Gazprom’s Board of Directors’ ordinary meeting will be held on February 4, 2004, at 3 PM Moscow time. The meeting agenda is as follows:

• Preparation for Gazprom’s annual General Shareholders’ Meeting
• Consideration of proposals on candidate nominations for the Company’s Board of Directors and Revision Commission as well as on the agenda of the annual General Shareholders’ Meeting
• Pricing policy of the gas production and transportation subsidiaries
• Gazprom’s export strategy under the European gas market liberalization
• The progress in implementing the Concept for liberalization of Gazprom’s building activities

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