Moscow, 17 April 2006. OAO NOVATEK (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has scheduled the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “AGM”) on 2 June 2006. The resolutions to be voted on at the AGM include:
- To approve the Company’s Russian statutory accounts and annual report for the year ended 31 December 2005
- To declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December 2005;
- To elect members of the Board of Directors;
- To elect members of the Revision Committee;
- To appoint the Company’s auditor for 2006;
- To approve the Company’s ordinary share split; and
- To approve the amount of remuneration to the members of the Board of Directors.
Shareholders of record at the close of business on 21 April 2006 will be entitled to participate in the Company’s AGM and receive a final dividend.
The Board of Directors will elaborate its recommendations for the AGM agenda at its meeting on the 21 April 2006.
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