Information for depositors:

Residents of the Russian Federation
Provided that they are not controlled by foreign entities associated with foreign countries involved in unfriendly acts towards the Russian Federation, Russian legal entities and individuals (1)
Friendly non-residents
not deemed foreign creditors under with cl. 1 of Executive Order of the President of the RF No. 95 dated 5 March 2022 “On a Temporary Procedure for Meeting Obligations to Certain Foreign Creditors”

When issuing an instruction to debit (incl. transfer) PJSC Gazprom shares, the Customer should also provide:

1. Confirmation of availability of depositary receipts issued for PJSC Gazprom shares on your account with a foreign entity (broker/depository) on or after 21 November 2022.

The confirmation of DRs availability may be provided in the form of an account statement (a copy thereof), or an account status report (a copy thereof), or a printed image of an electronic document confirming the account status as it appears in the Customer’s personal account on the website of the foreign broker/depository.

The document provided to Bank GPB (JSC) must contain the following:

  • information on the account owner (for individuals: last name, first name and patronymic (if any); for legal entities: name of the legal entity);
  • name of the foreign entity, which keeps record of the depositary receipts;
  • number of the account, where the depositary receipts are kept record of;
  • depositary receipts ISIN;
  • depositary receipts quantity;
  • the date of issuance of the depositary receipts statement.

If you are unable to provide a document, which confirms availability of depositary receipts on your account on or after 21 November 2022, you should accompany your instruction to debit (incl. transfer) PJSC Gazprom shares with a written explanation of why the said document cannot be provided and attach supporting documents (such as correspondence with the broker about their refusal to issue a document, etc.).

2.  Document certifying that you were the holder of the depositary receipts issued for PJSC Gazprom shares before 1 March 2022, such as a securities account statements (copies thereof), broker reports (copies thereof), or sale and purchase agreements (copies thereof).

The decision on whether the instruction to debit (incl. transfer) PJSC Gazprom shares submitted to Bank GPB (JSC) can be executed will be made in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation and the regulations of the Bank of Russia; meaning, among other things, that in the absence of the said confirmation document any transactions to debit (incl. transfer) PJSC Gazprom shares from your securities account will be restricted in accordance with the regulations of the Bank of Russia.

Documents provided to Bank GPB (JSC) may be prepared either in Russian or in a foreign language. If a document is issued in a foreign language (other than English), Bank GPB (JSC) should also be provided with a translation into Russian.

Instructions and documents should be submitted to Bank GPB (JSC) in person during a visit to the office of Bank GPB (JSC) where depository services are provided. 

To receive dividends for the first half of 2022 on PJSC Gazprom shares obtained as a result of the declarative (forced) conversion of depositary receipts you need to send a corresponding request/appeal in free form to the depository of GPB Bank (JSC).

After receiving confirmation of payment from the Issuer and the corresponding amount of money, the dividends will be credited to your bank account specified in your banking details questionnaire (which was included in the set of documents required for the declarative (forced) conversion).

Please note that debiting of PJSC Gazprom shares will be performed in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation and the regulations of the Bank of Russia, and subject to the following restrictions imposed by the Bank of Russia:

  • in the amount not to exceed 0.2% of the amount of PJSC Gazprom shares received by the depositor after the date, when PJSC Gazprom shares were credited to the depositor’s account, up to the date preceding the date of the debit (transfer) transaction; or
  • in the amount not to exceed 5% of the amount of PJSC Gazprom shares received by the depositor after the date, when PJSC Gazprom shares were credited to the depositor’s account, up to the date preceding the date of the debit (transfer) transaction, if the deponent provides representations. In addition to the representations, the depositor may submit other supporting documents (such as securities account statements, broker’s purchase reports, purchase and sale agreements). 

To file instructions or documents, or to receive reports and statements, you or your representative (acting on the basis of a properly executed power of attorney specifying the required powers) should personally visit any convenient office of Bank GPB (JSC), where depository services are provided.

Documents
(1) including but not limited to foreign individuals who are citizens of such countries, and foreign entities which have a place of incorporation, principal place of business or place where most of their income is generated in such countries