to the Board of Directors (Supervisory Council) Members (non-government officials) in the amount prescribed by the Company's regulatory documents;
  • election of the Company's Board of Directors (Supervisory Council) Members;
  • election of the Company's Audit Commission Members;
  • approval of the Company's Auditor;
  • on the remuneration of the Company's Audit Commission Members.
Background

The list of nominees for the Gazprom Board of Directors to be voted for at the annual General Shareholders Meeting, is as follows:

Akimov, Andrey Igorevich Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank (Open Joint Stock Company)

Gazizullin, Farit Rafikovich

Member of the Board of Directors, OAO Gazprom
Zubkov, Viktor Alexeevich Russian Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with Gas Exporting Countries Forum
Karpel, Elena Evgenievna Head of the Pricing and Economic Expert Analysis Department, OAO Gazprom
Kulibaev, Timur Askarovich Chairman of the Legal Entities Association "Kazakhstan Association of Oil, Gas and Energy Sector Organizations (KAZENERGY)", Chairman of the Presidium of the "National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan"
Markelov, Vitaly Anatolyevich Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom
Martynov, Viktor Georgievich Rector of Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Mau, Vladimir Alexandrovich Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Miller, Alexey Borisovich Chairman of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom
Musin, Valery Abramovich Head of the Civil Procedure Department, Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University
Remes, Seppo Juha CEO, Kiuru Partners LLC
Savelyev, Oleg Genrikhovich Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development
Sapelin, Andrey Yurievich First Deputy Chairman - Board Member, State Corporation Vnesheconombank
Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee - Head of the Administration of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom
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