OREANDA-NEWS. Today, the Board of Directors of JSOC Bashneft has considered matters related to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held on March 11, 2015.

Based on a proposal put forward by the Federal Agency for State Property Management, the Board of Directors has nominated the following candidates to the new Board of Directors:

Charles Watson, member of the Board of Directors of KAZ Minerals Pls, independent director;

Evgeny Guryev, Minister of Land and Property Relations of the Republic of Bashkortostan;

Maurice Dijols, member of the Board of Directors of IG Seismic Services, independent director;

Anthony Considine, Director of Considine Solutions Pty Ltd, independent director;

Alexander Korsik, President, Chairman of the Management Board of JSOC Bashneft;

Rustem Mardanov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan;

Viktor Orlov, President of Non-Governmental Organization Russian Geological Society;

Vitaly Sergeychuk, Head of Department at the Federal Agency for State Property Management;

Alexey Teksler, First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation;

Yury Shafranik, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CJSC Inter-State Oil Company Soyuzneftegaz.

The Board of Directors has recommended the Meeting of Shareholders to set the number of Board members at 10 persons.