18 Jun 2012 09:17

YaNOS to pay 2011 dividends at 1 kopeck only on preferreds

YAROSLAVL. June 18 (Interfax) - Shareholders of Slavneft-YaNOS (Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez) voted at their AGM Friday to pay 2011 dividends on preferred shares at 0.01 ruble per share, YaNOS reported.

Shareholders decided to waive dividends on common shares.

YaNOS sharheolders took the same decision for 2009 and 2010 dividends.

The company will spend 3.1 million rubles on 2011 dividends.

Shareholders elected an 8-member board and a 5-member internal audit commission. The board includes: Larisa Balashova - Gazprom Neft head of subsidiaries and associates and joint companies in the corporate regulation department; Mikhail Davidov - vice president for major projects in refining technology at TNK-BP Management ; Rinat Zubairov - department manager in refining technology at TNK-BP Management and Vitaly Zuber - a department head in refining technology at TNK-BP Management.

The board also includes: Vladimir Konstantinov - the head of the Gazprom Neft economy and investment department; Mikhail Tretyak - refining technology director at TNK-BP Management; Alexander Sannikov - director of the oil refining department at Gazprom Neft and Anatoly Cherner - deputy general director at Gazprom Neft.

Prioritet Consultation and Audit firm was selected to audit the company in 2012.

YaNOS is a subsidiary of Slavneft, which is owned on a 50/50 basis by Russian-British company TNK-BP and Gazprom Neft.