OREANDA-NEWS. On 16 March 2009 was announced, that in accordance with the Charter of Uralsvyazinform, the procedure for appointing nominees to the board of directors and the audit committee for election at the company’s annual general shareholders meeting, has been completed.

The board of directors of Uralsvyazinform, after verifying queries concerning compliance with the provisions of the company’s Charter, adopted a decision to include in the list for voting at elections to the board of directors at the annual general shareholders meeting of Uralsvyazinform in 2009 the following candidates:

Mikhail Vladimirovich Batmanov, division head of the department of corporate governance and legal support of Svyazinvest;

Vlaislav Viktorovich Brylykov, first deputy general director of Lider (a company involved in asset management of pension fund);

Alla Borisovna Grigorieva, deputy head of the department of corporate governance and legal support of Svyazinvest;

Vladimir Vladimirovich Dudchenko, head of operations at the Moscow representative office of NCH Advisors, Inc.,

Oleg Borisovich Zyuzin, head of information technology department at Lider (a company involved in asset management of pension fund);

Sergey Mikhailovich Kerber, head of the administration for investment projects and programs/managing director of Lider (a company involved in asset management of pension fund);

Olga Grigorievna Koroleva, chief accountant of Svyazinvest;

Sergey Vilenovich Kuznesov, head of investments at the administration for investment projects and programs/managing director of Lider (a company involved in asset management of pension fund);

Eduard Vasilyevich Lebedev, advisor to the general director of Svyazinvest;

Mikhail Alexandrovich Leshenko, advisor to the RF minister of telecommunications;

Mikhail Evgenyevich Molchanov, general director of ALOR +;

Pavel Igoryevich Prass, head of business development at Specialized Depositary Infinitum;

Alexander Yurevich Provotorov, first deputy general director of Svyazinvest;

Vladimir Alexandrovich Rumyantsev, managing director of Gazprombank (open joint stock company);

Vladimir Ilych Rybakin, president of National Multi-Service Networks;

Elena Nikolaevna Sadova, general director of Alor Invest;

Nikolai Alexeyevich Semin, vice-president of private pension fund Gazfond;

Yury Sergeevich Sizov, deputy general director of business strategy at Lider (a company involved in asset management of pension fund);

Vladimir Anatolyevich Statin, general director of non-profit partnership Association for the Protection of the Shareholders of Companies and Organizations (OPIAK);

Dmitry Yurevich Tushunov, head of the analytical department of Lider (a company involved in asset management of pension fund);

Elena Vladimovna, deputy general director of Svyazinvest;

Anatoly Yakovlevich Ufimkin, general director of Uralsvyazinform;

Yury Alexandrovich Shaginov, manager of the administration for investment projects and programs/managing director of Lider (a company involved in asset management of pension fund);

Evgeny Valeryevich Yurchenko, general director of Svyazinvest.

Candidates for the audit committee of Uralsvyazinform:

Irina Alexandrovna Arkhipova, division head in department of economics and finance of Svyazinvest;

Valentina Fedorovna Veremyanina, deputy director of the department of corporate governance and legal support of Svyazinvest;

Svetlana Fedorovna Voronkova, chief expert of the department of accounting, tax and statistical records of Svyazinvest;

Yan Sergeevich Grinchenko, chief expert of the department of corporate governance and legal support of Svyazinvest;

Elena Olegovna Konkova, chief expert of the department of internal audit of Svyazinvest;

Ivan Vladimirovich Topolya, deputy chief accountant of Svyazinvest;

Olga Sergeyevna Chetverkina, chief expert of the department of internal audit of Svyazinvest.

The right to appoint nominees to the board of directors and the audit committee is held by shareholder(s) with a total of at least 2% of the voting shares of Uralsvayzinform. According to the Charter of Uralsvayzinform, the board of directors of the company consists of 11 members, and the audit committee has seven members.