Rostelecom announces results of Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting for 2023

PJSC Rostelecom (MOEX: RTKM, RTKMP), the largest integrated provider of digital services and solutions in Russia, announces resolutions passed at its Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting (AGM) for 2023. The AGM was held remotely on 16 September 2024.

Shareholders approved the annual report and annual financial statements of the Company for the 2023 financial year, elected the Board of Directors and Audit Commission, elected an auditor, and passed resolutions on other items on the AGM agenda.

Mikhail Oseevsky, President of Rostelecom:

“I would like to thank all Company shareholders who took part in the Annual General Meeting. The AGM’s mandatory agenda items included the election of a new Board of Directors. Company management is definitely focused on fostering close and productive relationships with the new Board. I would like to thank, on my own behalf and on behalf of the Company’s entire team, Sergey Ivanov, who chaired the Board from 2015 to 2024, for his personal contribution towards Rostelecom’s excellent performance and his involvement in the delivery on key projects of federal significance, including the construction of submarine FOCLs to Kamchatka, Magadan, Kaliningrad, Kuril Islands, and Chukotka. We are also grateful to Dmitry Chernyshenko for his service on the Board and his contribution to the Company’s development. His deep understanding of the telecom and IT industry and his systematic and at the same time visionary approach have allowed us to set strategic development goals for the whole industry until 2035. We have always had support from Sergey and Dmitry in delivering on the most ambitious and complex initiatives. I am convinced that together with our new Board we will continue to move confidently towards Russia’s technological sovereignty.”

Shareholders approved the payment of dividend for 2023 on ordinary and preference shares, to be paid in cash as follows:

• RUB 6.06 per share on Type A preference shares
• RUB 6.06 per share on ordinary shares

The record date for the 2023 dividend is 27 September 2024.

Dividends must be paid to nominee holders and trustees who are professional securities market players registered in the shareholder register within 10 business days (with dividends to be paid before 11 October 2024, inclusive), and to other persons registered in the shareholder register, within 25 business days (with dividends to be paid before 1 November 2024, inclusive) after the record date.