Board Members Nominations

2 Feb 2007 16:14

O.A.O. Tatneft02 February 2007 2 February 2007 On 1 February 2007, OAO Tatneft issued the following press-release: The Board of Directors approves nominations to the Board for the Annual Shareholders Meeting of OAO Tatneft On 1 February 2007, the Board of Directors of OAO Tatneft (the "Company")approved the following candidates to the Board of Directors of the Companyproposed by shareholders for the election at the annual shareholders meeting ofthe Company: Radik Raufovich Gaizatullin Minister of Finance of the Republic of TatarstanSushovan Ghosh Managing Director of SGI Group Ltd.Nail Gabdulbarievich Ibragimov First Deputy General Director of Production of OAO Tatneft, Chief EngineerRais Salikhovich Khisamov Deputy General Director of OAO Tatneft, Chief GeologistVladimir Pavlovich Lavushchenko Deputy General Director for Economics of OAO TatneftNail Ulfatovich Maganov First Deputy General Director of OAO Tatneft, Head of Oil and Refined Products Sales DepartmentRenat Halliulovich Muslimov State Counsel to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan for the Use of Subsoil, Oil and GasRenat Kasimovich Sabirov Counsel for Oil, Gas and Chemical Complex to the Prime-Minister of the Republic of TatarstanValery Yurievich Sorokin General Director of SvyazinvestneftekhimShafagat Fahrazovich Takhautdinov General Director of OAO TatneftMirgazian Zakievich Taziev Head of the Almetievneft NGDU of OAO TatneftValery Pavlovich Vasiliev Minister of Land and Property Relations of the Republic of TatarstanMaria Leonidovna Voskresenskaya Director of Brentcross Ltd.David William Waygood Director of Waygood Limited The Board of Directors of the Company approved the following candidates to theRevision Committee of the Company proposed by shareholders for the election atthe annual shareholders meeting of the Company: Nazilya Faizrakhmanovna Galieva Economist of Control and Revision Department of OAO TatneftFerdinand Renatovich Galiullin Chief Accountant of the Dzhalilneft NGDU of OAO TatneftVenera Gibadullovna Kuzmina Economist of normative research station of OAO TatneftNikolai Kuzmich Lapin Head of Control and Revision Department of OAO TatneftMarsel Masgutovich Muradymov Chief Accountant of the Yamashneft NGDU of OAO TatneftLilya Rafaelovna Rakhimzyanova Head of the Oil Production Section with the Ministry of Economy and Industry of the Republic of TatarstanAlfiya Azgarovna Sinegaeva Deputy Head for Economics of Almetyevsk Department for Oil Enhanced Recovery and Capital Repair of Oil Wells of OAO TatneftTamara Mikhailovna Vilkova Deputy Chief Accountant of OAO Tatneft, Deputy Head of the Accounting Department of OAO Tatneft The Board of Directors also acknowledged that the following persons wereappointed as the Representatives of the Republic of Tatarstan pursuant to theexercise of the Golden Share rights of the Tatarstan Government: to the Board of Directors of the Company - Rustam Nurgalievich Minnikhanov, thePrime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan; to the Revision Committee of the Company - Marat Mikhailovich Afanasiev, Head ofDepartment of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan. Forward-looking statements: This press-release may contain certainforward-looking statements of OAO Tatneft. OAO Tatneft does not guaranteeoccurrence of any events mentioned in such statements as well as term of theiroccurrence. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange