The Corporate Secretary of the Company is appointed to the position and dismissed from the position by the General Director of the Company on the basis of the decision of the Board of Directors of the Company on his election.

The Corporate Secretary of the Company is a person directly controlled and accountable to the Board of Directors of the Company. The administrative subordination of the Corporate Secretary of the Company is determined by the organizational structure approved in the Company.

The Corporate Secretary of the Company is obliged to annually, no later than 30 (Thirty) calendar days prior to the date of the annual meeting of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company, submit to the Personnel and Remuneration Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company a report on the work of the Corporate Secretary of the Company.

Functions of Corporate Secretary:

1. Participation in organizing the preparation and holding of meetings and absentee voting for adoption of decisions by the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company.
2. Maintaining the effective work of the Board of Directors of the Company.
3. Informing the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company about the existence of a conflict of interest and the reasons for its occurrence.
4. Participation in the implementation of the Company’s policy on information disclosure, as well as ensuring the storage of the Company’s corporate documents.
5. Ensuring interaction between the Company and its shareholders and participation in the prevention of corporate conflicts.
6. Ensuring interaction between the Company and regulatory authorities, trade organizers, the registrar, and other professional participants in the securities market within the framework of the powers assigned to the Corporate Secretary of the Company.
7. Ensuring the implementation of procedures established by law and the Company’s internal documents that ensure the implementation of the rights and legitimate interests of shareholders, and monitoring their implementation.
8. Ensuring the current activities of the Committees of the Board of Directors (performing the functions of the Secretary of the Committees of the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with the Regulations on the Committees of the Board of Directors of the Company or participating in the preparation and monitoring of the implementation of work plans of the Committees of the Board of Directors of the Company, in monitoring the preparation and sending to members of the Committees of the Board of Directors of the Company of materials on agenda items).
9. Immediate notification of the Board of Directors of the Company of all identified violations of the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as the provisions of the internal documents of the Company, compliance with which relates to the functions of the Corporate Secretary of the Company.
10. Performance of other functions stipulated by the Regulation, instructions of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and members of the Board of Directors of the Company.