Oao Gazprom - Notice of Meeting
RNS Number:1101Z Oao Gazprom 26 May 2004 Information Statement on the Holding of an Annual General Shareholders'
Meeting of OAO Gazprom The Board of Directors of Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom (the company is located at: 16
Nametkina st., Moscow, Russian Federation) informs of the holding of OAO Gazprom's annual General
Shareholders' Meeting on June 25, 2004. The meeting will be held at the location of the Company in the conference
hall of the CD Building. The meeting win begin at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held in the form of a joint presence of
shareholders to discuss the items of the agenda and adopt decisions on matters put to vote. The list of shareholders
entitled to participate in the annual General Shareholder' Meeting has been drawn up on the basis of the OAO
Gazprom shareholders' register as of the end of the operation day of May 7, 2004. Participants in the meeting will
be registered by the Counting Commission on June 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on June 25 from 9 a.m. at: Conference
Hall of the CD Building, 16 Nametkina st., Moscow, Russian Federation. Phone number of the Counting commission is (095)
719-40-15. In order to be registered, a meeting participant shall produce: - a shareholder (physical person) - an
identifying document; - a representative of a shareholder (physical person) - a power of attorney issued by the
shareholder and a document identifying the representative; - a representative of a shareholder (legal entity) - a power
of attorney issued by the legal entity and a document identifying the representative; - head of a legal entity that is a
shareholder in the company - a document confirming his/her authority to participate in the meeting and an identifying
document; - successors to persons included in the list of persons entitled to participate in the meeting shall also
produce documents confirming their powers as successors, As of May 7, 2004, the OAO Gazprom shareholders' register
includes around 500 thousand share owners; residing in the Russian Federation and abroad, which makes it difficult for
all of the shareholders to participate in the meeting. Considering the above, it is recommended that shareholders
exercise their right to participate in the annual General Shareholders' Meeting through their representatives
authorized by written powers of attorney or by delivering filled-in voting ballots to the Company. Ballots may be sent
by mail or delivered personally to the following address: OAO Gazprom, 16 Nametkina st., Moscow. V- 420, GSP-7, 117997.
Only ballots received by the Company prior to 6.00 p.m. on June 22, 2004 will be taken into account in determining
whether the quorum is present at the meeting and in drawing up the results of the vote. Agenda of the Meeting: 1.
Approval of the annual report, the annual accounting statements, including the profit and loss report (profit and loss
accounts) of the Company, as well as distribution of profit, including payment (declaration) of dividends, and losses of
the Company based on the results of the fiscal year. 2. The amount of, time for and form of payment of annual dividends
on the Company's shares. 3. Remuneration of members of the Board of Directors and Audit Commission of the Company
4. Approval of the Company's external auditor. 5. Introduction of amendments and additions No. 1 to the Charter of
the Company. 6. Introduction of amendments and additions No. 2 to the Charter of the Company. 7. Introduction of
amendments and additions No. 3 to the Charter of the Company. 8. Election of members of the Board of Directors of the
Company. 9. Election of members of the Audit Commission of the Company. 10. Approval of interested-party transactions
that may be entered into by OAO Gazprom in the future in the ordinary course of business. The information (materials) to
be made available in preparation for the meeting may be reviewed starting from June 5 at the premises of OAO Gazprom at
the following address: 16 Nametkina st., Moscow, Russian Federation; at the regional depositaries of AB Gazprombank
(ZAO) and at the specialized registrar (the holder of the register) at the following address: 71/32
Novocheryomushkinskaya st., Moscow, 117420; the shareholders who are OAO Gazprom employees may also review the materials
at the place of their employment. Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom Recommendations of the Company's Board of
Directors on the distribution of profit, including the size of dividend on the Company's shares and the procedure
for payment thereof based on the results of the fiscal year The Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom recommends that the
annual General Shareholders' Meeting pass a decision to pay annual dividends based on the results of the
Company's activities in 2003 in the amount of 0.69 rubles per ordinary share with a face value of 5 rubles and set
December 31, 2004 as the date of completion of dividend payments. The dividends have been calculated in accordance with
OAO Gazprom's dividend policy approved by Decision of the Board of Directors No. 219 dated April 24, 2001. This
information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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