Information Note on the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of OJSC "Oil Company "Rosneft", 30th june 2007
Information for Shareholders’ Meeting
General Shareholders’ Meeting
Rosneft holds annual meeting of shareholders and meeting of the Board of Directors
On June 30, 2007, the annual meeting of Rosneft’s shareholders took place in Moscow, as well as a meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors.
The shareholders meeting approved the Company’s annual report for 2006 and its annual financial statements, which include its profit and loss account and profit distribution. Furthermore, the meeting approved amendments to the Company’s charter and related-party transactions.
The Company’s net profits were confirmed at RUB 213.216 billion, and dividend payments on Rosneft shares for 2006 were approved on the order of RUB 14.096 billion, which works out to RUB 1.33 per ordinary share.
Dividends will be paid by December 31, 2007. The total dividends payment confirmed is the largest in the Company’s entire history, which is a reflection of the growth in the scale of its operations. As part of its development strategy going forward, Rosneft intends to maintain a predictable and well-grounded dividend policy that adheres to the interests of all its shareholders.
The following nine persons were elected to Rosneft’s Board of Directors:
- Kirill Androsov — Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Russia
- Sergey Bogdanchikov — President of Rosneft
- Andrey Kostin — President-Chairman of the Management Board of VTB
- Sergey Naryshkin — Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Chief of Staff for the Cabinet of Ministers
- Alexander Nekipelov — Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Gleb Nikitin — Head of the Federal Agency for the Management of Federal Property
- Andrey Reus — Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy of Russia
- Hans-Joerg Rudloff — Chairman of the Management Board of Barclays Capital Bank
- Igor Sechin — Deputy head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation — aide to the President of the Russian Federation.
The shareholders meeting also elected Rosneft’s Internal Audit Committee, which consists of five members.
CJSC AKG RBS has been confirmed as the auditor of Rosneft’s financial statements under Russian Accounting Standards for 2007.
A decision was also made to amend the Company’s charter to include in its list of activities the utilization of precious metals and stones in technological processes as part of equipment and materials.
Shareholders also approved a number of related-party transactions.
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