Gazprom to hold annual General Shareholders Meeting

On June 27, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time, Gazprom's Headquarters (16 Nametkina Street, Conference Hall, CD Building) will convene the Company’s annual General Shareholders Meeting. Registration of the shareholders is to be carried out there on June 25 (from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and on June 27 (from 9 a.m.).

Media will have the opportunity to shoot video and photos of the Shareholders Meeting opening ceremony. Live broadcasting of the Meeting will be arranged in the Press Center. After the Meeting (approximately at 3:00 p.m.) reporters and representatives of investment & finance companies will have the opportunity to participate in the final Press Conference by the Chairmen of the Gazprom Board of Directors and Management Committee.

Accreditation of media and representatives of investment & finance companies for the Meeting will be held on June 23-24, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Gazprom Headquarters located at: 16 Nametkina Street, CD Building, Room 334. /How to get to the venue: ride the 1st subway car of the train going from downtown to the Noviye Cheryomushki station, then take a #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./

Due to limited space of the Meeting Press Center, each RF-registered media outlet 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 of 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 Meeting Hall from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. All other accredited reporters and representatives of investment & finance companies will be able to enter the Meeting Press Center from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Since it is not clear when the Meeting is over, reporters and representatives of 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: 719-87-40, 718-63-77.

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