Board of Directors addresses annual General Shareholders Meeting related issues
Release
A Board of Directors meeting took place at the Gazprom Headquarters.
The Board of Directors resolved to convene the annual General Shareholders Meeting of Gazprom on June 27, 2008 in Moscow.
The list of persons and legal entities entitled to take part in the Shareholders Meeting will be drawn up based on the Gazprom Register of Shareholders to be filed up as of the end of the May 8, 2008 operating day.
The Board of Directors also approved a list of nominees for the Gazprom Board of Directors and Audit Commission, to be voted for at the Shareholders Meeting.
The items included by the Board of Directors in the Shareholders Meeting agenda are as follows:
- approval of the Annual Report;
- approval of Accounting Statements (Profit & Loss Statements inclusive);
- approval of the distribution of profit based on the results of 2007;
- on the amount, time and form of payment of dividends based on the results of 2007;
- election of the Board of Directors Members;
- elections of the Audit Commission Members;
- approval of an auditor;
- on remuneration of the Board of Directors and Audit Commission Members.
Background
The list of nominees for the Gazprom Board of Directors to be voted for at the annual General Shareholders Meeting:
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1. |
Akimov Andrey Igorevich |
Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank (Open Joint – Stock Company) |
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2. |
Ananenkov Alexander Georgievich |
Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom |
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3. |
Bergmann Burckhard |
Board Chairman, E.ON Ruhrgas AG |
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4. |
Dementiev Andrey Vladimirovich |
Deputy Industry and Energy Minister of the Russian Federation |
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5. |
Foresman Robert Mark |
Deputy Managing Director, Renaissance Capital |
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6. |
Fyodorov Boris Grigorievich |
PhD in Economics |
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7. |
Gazizullin Farit Rafikovich |
Member of the Board of Directors, OAO Gazprom |
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8. |
Karpel Elena Evgenievna |
Head of the Economic Expertise and Pricing Department, OAO Gazprom |
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9. |
Khristenko Viktor Borisovich |
Industry and Energy Minister of the Russian Federation |
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10. |
Medvedev Yury Mitrofanovich |
Deputy Head of the Federal Property Management Agency |
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11. |
Miller Alexey Borisovich |
Chairman of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom |
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12. |
Nabiullina Elvira Sakhipzadovna |
Economic Development and Trade Minister of the Russian Federation |
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13. |
Nikolaev Viktor Borisovich |
President, Saint-Petersburg Stock-Exchange |
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14. |
Potyomkin Alexander Ivanovich |
President, ZAO Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange |
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15. |
Sereda Mikhail Leonidovich |
Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Head of Administration, OAO Gazprom |
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16. |
Shokhin Alexander Nikolaevich |
President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers), President, State University – Higher School of Economics |
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17. |
Yasin Evgeny Grigorievich |
Academic Supervisor, State University – Higher School of Economics |
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18. |
Yusufov Igor Khanukovich |
Special Envoy of the Russian Federation President for International Energy Cooperation |
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19. |
Zubkov Viktor Alexeevich |
Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation |
Information Directorate, OAO Gazprom