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Information for holders of depositary receipts issued for Shares of Gazprom PJSC (DR)
Dear DR holder,
On April 16, 2022, Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 114-FZ was adopted, which establishes that from April 27, 2022:
1) the circulation outside the Russian Federation of depositary receipts for gazprom's shares (hereinafter referred to as DR, Shares, respectively) shall be terminated;
2) PD holders are not granted the right to vote, dividends are not paid on PD;
3) the right to receive Shares as a result of the conversion of the PD will be available only to persons who are holders of the DR as of 27.04.2022.
On April 29, 2022, Gazprom PJSC sent an instruction to The Bank of New York Mellon to terminate the Deposit Agreement and close the DR Programs.
In this regard, we notify you of the procedure for converting THE DR and providing Shares to persons who are holders of the DR as of 27.04.2022.
In order to convert PD into Promotions, we suggest that you decide on further actions taking into account the following possibilities.
Upon presentation of the PD for conversion, the Shares may be credited to your account (hereinafter referred to as the Account [1])
1) in a foreign depository that has an account of the depot of a foreign nominee holder in the Russian depository
or
2) in the Russian depository
We draw your attention to the fact that in case of servicing your depot account in a foreign depository that has a depot account of a foreign nominee holder in a Russian depository, the personal presence of you or your representative under a power of attorney in the territory of the Russian Federation, including for the purpose of your identification in order to comply with the Federal Law of the Russian Federation dated 07.08.2001 No. 115-FZ "On Counteracting the Legalization (Laundering) of Income, obtained by criminal means, and the financing of terrorism" (hereinafter - the Legislation of the Russian Federation on AML / CFT), the conclusion of a contract or the commission of operations on the depot account is NOT REQUIRED.
To perform an operation to convert PD into Shares, you need to perform the following actions:
Step 1. Contact your broker or depository that records your PD and initiate an instruction to deregister the ADR with the subsequent transfer to Depository Trust Company (DTC) to the following account:
Participant Number:
2504
Account number:
016201
Type of operation:
FOP
Step 2. Send to BNY Mellon the Application for Conversion (hereinafter referred to as TRANSMITTAL LETTER) in PDF format (see Appendix 1), as well as the completed electronic certification form (see Appendix 2), to the e-mail address of the DRsettlements@bnymellon.com.
For up-to-date information from BNY Mellon as a DR Issuer, please visit the Internet resource at www.adrbnymellon.com/, section "Directory – DRs by Country – Russia".
Settlement option 1: in order to receive Shares to a depot account opened in a Russian depository or a foreign depository that has a depot account of a foreign nominee holder in a Russian depository, it is necessary to fill out a TRANSMITTAL LETTER
Settlement option 2: receipt of Shares to the owner's depot account in the depository of Gazprombank
Gazprombank is a Custodian under the Agreement with BNY Mellon on the custody of Shares under gazprom's DR program. To receive shares on the account of the owner's depot opened in the depository of Gazprombank, it is necessary to fill in the TRANSMITTAL LETTER.
Step 3. submit to the Russian or foreign depository where your Account for accounting of Shares is opened, an order to accept Shares.
In case of submitting an order to register Shares under Settlement Option 1, it is necessary to indicate the identification number specified in the details of the calculations (your depository must provide it to you).
If you do not have an Account for crediting Shares, Gazprombank (www.gazprombank.ru), which is a Custodian under the Agreement with BNY Mellon on the custody of Shares under the DR program, in accordance with the decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia dated 29.04.2022, is ready to offer the owners of the DR - persons who are not residents of the Russian Federation, to open an account of the depot of the owner of type "C" for crediting the Shares in a simplified manner.
To open a depot account, the owner of a DR-non-resident of the Russian Federation must fill out a client questionnaire in English (hereinafter referred to as the Client Questionnaire) (the form of the Questionnaire of the client - an individual - a citizen of a foreign state or a stateless person and the form of the Questionnaire of the client - a legal entity, a foreign structure without the formation of a legal entity are attached).
After completing the Customer Questionnaire, you need to sign it with a ballpoint pen, scan or photograph it and send a scanned copy or photo of the completed and signed Client Questionnaire to the e-mail address: depo@gazprombank.ru.
After the acceptance of the Client Questionnaire, you will be opened an account of the depot of the owner of type "C" for accounting of Shares. The details of the account of the depot of type "C" opened in Gazprombank will be sent to the e-mail address specified by you in the Client Questionnaire within 3 working days from the date of opening.
You need to enter the details sent to you for crediting the Shares to TRANSMITTAL LETTER and initiate the conversion of the PD into Shares under Settlement Option 2.
The regime of the depot account opened for you is established by the decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia dated 29.04.2022 and provides for a limited list of crediting/debiting operations.
We draw your attention to the fact that until your identification is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Legislation of the Russian Federation on AML/CFT, the implementation of a number of operations on such accounts will be limited, including limited write-off and crediting operations. Other securities can be credited to the depot of the owner of type "C" opened for you only after identification.
In order to provide documents for identification in accordance with the requirements of the Legislation of the Russian Federation on AML/CFT and to conclude the necessary contracts, you or your representative acting under a power of attorney will need to appear at the office of Gazprombank.
The list of required documents can be found on the Gazprombank website in the section "Depository services", or by writing or calling the specified feedback contacts.
The service office is located at: Moscow, 2nd Verkhny Mikhailovsky proezd, 9, bld.11.
Phones of the unified information service: (495) 913-74-74, 8-800-100-07-01 (the call within the Russian Federation is free).
CONTACTS
FOR FEEDBACK IN CASE OF TRANSFER OF SHARES TO THE DEPOSITORY OF GAZPROMBANK:
Dedicated Email Address: depo@gazprombank.ru
Multichannel phone: +7(495) 913-74-74
Documents
Annex 1
Annex 2
Form Of the Questionnaire of the client - an individual - a citizen of a foreign state or a stateless person
Form Of the Questionnaire of the client - a legal entity, a foreign structure without the formation of a legal entity
[1] If you do not have an Account for crediting Shares, you must first (before carrying out the conversion operation) open such an Account in any Russian depository or in a foreign depository that has a depot account of a foreign nominee holder in a Russian depository.