REG-VK Company VK Company: VK's Board of Directors Strengthened by Scientific Community Members

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   VK Company (VKCO)
   VK Company: VK's Board of Directors Strengthened by Scientific Community
   Members

   31-March-2022 / 09:00 MSK
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   31 March, 2022       

      VK's Board of Directors Strengthened by Scientific Community Members

   VK Company Limited (LSE, MOEX: VKCO, hereinafter referred as "VK" or  "the
   Company") announces changes to the Board of Directors.

   The Company's Board of Directors has been strengthened by the heads of two
   major Russian  universities.  Nikita  Anisimov,  Rector  of  the  National
   Research University  -  Higher  School  of Economics,  has  joined  as  an
   Independent Director, while  Mikhail Gordin, Acting  Rector of the  Bauman
   Moscow State Technical University, has become a Non-executive Director.

   Nikita Anisimov and Mikhail Gordin both have unique experience of managing
   Russia's leading scientific  institutions. For  instance, Nikita  Anisimov
   held senior  positions  at  Moscow State  University,  Moscow  Polytechnic
   University, and Far Eastern Federal University.

   Mikhail Gordin held executive titles  in major research institutes in  the
   aviation industry, including the position of CEO of the Central  Institute
   of Aviation Motors. Previously, he  held prominent roles at  international
   companies, including Sibur and TNK-BP Management.

   Natalya  Yakovleva,  a  certified  accountant,  auditor,  and  independent
   director, has also been appointed  as an Independent Director. She  serves
   as independent non-executive director and member of audit and remuneration
   committees at Petropavlovsk  Plc, independent  non-executive director  and
   chair of the  audit committee  at Globaltruck  Management JSC,  and as  an
   independent director of Mediascope JSC.

   In addition, two of VK's senior executives joined the Board of Directors.

   Vladimir Gabrielyan (Executive Director) has  served as VK's First  Deputy
   Chief Executive Officer since 2019. He has been with the Company for  over
   20 years  since  2001 and  is  a known  expert  in big  data  and  machine
   learning.

   Alexander  Ayvazov  (Executive  Director),   Senior  Vice  President   for
   Investments and Business  Development at  VK, oversees  the Company's  M&A
   deals and the online education segment.

    

   For further information please contact:

    

   Investors

   Tatiana Volochkovich
   Phone: +7 495 725 6357 extension: 3434
   E-mail:  1 t.volochkovich@vk.team

    

   Press

   Alina Fedorova
   Mobile: +7 916 238 1297
   E-mail:  2 alina.fedorova@vk.team 

    

    

   About VK

    

   VK develops the ecosystem helping millions of people with their day-to-day
   needs online.  More than  90% of  the Russian  internet audience  use  the
   ecosystem services.

    

   The ecosystem enables people  to keep in touch  (using social networks  OK
   and VKontakte, messaging apps  and email service),  play video games  (via
   MY.GAMES), get and offer items and  services, browse jobs and hire  talent
   (via Youla and  VK Jobs), order  food and grocery  delivery (via  Delivery
   Club, Samokat and Local Kitchen), get a ride (with Citydrive), master  new
   skills (at GeekBrains, Skillbox and  other educational services), buy  and
   sell at AliExpress Russia and fulfill other needs.

    

   The VK  ecosystem  features  a  number of  shared  elements  bringing  the
   services together. Users can sign in  to different services with a  single
   VK ID  account, pay  and earn  cash back  with the  VK Pay  platform,  get
   discounts and deals with VK Combo, access their favorite services via  the
   VK Mini Apps platform - and the Marusya voice assistant can help with  any
   task.

    

   The company offers enterprises to employ its dynamic ecosystem to digitize
   their business  processes,  providing a  range  of solutions  from  online
   promotion and  predictive analytics  to corporate  social networks,  cloud
   services and enterprise automation.

    

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   ISIN:          US5603172082
   Category Code: BOA
   TIDM:          VKCO
   LEI Code:      2138009IXUP41SPL5B50
   Sequence No.:  152649
   EQS News ID:   1316237


    
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