GAZKON Open Joint-Stock Company (MICEX:GAZC) signed an agreement to acquire 35% stake in Lider ZAO from Strakhovoye obshchestvo gazovoy promyshlennosti for RUB 2.1 billion on February 27, 2014. GAZKON will acquire 35.01 million shares of Lider. The transaction is subject to approval by the shareholders of GAZKON at a meeting scheduled on March 24, 2014.