Information for insiders

Information disclosure on the website of Interfax News Agency (in Russian)

This section contains information required for the insiders of Gazprom to perform their duties under the current laws of the Russian Federation, the regulatory acts of the Bank of Russia adopted thereunder, and the internal documents of Gazprom on countering the illegal use of insider information and market manipulation, as well as information on the legal consequences of unlawful use of insider information and/or market manipulation by insiders.

According to Article 2 (PDF, 55 KB) of Federal Law No. 224-FZ dated July 27, 2010, on Countering the Illegal Use of Insider Information and Market Manipulation and on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the “Law”), “insider information” means any accurate and specific information that has not been disseminated or disclosed (including data constituting a trade, business, banking or communication secret or other legally protected secret) and that, if disseminated or disclosed, could have a significant impact on the price of securities and derivatives.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Law:

• the Gazprom Board of Directors outlined the Terms and conditions of transactions with financial instruments by individuals and entities included in Gazprom's insiders list and by their affiliated persons (PDF, 390.4 KB) (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms and Conditions”);
• Gazprom issued a relevant Order designating a structural unit to monitor compliance with the Law and the regulatory acts adopted thereunder (hereinafter referred to as the “Monitoring Unit”);

• Gazprom issued relevant Orders approving:

  – the Internal control rules of Gazprom for preventing, identifying and combating illegal use of insider information and/or market manipulation;

  – the Access procedure for insider information of Gazprom and the confidentiality protection rules;

  – the List of insider information of Gazprom (PDF, 58.1 KB).

All individuals and entities included in or removed from the Company's Insiders List are notified thereof in writing by Gazprom.

All individuals and entities included in the Company's Insiders List are subject to restrictions under Article 6 (PDF, 59.6 KB) of the Law and responsibilities set out in Article 10 (PDF, 60.3 KB) of the Law.

The insiders who are specified in Clause 2 of the Terms and Conditions* and their affiliated persons are prohibited from carrying out any transactions with the Company's financial instruments during the “prohibitive (closed) periods” (PDF, 717.1 KB).

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The Monitoring Unit designated by Gazprom can recommend that the insiders who are specified in Clause 2 of the Terms and Conditions* and their affiliated persons refrain from carrying out transactions with the Company's financial instruments during specific periods in addition to those stipulated by the Terms and Conditions.

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To insiders of Gazprom and their affiliated persons (PDF, 234.9 KB)

*The following insiders are specified in Clause 2 of the Terms and Conditions: the Chairman and Members of the Gazprom Board of Directors, the Chairman and Members of the Gazprom Management Committee, Members of the Gazprom Audit Commission, and individuals having access to the insider information of Gazprom on the basis of labor and/or civil law contracts with Gazprom.

Pursuant to Article 10 of the Law, the insiders included in the Company's Insiders List shall upon request of Gazprom submit information on transactions in securities performed by them and on the conclusion of contracts (derivatives), including when said transactions are performed by an intermediary, such as a broker or manager, but on behalf and at the expense of the relevant insider.

Insiders shall submit the information in the timelines specified in the relevant request of Gazprom.

Apart from that, pursuant to Article 93 of Federal Law No. 208-FZ dated December 26, 1995, on Joint Stock Companies, the affiliated persons of Gazprom shall notify the Company in writing of Gazprom's shares owned by them with the indication of the number and categories (classes) of such shares, doing so within not more than 10 days from the date of purchasing the shares (forms of Notifications on affiliate-owned shares of the company (PDF, 65.7 KB)).

Insiders of Gazprom shall also, upon receiving a substantiated written request (inquiry) to that effect from the Bank of Russia, submit the documents, explanations and information in their possession (Article 16 of the Law) in the timelines specified in the relevant request (inquiry).

The basic information for the insiders of Gazprom can be found in the Gazprom Insider Booklet (PDF, 218.8 KB).

Methods and addresses for submitting information and/or notifications to Gazprom:

• Mailing address
  BOX 1255, St. Petersburg, 200961, Russian Federation

• Courier delivery address
  1A Vysotnaya Street, Bldg. 1 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Information and/or notifications may be addressed to Head of Department of Gazprom (Svetlana Antonova).

If the information and/or notification submitted by the insider and/or the affiliated person is issued as a hard-copy document, it shall be signed by the insider and/or by the affiliated person or its authorized representative; if the insider and/or the affiliated person submitting such information and/or notification is a legal entity, the information and/or notification shall bear the signature of the head of such legal entity or its authorized representative and shall contain identifying details of the insider and/or affiliated person.

If the hard copy includes more than one sheet, it shall be bound and paginated, and the back of its last page shall bear an endorsement sticker indicating the number of pages bound in figures and words, the name, patronymic (if any) and surname of the person who filled in and attached the endorsement sticker with the signature of such person affixed on the sticker, and the date on which the endorsement sticker was filled in and attached.

The insider's liability for the illegal use of insider information and/or market manipulation is determined in Article 7 (PDF, 68.9 KB) of the Law.

Moreover, the applicable laws of the Russian Federation provide for:

Administrative sanctions for the illegal use of insider information and/or market manipulation, as per Articles:

• 15.21 (PDF, 261.6 KB) of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation,
• 15.30 (PDF, 54.5 KB) of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation,
• 15.35 (PDF, 62.8 KB) of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.

Criminal sanctions for:

• market manipulation, as per Article 185.3 (PDF, 65.1 KB) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,
• illegal use of insider information, as per Article 185.6 (PDF, 60.5 KB) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

If you are an insider of the Company and you have revealed violations concerning the use of insider information or have any questions concerning the performance of obligations under the Law, please call +7 812 729-30-95.

The contact person is Elena Romanova.