JSC Gazprom’s headquarters has hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee and Marcel Ospel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of UBS AG.

Alexey Miller informed Marcel Ospel of Gazprom’s strategy in international financial markets. The parties addressed the prospects for cooperation between Gazprom and UBS in that direction.

The meeting also discussed issues in relation to Gazprom’s buying into energy assets and pertinent opportunities emerging for further development of the Company.

A. Miller and M. Ospel exchanged opinions regarding the experience of interaction between Gazprom and UBS as well as potential ways for deeper mutually beneficially cooperation.

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UBS AG is the world’s leading financial institution with the market capitalization, share capital and overall assets making up over US $90 bln, US $32 bln and US $1.5 trln, respectively.

UBS is a global pacesetter in terms of the total amount of the Russian issuers’ shares and related instruments placed worldwide between 1995 and 2005 as well as a prominent player in the secondary market of trading operations with Gazprom’s ADRs.

The UBS Group’s investment banking is overseen by UBS Investment Bank, a transnational company running business in 30 countries of the world. UBS Investment Bank has over 8,000 corporate clients worldwide and over 5,700 institutional customers representing prominent asset management foundations, insurance companies, pension funds and banks.

In Russia UBS Investment Bank operates through its wholly owned subsidiary Brunswick UBS.