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NOVATEK Board of Directors recommends 2007 dividend
Moscow, 21 April 2008. OAO NOVATEK (the «Company») today announced the results of its Board of Directors (the «Board») meeting to recommend to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders («AGM») to approve dividend payments on the Company’s shares in the amount of RR 1.52 per one ordinary share. The Board’s Corporate Governance Committee recommended the dividend payment based on NOVATEK’s annual results for 2007 prepared in accordance to Russian accounting standards.
The total dividend distribution per ordinary share for 2007 recommended for approval at the AGM, including interim dividends paid for six months of 2007, amounts to RR 2.35 per one ordinary share.
The Company’s AGM will take place on 23 May 2008. Shareholders of record at the close of business on the 10 April 2008 will be entitled to receive dividends and to participate in the Company’s AGM.
PAO NOVATEK is one of the largest independent natural gas producers in Russia, and in 2017, entered the global LNG market by successfully launching the Yamal LNG project. Founded in 1994, the Company is engaged in the exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. Upstream activities of the Company’s subsidiaries and joint ventures are concentrated mainly in the prolific Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, which is the world’s largest natural gas producing area and accounts for approximately 80% of Russia’s natural gas production and approximately 15% of the world’s gas production. NOVATEK is a public joint stock company established under the laws of the Russian Federation.