Gazprom : On decision of issuer’s Board of Directors (PDF, 67.4 KB)

MATERIAL FACT STATEMENT

ON DECISION OF ISSUER'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. General information
1.1. Full legal name of issuer	Public Joint Stock Company Gazprom
1.2. Short legal name of issuer	PJSC Gazprom
1.3. Address of issuer	Moscow, Russian Federation
1.4. OGRN (Primary State Registration	1027700070518
Number) of issuer
1.5. INN (Taxpayer Identification Number) of	7736050003
issuer
1.6. Unique issuer code assigned by	00028-A
registering authority
1.7. Internet pages used by issuer to disclose	www.gazprom.ru;
information	www.e-
	disclosure.ru/PORTAL/company.aspx?id=934
1.8. Date of event (material fact) which is	June 1, 2021
reflected in statement (if applicable)

1. 2. Contents of Statement

2. Quorum of Gazprom Board of Directors' meeting and voting results on decision making issue: meeting in absentia, 11 out of 11 elected Board of Directors Members took part in voting, quorum for decision making recorded as present.
   Voting results on agenda item:
   "On ensuring development (updating) of digital transformation strategy (program) of Gazprom for period until 2024 inclusive": In favor - 11 votes, Against - 0 votes, Abstentions
   - 0 votes.
3. Content of decision made by issuer's Board of Directors:

Having reviewed issue on ensuring development (updating) of digital transformation strategy (program) of Gazprom for period until 2024 inclusive, Gazprom Board of Directors decided to:

Task Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom Management Committee, to secure following:

1. Application of instructional guidelines for digital transformation of state corporations and state-owned companies (approved by Presidium of Government Commission on Digital Development and Use of Information Technologies to Improve Quality of Life and Business Environment) in development (updating) of digital transformation strategy (program) of Gazprom for period until 2024 (hereinafter - Instructional Guidelines for digital transformation).
2. Development (updating) of digital transformation strategy (program) of Gazprom for period until 2024 inclusive pursuant to Instructional Guidelines for digital
   transformation and its approval by Gazprom Board of Directors in consultationwith relevant federal executive body and Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russian Federation until September 1, 2021, with following measures to be adopted:
   designation of authorized official of rank not lower than Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Management Committee to supervise digital transformation of Gazprom and achievement of set performance indicators for its implementation;
   defining goals of digital transformation and key performance indicators (KPIs) of digital transformation strategy (program), including establishment, in consultation with Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russian Federation, following target values of KPIs for IT import substitution (hereinafter
   "import substitution KPIs"):
   increasing investments in domestic IT solutions at least four times by 2030 against 2019 (maintaining average annual growth rate of at least 15 per cent for these expenses from 2021 to 2024) in order to achieve appropriate target set forth in Digital Transformation national development goal in accordance with Presidential Decree No.

474 "On national development goals of Russian Federation for period until 2030" dated July 21, 2020;

by 2024, achieving 70 per cent share of Gazprom expenses for procurement of domestic software and related works (services) of total Gazprom expenses for procurement of software and related works (services), including to fulfill objective specified in sub-clause "a" of Clause 1 of List of Presidential Instructions No. Pr-1068 dated July 3, 2020, following meeting on development of information and communications technologies;

developing portfolio and roadmap of digital transformation initiatives and actions to enable digital transformation of Gazprom within specified timelines;

outlining digital transformation management model and digital transformation financing model with indication of terms, volumes and sources of financing necessary and sufficient to provide digital transformation of Gazprom;

addition of action plan for period until 2024 inclusive into digital transformation strategy (program) of Gazprom to arrange Gazprom's transition to preferential use of domestic software:

when developing (updating) digital transformation strategy (program) of Gazprom until September 1, 2021 in accordance with Russian Government Directives

No. 10068p-P13

dated December 06, 2018 (hereinafter "Directives") and Order of Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media No. 486 "On approval of instructional guidelines for transition of state-owned companies to preferential use of domestic software, including domestic office software" dated September 20, 2018;

when updating digital transformation strategy (program) of Gazprom starting from January 1, 2022 in accordance with Instructional Guidelines for digital transformation and taking into account, inter alia, objectives of import substitution and transition to preferential use of domestic software, as well as ensuring continuity with Directives.

1. Pursuant to Instructional Guidelines for digital transformation, development and introduction into Gazprom's long-term development program until September 1, 2021, of new section regarding digital transformation of Gazprom, which defines goals, objectives and key digital transformation measures, establishes terms, volumes and sources of financing necessary and sufficient to provide digital transformation of Gazprom, sets target value of KPIs for import substitution to achieve by 2024 70 per cent share of Gazprom expenses for procurement of domestic software and related works (services) of total Gazprom expenses for procurement of software and related works (services), including to fulfill task reflected in sub-clause "a" of Clause 1 of List of Presidential Instructions No. Pr-1068 dated July 3, 2020, following meeting on development of information and communications technologies.
2. Updating digital transformation strategy (program) of Gazprom within three months from date of receiving updated Instructional Guidelines for digital transformation.
3. Introduction of stated approach to implementing measures specified in Clauses 1-4,6-7 of Russian Government Directives No. 3438p-P13 dated April 14, 2021, in subsidiaries with over 50 per cent of direct and (or) indirect participation of Gazprom, pursuant to list of such subsidiaries and implementation schedule approved by
   Gazprom in consultationwith relevant federal executive body and Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russian Federation.
4. Submission of following documents to Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russian Federation in accordance with Instructional Guidelines for digital transformation:
   until October 1, 2021: report on implementation of Clauses 1-5 of Russian Government Directives No. 3438p-P13 dated April 14, 2021;
   from January 1, 2022 throughout four months following reporting period: annual reports on implementation of Russian Government Directives No. 3438p-P13 dated April 14, 2021, on execution of digital transformation strategy (program), and on achievement of key performance indicators of digital transformation strategy (program).

1. Submission of following documents to Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russian Federation:
   until January 1, 2022, no later than on 10th day of month following reporting quarter, in accordance with reporting formats established by Directives: quarterly reports on implementation of action plan for period 2018-2021 stipulating Gazprom's transition to preferential use of domestic software;
   from January 1, 2022, no later than on 10th day of month following reporting quarter, in accordance with Instructional Guidelines for digital transformation: quarterly reports on implementation of action plan for period until 2024 inclusive regarding Gazprom's transition to preferential use of domestic software.

1. Date of Gazprom Board of Directors' meeting where corresponding decision was made: June 1, 2021.
2. Date of compilation and number of minutes of Gazprom Board of Directors meeting where corresponding decision was made: No. 1370, dated June 1, 2021.

			3. Signature
3.1. Deputy Chairman of Management		Oleg Aksyutin
Committee - Department Head, Gazprom
(acting under power of attorney
No. 01/04/04-328д, dated May 22, 2019)
				(signature)
3.2. Date	June		01, 2021	L.S.