OREANDA-NEWS. February 10, 2012. NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) and the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region’s (“YNAO”) Administration signed an addendum to their existing Cooperation Agreement (the “Agreement”) covering the period from 2012 to 2015. The document was signed by the Chairman of NOVATEK’s Management Board, Leonid Mikhelson, and the YNAO Governor, Dmitriy Kobylkin.

The Agreement provides for the strengthening and further development of the social and economic partnership between the Company and the Region as well as the creation of favorable conditions for the resolution of certain social problems in the YNAO.

During the signing of the Agreement, Mr. Mikhelson noted that “a stable and mutually beneficial partnership with the YNAO is a Company priority and we will continue to work to strengthen our existing partnership relations.”