OREANDA-NEWS. August 26, 2008. 41,041,753,984 ordinary shares of OAO "IDC Holding", RUB1 par value each (state registration number of issue 1-01-55385-Е), have been included in the RTS Board System. The ordinary shares were assigned the MRKH ticker. As of 11:00 hours Moscow time on 21 August 2008, the company's ordinary shares were quoted at US 0.1477 bid and US0.1490 asked.

The 2,075,149,384 preferred shares of OAO "IDC Holding", RUB1 par value each (state registration number of the issue: 2-01-55385-Е), have been included in the RTS Board . The preferred shares were assigned the MRKHP ticker. As at 11:00 hours Moscow time on 21 August 2008, the preferred shares were quoted at US 0.0500 bid and US 0.1600 asked.

In November and December 2008, OAO "IDC Holding" plans to list on Russia's major stock exchanges.

OAO "IDC Holding" is an open joint stock company spun off from RAO "UES of Russia" on 1 July 2008. The authorized capital of OAO "IDC Holding" is RUB43,116,903,368.00 and is divided into 43,116,903,368 shares of RUB1 par value. The company has issued the following categories of shares: 2,075,149,384 preferred shares, par value RUB1 each, and 41,041,753,984 ordinary shares, par value RUB1 each.

OAO "IDC Holding" is a holding company owning shares in IDCs. The stake held by IDC Holding in the IDCs makes over 50 percent.