Gazprom to hold annual General Shareholders Meeting

The Company's annual General Shareholders Meeting will be convened in the Gazprom headquarters (16 Nametkina Street, Conference Hall, Bldg 2) on June 29, 2012, at 10:00 am Moscow time. Registration of the shareholders for the Meetings is to be carried out at the same address on June 27 (from 10 am to 5 pm) and on June 29 (from 9 am).

Media will have the opportunity to shoot video and photos of the annual General Shareholders Meeting opening ceremony. The Meeting will be broadcast live from the Press Center. After the Meeting (around 4 pm) reporters and representatives from investment & finance companies will have the opportunity to participate in the final Press Conference by the Chairmen of the Company's Board of Directors and Management Committee.

Accreditation of reporters and representatives from investment & finance companies for the Meeting will be held on June 25 and 26, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in the Gazprom headquarters at 16 Nametkina Street, Bldg 2, Room 334.

Travel route: ride the 1st car of the train going from downtown to the Noviye Cheryomushki subway station, then take a No.60 trolley to the Novocheryomushkinskaya Ulitsa bus stop. Reporters are to show their editorial ID cards and passports in order to be admitted inside the building.

Accreditation via phone, fax or e-mail is not allowed.

Due to the limited space of the Meetings Press Center, each media outlet registered in the Russian Federation can receive accreditation for not more than 1 reporter and 1 photographer. Accredited camera crews should not exceed 3 persons.

During the accreditation procedure media and representatives from investment & finance companies will receive the Meeting-related information materials and accreditation badges. Access to Gazprom's premises without the badges will be denied on the day of the Meeting.

Camera people will be admitted into the Meetings Hall from 9:00 am to 9:30 am. The rest of accredited reporters and representatives from investment & finance companies will be able to enter the Meeting Press Center from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Since it is not clear when the Meeting is over, reporters and representatives from investment & finance companies will have the opportunity to leave Gazprom's premises and return by the commencement of the final Press Conference.

Phone numbers at the accreditation desks: +7 (495) 718-58-68, +7 (495) 718-63-77.

Accreditation via couriers will only be possible in case a power of attorney on the sealed editorial office (corporate) form is available.