OREANDA-NEWS. December 21, 2009. In compliance with the decision of the RTS Derivatives Market Committee the Initial Margin requirement will be increased by the RTS Clearing Center for the holidays season in two stages:

1 stage – during the evening clearing session on December 22, 2008;

2 stage – during the evening clearing session on December 29, 2009.

The increased Initial Margin sizes will be in effect until the evening clearing session on January 11, 2010:

Futures contracts on

Basic IM size

IM size

From December 22, 2009

From December 29, 2009

RTS Index

10%

15%

25%

RTS Consumer & Retail Index

30%

35%

35%

RTS Oil & Gas Index

20%

25%

35%

RTS Telecom Index

30%

35%

35%

MMC NORILSK NICKEL ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

Gazprom ordinary shares

15%

20%

30%

LUKOIL ordinary shares

15%

20%

30%

Rosneft ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

Sberbank ordinary shares

15%

20%

30%

Surgutneftegas ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

VTB Bank ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

MTS ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

NOVATEK ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Polyus Gold ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Transneft privileged shares

20%

25%

35%

Uralsvyazinform ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Sberbank privileged shares

20%

25%

35%

RusHydro ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Tatneft ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Severstal ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Rostelecom ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Uralkali ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

Surgutneftegas privileged shares

20%

25%

35%

FGC UES ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

NLMK ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Polymetal ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

MMK ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

USD/RUB exchange rate

4%

8%

12%

EUR/RUB exchange rate

4%

8%

12%

EUR/USD exchange rate

4%

8%

12%

average rate of the overnight MosPrime credit

max (2700; 15* Sqrt
(N)*2*1000000/36500)

max (2700; 20* Sqrt
(N)*2*1000000/36500)

max(2700; 25* Sqrt
(N)*2*1000000/36350)

average rate of the three month MosPrime credit

15%

20%

30%

gold

7,50%

10%

15%

refined silver

15%

15%

20%

sugar

10%

15%

20%

URALS oil

10%

15%

20%

BRENT oil

10%

15%

20%

refined platinum

15%

15%

20%

refined palladium

15%

15%

20%

On RTS Standard the increased Initial Margin requirement will be in effect until the evening clearing session on January 11, 2010.

Security

Basic IM size

IM size

From December 22, 2009

From December 29, 2009

MMC NORILSK NICKEL ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

Gazprom ordinary shares

15%

20%

30%

LUKOIL ordinary shares

15%

20%

30%

Rosneft ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

Sberbank ordinary shares

15%

20%

30%

Surgutneftegas ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

VTB Bank ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

MTS ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

NOVATEK ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Polyus Gold ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Transneft privileged shares

20%

25%

35%

Uralsvyazinform ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Sberbank privileged shares

20%

25%

35%

RusHydro ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Tatneft ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Severstal ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Uralkali ordinary shares

20%

25%

35%

Surgutneftegas privileged shares

20%

25%

35%

FGC UES ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

NLMK ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

Polymetal ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%

MMK ordinary shares

30%

35%

35%