6-K 1 a08-14576_16k.htm 6-K

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date: May 15, 2008

 

Commission file number 1-14748

 

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY OF
LONG DISTANCE AND INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROSTELECOM
Doing Business as

 

ROSTELECOM

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
(Jurisdiction of organization)

 

14, 1st TVERSKAYA-YAMSKAYA ST.
125047 MOSCOW, RUSSIA
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, international: +7 499 973 9940

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F   x                     Form 40-F  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes  o                         No  x

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-

 

 


 

On May 4, 2008, OJSC Rostelecom (the “Company”) published on its corporate web-site (www.rt.ru) information on the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting upon results of the year 2007 (the “AGM”) scheduled for June 9, 2008, as well as the documents relating to the AGM (the “Documents”), including:

 

1.               Notification of the AGM;

2.               Information on the agenda of the AGM;

3.               Annual Report upon the results of the year 2007 prepared under the requirements of the Federal Service for Financial Markets (“FSFM”) of Russia;

4.               Financial reporting upon the results of the year 2007, including report of the independent auditor Ernst & Young LLC in respect of the Company’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2007 prepared in accordance with Russian Accounting Standards (RAS), the annual financial statements of the Company for the year 2007 prepared in accordance with RAS, Extract from the Minutes No.11 of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and Resolution of the Audit Commission of the Company;

5.               Restated Charter (ver.9);

6.               Restated Regulations on the Board of Directors (ver.7); and

7.               Restated Regulations on the Audit Commission (ver.2).

 

The requirements for the contents of the Documents and criteria for the information to be disclosed in them are set by the laws and regulations of the Russian Federation and, in particular, the FSFM requirements. Such requirements and criteria for the information disclosure may, therefore, materially differ from the reporting and disclosure requirements under the U.S. securities laws, to which the Company is subject, including the reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to the Annual Report on Form 20-F.

 

Terms used in the Documents have the meaning given to them by the laws and regulations of the Russian Federation, which meaning may be different from the meaning given to the same terms by the U.S. securities laws, as well as reporting and disclosure requirements, including the reporting and disclosure requirements, applicable to the Annual Report on Form 20-F.

 

For any questions please contact Pavel A. Nezhutin, Corporate Secretary, by phone at +7 499 973 9940, by facsimile at
+7 499 973 1055 or by e-mail at pnezhutin@rt.ru.

 

The copies of the Documents are attached hereto as Exhibits 99-1 through 99-7.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: May 15, 2008

By:

                 /signed/   Konstantin Yu. Solodukhin

 

Name:

Konstantin Yu. Solodukhin

 

Title:

General Director

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following exhibits have been disclosed as a part of this Form 6-K:

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Notification of the AGM

99.2

 

Information on the agenda of the AGM

99.3

 

Annual Report upon the results of the year 2007

99.4

 

Financial reporting upon the results of the year 2007

99.5

 

Restated Charter (ver.9)

99.6

 

Restated Regulations on the Board of Directors (ver.7)

99.7

 

Restated Regulations on the Audit Commission (ver.2)