Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon at its board meeting held on August 28, 2019 approved the list of candidates to the Board of Directors to be elected at the Extraordinary General Meeting on September 23, 2019. The list of candidates comprises seven nominees from USM Holdings and includes the current members of Company's Board of Directors: Maxim Anipkin, Evgeny Bystrykh, Alexander Esikov, Igor Ivanov, Anton Rybalkin, Anna Serebryanikova, and Natalya Chumachenko. Hence, two independent directors - Jarkko Veijalainen and Harri Koponen - are to leave the company's Board of Directors. All of candidates from USM Holdings have extensive experience of corporate governance and have already long been involved in the company's development. They will focus on implementation of the Digital Strategy and boosting the company's operational efficiency.