OREANDA-NEWS.  On 03 March 2008 was announced, that in accordance with Uralsvyazinform’s charter the procedure had been completed to nominate appointees to the Board of Directors and audit committee to be elected at the company’s annual shareholder meeting.

After having reviewed the applications submitted to verify compliance with the provisions of the company’s charter, Uralsvyazinform’s Board of Directors decided to add to the board member list to be elected at Uralsvyazinform’s 2008 annual general shareholders meeting the following nominees:

Full name 
Position held

Boris Dmitrievich Antonyuk 
Deputy Telecom Minister of the Russian Federation

Mikhail Vladimirovich Batmanov 
Department Head at Svyazinvest’s Corporate Governance and Legal Division

Yury Alexandrovich Bilibin 
First Deputy General Director at Sky Link

Vladislav Victorovich Brylkov 
First Deputy General Director at Lider (a company that manages the private pension fund’s assets)

Anatoly Anatolievich Gavrilenko 
General Director at Lider (a company that manages the private pension fund’s assets)

Alla Borisovna Grigorieva 
Deputy Director of the Corporate Governance and Legal Department at Svyazinvest

Vladimir Vladimirovich Dudchenko 
Director for operations at the Moscow representative office of NCH Advisors, Inc.

Gennaday Victorovich Zheltyakov 
Aide to Svyazinvest CEO

Oleg Borisovich Zyuzin 
Head of the IT Department at Lider (a company that manages the private pension fund’s assets)

Elena Vladimirovna Ilyina 
General Director at Specialized Registrar Infinitum

Alexander Borisovich Kalin 
General Director of Alor Group

Sergey Mikhailovich Kerber 
Director for Investments at Lider (a company that manages the private pension fund’s assets)

Andrey Anatolievich Kokin 
Deputy General Director – Director for Development at Lider (a company that manages the private pension fund’s assets)

Olga Grigorievna Koroleva 
Chief Accountant at Svyazinvest

Mikhail Evgenievich Molchanov 
General Director of Alor Plus

Pavel Igorevich Prass 
Director for Strategic Development at Specialized Registrar Infinitum

Elena Nikolaevna Sadova 
General Director at Alor Invest

Yuliana Yurievna Sokolenko 
Deputy Director – Department Head at Svyazinvest;s External Communications Department

Vladimir Anatolievich Statjin 
General Director of the Association for the Protection of Shareholder Interests of Enterprises and Institutions

Dmitry Yurievich Tushunov 
Head of the Analytical Department – Chief Economist at Lider (a company that manages the private pension fund’s assets)

Anatoly Yakovlevich Ufimkin 
UralsvyazinformCEO

Sergey Valerievich Chernogorodsky 
Director of Svyazinvest’s Equity and Property Department

Evgeny Alexandrovich Chechelnitsky 
Deputyto SvyazinvestCEO

Anton Anatolievich Shchegolikhin 
Svyazinvest’s executive director

Nominees to be elected to Uralsvyazinform’s audit committee are as follows:

 
Full name 
Position held

Valentina Fyodorovna Veremyanina 
Deputy Department Head at Svyazinvest’s Corporate Governance and Legal Division

Yan Sergeyevich Grinchenko 
Senior Specialist of Svyazinvest’s Corporate Governance and Legal Department

Svetlana Fedorovna Kartuzova 
Senior Specialist at Svyazinvest’s Department of Accounting, Tax and Statistical Records

Elena Olegovna Konkova 
Senior Specialist of Svyazinvest’s Internal Audit Department

Ivan Vladimirovich Topolya 
Deputy Chief Accountant at Svyazinvest

Olga Sergeyevna Chetverkina 
Senior Specialist of Svyazinvest’s Internal Audit Department

Dmitry Alexandrovich Shorokhov 
Deputy Head of Svyazinvest’s Economy and Finance Department

Shareholders and groups of shareholders that own no less than 2% of Uralsvyazinform’s shares have the right to nominate appointees to the Board of Directors and the audit committee. According to the Charter of Uralsvyazinform, the Board of Directors of the company consists of 11 members and the audit committee of 7 members.