8 Apr 2009 16:29
PRESS RELEASE
08.04.2009
Moscow
Not for Distribution into the United States
OJSC Gazprom has increased the principal amount of the launched CHF 400m 9% due in 2011 issue up to CHF 500m. All other parameters of the issue remain unchanged.
These materials are not an offer for sale of any securities of OJSC Gazprom in the United States. Any securities of OJSC Gazprom may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. OJSC Gazprom does not intend to register any portion of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of any securities in the United States.
This communication is only being distributed to and directed only at (a) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (b) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (c) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2) of the Order (all such persons mentioned in (a), (b) and (c) together being referred to as "relevant persons"). Any securities mentioned in this communication will only be available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.
This document is not a prospectus and, to the extent that it may constitute an advertisement, it does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase notes or other securities of Gaz Capital S.A. or OJSC Gazprom. Investors should not subscribe for any notes referred to in this document except on the basis of the information contained in the final prospectus relating to the notes. A final prospectus with respect to the notes is expected to be published on or around 22 April 2009. Investors will be able to obtain a copy of them from BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA at address Place de Hollande 2, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland as Swiss Principal Paying Agent and from Gaz Capital S.A. at 2 Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-1115, Luxembourg.
This press release is not a public offer or advertisement of securities in the Russian Federation, and is not an offer, or an invitation to make offers, to purchase any securities in the Russian Federation.
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