UNITED STATES

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

 

March 6, 2023

 

YANDEX N.V.

 

Schiphol Boulevard 165

1118 BG, Schiphol, the Netherlands.

Tel: +31 202 066 970

(Address, Including ZIP Code, and Telephone Number,

Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

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

 

Form 20-F x     Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

 

 

 


Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K is a press release of Yandex N.V. (the “Company”) dated March 6, 2023, announcing changes to the board of directors.


  SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

YANDEX N.V.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: March 6, 2023

By:

/s/ Svetlana Demyashkevich

 

 

Svetlana Demyashkevich

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press release of Yandex N.V. dated March 6, 2023, announcing changes to the board of directors.


Exhibit 99.1

Yandex Announces Changes to The Board of Directors

Moscow, Amsterdam, March 6, 2023 – Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), a Dutch public limited company and one of Europe’s largest internet businesses, today announced that Alexey Komissarov has resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Komissarov was elected as an independent non-executive director on December 20, 2019.

The Board of Directors of Yandex N.V. now consists of 6 members (including one remaining Designated Director) and remains quorate.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Mr. Komissarov personally. Neither Yandex nor the Group’s subsidiaries have been included on the sanctions lists of the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom or Switzerland.

About Yandex

Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX) is a technology company registered in the Netherlands that builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning. Our goal is to help consumers and businesses better navigate the online and offline world. Since 1997, we have delivered world-class, locally relevant search and navigation products, while also expanding into e-commerce, online entertainment, cloud computing and other markets to assist millions of consumers in Russia and a number of international markets.

More information on Yandex can be found at https://ir.yandex/

Contacts:

Investor Relations

Yulia Gerasimova

E-mail: askIR@yandex-team.ru

Press Office

Ilya Grabovskiy

E-mail: pr@yandex-team.com