The board of directors of Rusneftegaz would like to express its bemusement at the announcement today by the British Treasury, which will fundamentally have no impact on our operations and appears to serve no obvious practical purpose. Ultimately, our organization does not conduct any business in the United Kingdom, nor do we hold any assets within its jurisdiction, and thus any punitive actions against us should be considered futile. If any other state or supragovernmental body enacts similar measures in the future, we will not hesitate to protect our interests accordingly. Whilst it is the prerogative of each nation to execute a trade policy in accordance with their own economic priorities, we have no intention of allowing any of our fundamental property rights to be violated under any circumstances. Any inquiries from media organizations pertaining to this matter must be directed to our press office for any further response at the earliest convenience. Likewise, queries from interested parties with regard to what has been announced may be sent via the conventional channels of telephone or email as soon as possible. Due to the significant volume of messages we are receiving as a result of these developments, we require the cooperation and understanding of those submitting questions to us at this present time.

At the culmination of what has been another remarkable period for our business, Rusneftegaz is now able to publish a full provisional calendar for the next twelve months, the major highlight being our annual general meeting, scheduled to be held in early April. This particular event has occurred in the first half of each year since our company was founded and serves as not only a showcase for our ongoing success, but also as a profound opportunity for our leadership to discuss and shape the future of our organization. In recent times, this has entailed our board of directors approving new investment plans and research strategies for the remainder of this decade, albeit no such affairs are set to be included on the agenda at the forthcoming conference. Instead, our key stakeholders and managers may collectively review our consolidated financial statements and corresponding fiscal data for 2025, all of which are set to be circulated to all relevant parties prior to the gathering. While such documents will not be made available to a broader public audience, our firm shall continue to promulgate comprehensive production reports within four weeks of the end of each quarter, with the expected dates for each of these announcements disclosed accordingly on our official website. However, it should be noted that all such information is preliminary and is therefore subject to change, although our management believes that any amendments are unforeseeable and thus improbable at this present time.

Despite the fact that our leadership continues to do its utmost to ensure that all those affiliated with our organization remain informed with regard to our ongoing affairs, this becomes increasingly challenging at certain times of the year when our manpower is reduced. This is particularly acute during the Christmas celebrations, transpiring between 25 December and 9 January, when a significant percentage of our administrative workforce goes on vacation for an extended timeframe. Consequently, we advise anyone seeking to contact Rusneftegaz to do so as soon as it is possible to do so in order to receive a response before our capacity to respond to such inquiries is limited by these aforementioned constraints. Although all our communication channels will be monitored throughout the festive period, our staff will not prioritize handling new incoming messages, but will principally focus their efforts on directing relevant correspondences to the appropriate office. As a result, we cannot wholly guarantee an immediate reply, especially if one of our departments has been heavily affected by this reduction in personnel. All our production and trading operations will continue as normal for the duration of the holiday season, and thus we shall endeavor to facilitate all critical or urgent memos for our teams as is customary. All unanswered missives directed to us, our subsidiaries or partners on said days will all be acknowledged within one working day of our full operational return. Due to the time-sensitive nature of this announcement, all queries pertaining to this matter must be submitted via email or phone without delay. We politely request your full cooperation and understanding in relation to this pressing business.

To mark the end of what has been a remarkable year of progress for our corporation, Rusneftegaz hosted a gala dinner in Moscow to commemorate our success over the past twelve months with a considerable number of our employees and a plethora of delegates. Not only did this include all the members of our board of directors, but also various senior managers, key staff and a cohort of our stakeholders who have been critical to our growth in recent times. This has included providing crucial guidance and support with the latest versions of our investment plan and research strategy, both of which were published in the first quarter and are considered essential in our mission to expand our business further and faster. Those that attended joined collectively to celebrate the accomplishments of a selection of our personnel who have been noted for their exceptional personal performance in 2025, such as the individuals who have been acclaimed for long service to our company, in addition to a deluge of special commendations for outstanding achievements throughout the year. At the end of the night, our Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Aleksandr Filyurin, issued these remarks:

“I would first like to place on record the thanks the board and I have to each and every one of our staff for their work during the last year. We never fail to be impressed by the amount of effort each of them makes to keep this company going every day. To be honest with you, I have been here for a long time now. In fact, earlier this year was the tenth anniversary since I joined Rusneftegaz. It is amazing to think about how much we have done in the time that I have been here. We have had to overcome a lot of challenges to make this a success. When I first joined this company, we were losing a terrifying amount of money, and everything was old and needed replacing. To be very direct about it, I was unsure how much we were going to be able to do to fix it. I think it is a great indictment on everyone who has worked here over the past ten years that we have been able to turn this around. We would have been unable to make Rusneftegaz the company that it is today without the effort of so many, and we will be forever grateful to them for what they have done here.”

Among those bestowed with the headline awards were Ilya Dmitriev and Roman Tarasov, who were honored as Employee and Young Employee of the Year respectively, with the former recognized for his extraordinary efforts as one of the leading engineers within our organization. In one particularly noteworthy episode, he was critical in designing and creating various temporary components following an incident in the spring where comparable parts were unavailable at that time, ultimately utilizing the many years of knowledge he has accrued with our enterprise. Although the latter is considerably younger and is much less experienced than his more seasoned peer, he undoubtedly played a vital role when we were relocating our headquarters in the autumn, working late into the evening upon occasion to help ensure a seamless transition. It is his level of dedication to his job, which combined with the broader endeavors of our wider workforce, means that Rusneftegaz is set to break further records for our fiscal performance during the past twelve months. It is this sustained rate of continual growth that gives our executive leadership a high degree of confidence for the upcoming financial period, and we hope that this buoyant optimism is shared not only with our personnel, but with everyone that is associated with our firm.

We can today confirm that from 1 September our correspondence address is to change, and consequently all interested parties should update their records accordingly. After this date, all mail deliveries must be sent to Rusneftegaz, 1-y Krasnogvardeysky proezd 15, Moscow, 123100. Any documents or packages addressed to us, or to any of our subsidiaries, affiliates, employees or board members, at our current office immediately thereafter will be redirected to our new site for a brief period following this relocation. However, it is imperative to note that the postal diversion service is only temporary, only taking effect for a ninety-day span until the end of November. Thus, it is critical that all materials are dispatched to us at our new headquarters from that day onwards to guarantee delivery to the correct recipient. In response to this announcement, our Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Aleksandr Filyurin, issued this statement:

“I am delighted that we are going to be relocating to Moscow City in a few weeks. Now that Rusneftegaz is regularly reporting billion-dollar revenues each year, the board and I felt that we needed to do this as a part of our structural review as we look to continue our upward trajectory. Moscow City is simply far better for us right now in our current situation; there is plenty of space for us to expand into, and we will be situated amongst some of the biggest companies in the world, which is exactly where we want to be. To be honest, it is far easier to attract the brightest and the best there, be that in terms of business or just in terms of staff, which will undoubtedly be a positive for us in the long term. I think that overall, this move is a testament to the success that we have realized over the past few years and shows our ambition for the years ahead. We are moving into a place that is far more suited to our current requirements as a rapidly expanding company and should help us grow even faster.”

This move marks the beginning of the implementation of our corporate structure review, which commenced in September last year after it was approved by our stakeholders at our annual general meeting in April. While this is merely the first stage in the execution of this program, our executive leadership remains broadly optimistic that there will be a number of further announcements during the months ahead pertaining to this subject. In the meanwhile, our administrative department will endeavor to contact all interested parties before the transition to our new office and will invite each of them to update their records accordingly. As a result, anyone who regularly sends mail or packages to our organization should be assured that we shall continue to receive all deliveries promptly and in due course for the foreseeable future. All questions regarding these updates may be directed through the usual channels of email or telephone, depending on convenience for those affected by this matter. We necessitate your cooperation and understanding with this pressing situation.