The Board of Directors of the company defined the date, time, location and agenda of the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting at the meeting on May 6.

The Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting IDGC of the North-West, JSC will take place on the 24th of June of 2010 in Saint Petersburg by way of collective meeting. The company’s Board of Directors defined the date, time, location and agenda of the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting at the meeting on May 6.
In particular the issues of the approval of financial statements for 2009, the election of a new staff of the Board of Directors, the Auditing Committee and an auditor for 2010 are included in the agenda of the shareholders’ meeting. The redrafted Charter of the Entity is also planned to be approved.

The Board of Directors of IDGC of the North-West, JSC recommended the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting not to pay out dividends by equity shares for 2009.

The list of persons having a right to participate in the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of IDGC of the North-West, JSC is composed as of May 12 of 2010.