Gazprom's Board of Directors to convene February 22

An ordinary meeting of Gazprom’s Board of Directors will convene on 22 February 2005, at 3:00 pm Moscow time. The meeting agenda will be as follows:

• wholesale gas market;
• improving the Regulations governing independent gas producers’ access to Gazprom’s gas mains;
• approving the Guidelines for Gazprom’s corporate data disclosure;
• amending the Regulations on the preparation and submission of materials for Gazprom’s Board of Directors’ meetings;

Issues relative to the approval of the transactions being at the Board of Directors’ discretion are planned to be addressed, as well.

Information Directorate, OAO Gazprom