OREANDA-NEWS. June 25, 2008. The National Depository Center (NDC), Russia’s only settlement depository servicing the full range of securities issued by Russian issuers, announced that since 25 June, 2008 shares in 14 additional issuers will be serviced through the NDC-DCC “Bridge”.

The list of additions to the “Bridge” includes OJSC “Volga Territorial Generating Company”, JSС "Yenisei Territorial Generating Company (TGC-13)", JSC “First generating company of the wholesale energy market” (OGK-1), JSC "Territorial Generating Company №1", JSC "Territorial Generating Company №2", JSC “Territorial Generation Company №4”, JSC "Territorial Generating Company №6", OJSC “Territorial Generating Company №9”, JSC "Territorial Generating Company №10", JSC "Territorial Generating Company №11", JSC "Territorial Generating Company №14", Federal Hydrogeneration Company OJSC, The Sixth Wholesale Power Market Generating Company JSC (OGK-6), JSC "South Generation Company - TGC-8".

Since 30 June, 2008 shares in three new issuers will be serviced through the NDC-DCC “Bridge”. Among them are JSC “INTER RAO UES”, "THE KUZBASS JOINT-STOCK POWER AND ELECTRIFICATION COMPANY", and JSC "Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System".

The “Bridge” links Russia’s two leading trading systems – MICEX and RTS - and represents a means of facilitating securities transfers between NDC, which services MICEX-listed securities, and Depository Clearing Corporation (DCC), which services RTS securities.

The NDC-DCC “Bridge” currently services the securities of 87 issuers and 262 issues of securities.