A regular meeting of the Gazprom Board of Directors will take place on February 4, at 10:00am Moscow time. The meeting agenda is to include the following items:

- on the Company’s annual General Shareholders Meeting related issues;

- on considering the proposals relevant to nominations for the Gazprom Board of Directors and Audit Commission, as well as the agenda items for the Company’s annual General Shareholders Meeting;

- on the Eastern Gas Program implementation;

- information on the work being done to raise the operating efficiency of Gazprom dobycha Yamburg and to optimize (reduce) the company’s costs.