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June 25 2004 17:00

GAZPROM’S ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING ELECTED NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Based on the voting held during Gazprom’s Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting, 11 people were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors.

The newly elected members of the Board of Directors were voted for in the following way:

1.

Ananenkov Alexander Georgievich

Deputy Chairman of Gazprom’s

Management Committee

20,589,798,371

2.

Bergmann Burckhard

Chairman of the Management Committee of Ruhrgas AG

19,035,855,019

3.

Gazizullin Farit Rafikovich

 

21,243,124,028

4.

Gref German Oskarovich

Economic Development and Trade Minister of the Russian Federation

20,752,201,872

5.

Karpel Elena Yevgenievna

Head of Gazprom’s Economic Expertise and Pricing Department

20,293,612,981

6.

Medvedev Dmitry Anatolievich

Head of the Presidential Administration of
the Russian Federation

22,124,427,821

7.

Miller Alexey Borisovich

Gazprom’s Management Committee Chairman

22,216,091,884

8.

Sereda Mikhail Leonidovich

Head of Gazprom’s Management Committee Administration

21,708,846,166

9.

Fedorov Boris Grigorievich

Gazprom’s Shareholder

17,408,204,681

10.

Khristenko Viktor Borisovich

Industry and Energy Minister of the Russian Federation

20,640,405,604

11.

Yusufov Igor Khanukovich

 

20,541,513,389

48,510,123 shareholders voted against all candidates and 15,342,374 abstained from voting.

The Meeting also re-elected the 9-member Auditing Commission and ratified a handful of transactions of corporate interest, to be potentially executed by the Company while carrying on usual business.

At the same time, the Meeting did not approve amendments to the Company’s Articles of Association, brought forward by a group of shareholders holding a total of 2.29% of corporate shares.

INFORMATION DIVISION, OAO GAZPROM