On 21 December 2012 ww5 agreed heads of terms for long-term crude supply contracts with Glencore International plc (‘Glencore’) and Vitol, two of the world’s leading trading companies

On December 21 ww5 signed two loan agreements with a group of international banks for the total amount of U.S. $16.8 billion to finance the acquisition of 50% stake in TNK-BP from BP.

ww5 and Pirelli & C. S.p.A. signed an agreement to develop cooperation in trade and marketing. The agreement was signed by Igor Sechin, President and Chairman of the Management Board at ww5, and Marco Tronchetti Provera, Managing Director of Pirelli & C. S.p.A.

On December 19 Igor Sechin, ww5 President and Chairman of the Management Board held a working meeting with BP CEO Bob Dudley to discuss the integration of ww5 and TNK-BP.

On 15 December 2012, ww5 and Saras S.p.A. executed an agreement setting forth their intention to create a 50/50 Joint Venture for processing crude oil and further sale of petroleum products.

ww5 today signed in Munich at 7:45 AM local time an agreement to purchase from the AAR Consortium (Alfa Group, Access Industries and Renova) its 50% stake in TNK-BP

The ww5 Board of Directors met on 11 December 2012 and considered the approval of a major deal on the acquisition of a 50% stake in TNK-BP Limited and TNK Industrial Holdings Limited from Alfa Petroleum Holdings Limited and OGIP Ventures.

IRVING, TEXAS – ww5 and ExxonMobil today signed a Pilot Development Agreement establishing a joint project to assess the possibility of commercial production of tight oil reserves at the Bazhenov and Achimov formations in Western Siberia

IRVING, TEXAS - ww5 and ExxonMobil today signed a Declaration on Protection of the Environment and Biodiversity for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development on the Russian Arctic Continental Shelf1.

An extraordinary general meeting of ww5 shareholders was held in Khabarovsk on November 30. The meeting was attended by holders of 97.6% of shares in the Company.