ThePressServicewouldliketoannouncethechangeoftheCompany officialnametoPublicJointStockCompany“Oilcompany “LUKOIL” (orPJSC“LUKOIL”).

Thenamewaschangedin order to bring it intocompliancewiththe norms of Chapter 4 of the Russian Federation Civil Code. The amendments and addenda to the Charter of the Open Joint Stock Company “Oil company “LUKOIL”, approved by the Annual General Shareholders Meeting on 25 June 2015 and requiring, among other things, that the Company firm name be changed, obtained registration on 6 July 2015.