Print version. Information from the Internet portal of TATNEFT Group at www.tatneft.ru

Information disclosure

Principles of information disclosure at OAO TATNEFT

Procedure for information disclosure in OAO TATNEFT is provided according to the effective legislation and the requirements of the stock market, and is regulated by the Provision on Information Policy and the Provision on using insider information and on the procedure of notification about transaction with securities.

The key principles of the Company’s information policy are:

• fairness, expediency and authenticity for all shareholders, investors and other interested parties, as well as control of using the insider information;
• equality of the rights of all shareholders and their representatives in submission of the information to them;
• regularity and timeliness of the information submission;
• authenticity and completeness of the information;
• promptitude and accessibility of disclosed information;
• confidentiality observance with respect to the information, which is part of the state, official, or commercial secrets;
• control over the use of insider information;
• equal availability of information for all shareholders and investors.

Principle of submission of the information on the TATNEFT Group by means of the corporate internet-portal

According to the decision of the Board of Directors, the work on creation of a qualitatively new corporate website of the TATNEFT Group was done in 2008 in coordination of the Information Disclosure Committee and the Information and Analytical Center. The website started working in the test mode in Russian and English versions November 01, 2008. Today the web portal represents a dynamically developing web platform with the most essential information about the Company's activity, which is regularly updated based on annual and quarterly reports.

Information Disclosure Committee

The Information Disclosure Committee has been a permanent committee of the Board of Directors of OAO TATNEFT since 2003. The main objective of the Committee is rendering assistance to the Board of Directors in development, performance, and periodical assessment of the information disclosure tools, being in force in the Company, and control over the procedure of the information disclosure.

The Committee performs its activity in a direct cooperation with the Committees of the Board of Directors: Audit Committee, Corporate Management Committee, HR and Remuneration Committee, and executive bodies of the Company — Managment Board, Executive Board, Internal Audit Department, Corporate Control Department, etc.

The members of the Information Disclosure Committee in 2009

Chairman:

Vladimir P. LAVUSHCHENKO, member of the Board of Directors, the member of the Management Board, Deputy General Director on Economics of OAO TATNEFT

Deputy Chairman:

Viktor I. GORODNIY, member of the Management Board, Deputy General Director, Head of the Property Department of OAO TATNEFT, Head of the Corporate Management Committee.

Members of the Committee:

Vladlen A. VOSKOBOINIKOV, member of the Management Board, Head of the Consolidated Financial Reporting Department of OAO TATNEFT.

Yevgeniy A. TIKHTUROV, member of the Management Board, Head of the Financial Department of OAO TATNEFT.

Vasiliy A. MOZGOVOY, Assistant to General Director of OAO TATNEFT for corporate funds.

Danil V. VOLKOV, Chairman Assistant of the Board of Directors of OAO TATNEFT.

Aleksandr T. YUKHIMETS, member of the Management Board, secretary of the Board of Directors of OAO TATNEFT.

Nuriya Z. VALEYEVA, Head of the Department of Technical and Economic Information and Advanced Experience Distribution.

Marat M. SHARAFUTDINOV, Deputy Head of Securities Department of the Property Department at OAO TATNEFT.

Main activities of the Information Disclosure Committee

• Control of the information disclosure security;
• Agreement of press releases on compulsorily and voluntarily disclosed facts;
• Coordination of implementation of a Plan for cooperation with the shareholders and investors;
• Coordination of the project implementation for creation of a uniform corporate Internet portal of TATNEFT Group;
• Participation in formation of the capitalization management system in OAO TATNEFT;
• Assistance in formation and performance of the Unified Information and Analytical Center of TATNEFT Group.

The Committee exercises its activity directly interacting with the Committees of the Board of Directors: the Audit Committee, the Corporate Management Committee, the HR and Remuneration Committee, and with the executive bodies of the Company – the Management Board, the Executive Directorate, the Internal Audit Department, the Corporate Control Department and others.

Unified Information and Analytical Center of TATNEFT Group

A Unified Information and Analytical Center of TATNEFT Group was created in 2008. The Center's objective is a principally new approach in the information and analytical maintenance of the Company's activity in the status of a Group.

The main objectives of the Center are:

• provision of the uniform information policy and coordination of the information delivery on the activities of all Group's entities;
• implementation of special communication programs aimed at the capitalization increase;
• organization of the methodical work with analysts, experts and rating agencies;
• provision of systematic analysis of the information-analytical activity efficiency;
• provision of the continuous spreading of the information about TATNEFT Group activity.

The main priority of the Information and Analytical Center in the reported year was formation of the unified information base on TATNEFT Group as well as operative situational analysis of the stock market on a permanent basis. The Center also prepared and published over 110 publications in the mass media