A regular meeting of the Gazprom Board of Directors will take place on October 27, at 1:00pm Moscow time. The meeting agenda is scheduled to include the following items:

• Applying project financing methods in Gazprom;
• Auditing gas, condensate and oil reserves at Gazprom’s fields;
• Gazprom’s international business strategy given the increased role of the Turkish Republic in gas transit operations;
• Increasing the charter capital of AB Gazprombank through additional share issue and placement;
• Agreeing on Gazprom (UK) Ltd.’s acquisition of shares in UrdanetaGazprom-1 S.A. and UrdanetaGazprom-2 S.A. (Venezuela);
• The meeting will also address other matters falling within the remit of the Gazprom Board of Directors.