OREANDA-NEWS. June 27, 2011. NOVATEK announced that the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) has approved the election of new members to the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors is comprised of the following members:

Andrei I. Akimov:  Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprombank;

Burckhard Bergmann: member of the Council Presidium of the German-Russian Chamber of Foreign Trade, member of the Advisory Board of the Union of German Science Funds;

Ives Louis Charle Justin Darricarrere: President of Total Exploration& Production;

Mark A. Gyetvay: Deputy Chairman of NOVATEK’s Management Committee;

Leonid V. Mikhelson:  Chairman of NOVATEK’s Management Committee;

Alexander Y. Natalenko:  Chairman of the Board of Directors of NOVATEK, State Prize Laureate and Honored Geologist of the Russian Federation;

Kirill G. Seleznev: member of the Management Committee of Gazprom, Director of Gazprom’s Gas and Liquid Hydrocarbons Marketing and Processing Department and General Director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz;

Gennady N. Timchenko:  member of the Board of Transoil; and

Ruben K. Vardanian:  Chairman of the Board of Directors of Troika Dialog Group.

The Board of Directors is comprised of seven non-executive directors.

Following the EGM, the Board of Directors held its first meeting whereby Alexander Natalenko was elected Chairman of the Board and the members of the three Board committees were elected.

The Strategy and Investments Committee is now comprised of Mark Gyetvay (Chairman), Kirill Seleznev, Gennady Timchenko, Burckhard Bergmann and Ives Louis Darricarrere. The Audit Committee is now comprised of Andrei Akimov (Chairman), Ruben Vardanian and Alexander Natalenko. The Corporate Governance and Remuneration Committee is now comprised ofRuben Vardanian (Chairman), Alexander Natalenko and Burckhard Bergmann.