Bashneft’s Board of Directors recommends interim dividends of 199 roubles per share

The Board of Directors decided to recommend that the General Meeting of Shareholders should approve dividend payments for the nine months of 2013 amounting to 199 roubles per ordinary registered share and per preferred registered share of JSOC Bashneft. Thus, if the Meeting of Shareholders gives its approval, about 45.25 billion roubles will be allocated for interim dividend payments.

Earlier, in June 2013, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Bashneft decided to pay dividends for 2012 amounting to 24 roubles per ordinary registered share and per preferred registered share of JSOC Bashneft. Dividend payments totalling about 5.32 billion roubles were made in August 2013.

The Board of Directors also decided that Bashneft Investments S.A., Bashneft’s wholly owned subsidiary, should have a stake in the authorized share capital of JSOC Bashneft. In accordance with this decision, Bashneft Investments S.A. will exercise its right to buy back 832,082 ordinary shares and 4,730,528 preferred shares of JSOC Bashneft from United Platform S.A. (Luxembourg) for up to US$ 260 million.

The said shares of Bashneft comprising about 2.45% of its authorized share capital were bought back by the Company as part of its reorganization in 2012. In June 2013 these blocks of shares were sold to United Platform S.A. for US$ 257 million in order to optimize Bashneft’s financial investments; Bashneft was granted the right to buy back these shares within six months after making the transaction.