OREANDA-NEWS. June 01, 2011. The Gazprom Board of Directors addressed the issues associated with holding the Company's extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting.

 The Board of Directors formed the Meeting Presidium, approved the format and wording of the ballots for voting on the Meeting agenda issues and the list of information materials to be distributed among Gazprom's shareholders. The materials will be presented at Gazprom premises, at the Company's registrar – SR-DRAGa and in regional depositories of Gazprombank (Open Joint Stock Company) 20 days before the date of the Meeting. The locations of SR-DRAGa and regional depositories were published by the Rossiyskaya Gazeta in the Meeting notice on April 20, 2011.

 The Board of Directors approved the lists of nominees for the Gazprom Board of Directors to be voted for at the Shareholders Meeting.

 Pursuant to the resolution by the Gazprom Board of Directors dated April 19, 2011 the extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting will be convened on June 30, 2011 at the Company's headquarters in Moscow. Such a decision is driven by the need to fulfill the assignments by the Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev to replace government officials on boards of directors in open joint stock companies with independent or representative directors.

 The issues related to early resignation of the Board Members and re-election of the Board of Directors to be held at the annual General Meeting have been submitted for consideration at the extraordinary Meeting.

 The list of nominees for the Gazprom Board of Directors to be voted for at the extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting is as follows: Akimov Andrey Igorevich  Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank (Open Joint Stock Company)
Ananenkov Alexander Georgievich  Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom
Gazizullin Farit Rafikovich  Member of the Board of Directors, Gazprom
Zubkov Viktor Alexeevich  First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Karpel Elena Evgenievna  Head of the Economic Expertise and Pricing Department, Gazprom
 Kulibaev Timur  Chairman of the Management Board, Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund (Joint Stock Company)
 Martynov Viktor Georgievich  Rector of Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education)
 Mau Vladimir Alexandrovich  Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Federal Budget-Funded Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education)
Miller Alexey Borisovich  Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom
Musin Valery Abramovich  Head of the Civil Procedure Department, Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University
Sereda Mikhail Leonidovich  Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Head of the Administration of the Management Committee, Gazprom
Yusufov Igor Khanukovich  Member of the Board of Directors, Gazprom

 Including the government officials – nominees for the Board of Directors: Akimov A. I., Gazizullin F. R., Zubkov V. A., Mau V. A., Miller A. B., Yusufov I. Kh.