LUKOIL
HOLDS ANNUAL GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
OAO
LUKOIL held its Annual General Shareholders Meeting in Moscow today to approve
the 2010 Annual Report and financial statements based on the fiscal year
results.
In his
address to the Annual General Shareholders Meeting, President of OAO LUKOIL
Vagit Alekperov pointed out, in particular, that LUKOIL’s primary objective, at present, is to shape a new
development strategy based on cash flow growth, higher oil recovery
factor, strict selection of investment projects, innovative development,
maintenance of strong competitive positions and higher profitability and
capitalization of the Company.
The
shareholders approved dividend distribution based on the Company’s performance
in 2010
in the amount of 59 rubles per ordinary share (52 rubles
in 2009).
The
size of remuneration and reimbursement of expenses to the members of the Board
of Directors and the Audit Commission was also approved. ZAO KPMG was approved
as LUKOIL’s independent auditor. The Annual General Shareholders Meeting also
approved a new version of the Company Charter, elected the Board of Directors
and the Audit Commission, approved amendments to the Procedure for Preparing and
Holding the General Shareholders Meeting of OAO LUKOIL and approved an
interested-party transaction.
Vagit
Alekperov was appointed President of OAO LUKOIL by the Annual General Shareholders
Meeting.
The
following Board of Directors of OAO LUKOIL was elected by the
shareholders:
1.
Vagit Yu.
Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL;
2.
Victor V.
Blazheev, Rector of the Moscow State
Academy of
Law;
3.
Valery I.
Grayfer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO
RITEK;
4.
Herman
O. Gref, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sberbank (Savings Bank of the Russian
Federation);
5.
Igor S.
Ivanov, Professor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations,
former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Secretary of the
Security Council of the Russian Federation;
6.
Ravil
U. Maganov,
First Executive Vice President of OAO
LUKOIL;
7.
Richard H.
Matzke, former Vice Chairman of the
Chevron Corporation;
8.
Sergei
A. Mikhailov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kapital Asset Management,
member of the Board of Directors of Kapital Management
Company;
9.
Mark
Mobius, Executive Chairman of Templeton
Emerging Markets Group;
10. Guglielmo
Antonio Claudio Moscato, Chairman and CEO of Gas Mediterraneo & Petrolio,
former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eni SpA, former Chairman and CEO of
Agip SpA;
11. Alexander
N. Shokhin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
(employers), President of the State University – Higher School of
Economics.