OREANDA-NEWS. April 22, 2010. Depository Clearing Company (DCC) hereby informs that, with effect from April 21, 2010, Participants are offered a new version of DCC Shareholder Listing Software (Version 2.0.0.5).

The new version contains the new ‘Add. Details' field in Holder Directory, ‘Bank Details' Section. This field is optional and can be completed in the following cases:
If Participants receive securities income themselves, this field can contain additional information on the details of the account whereto the income should be paid, i.e. the information which was to be indicated in ‘Beneficiary' field:
Account number,
Bank card number,
Bank card account,
Number of the bank's branch (subsidiary office),
Name of the foreign bank and the city where it is located, and number of the holder's account (for RF non-residents);
Response to a shareholder listing request in respect of OAO Gazprom shares. This field can also contain the information on shareholders' bank details.

Participants are offered to upgrade DCC Shareholder Listing Software to Version 2.0.0.5 (the distribution package and instruction on the upgrade of the software are available at http://www.dcc.ru/remote/)

The previous version of the DCC Shareholder Listing Software will be supported until May 07, 2010.

For DCC Participants who use their own software for shareholder listings: please notice that the ‘Add. Details' field is marked with the optional ' Pay_add_info' attribute in the answer file. Please see enclosed the sample for the use of the new attribute.

In case any questions arise relating the upgrade of the software, please contact the Technical Support Department of DCC (tel. 411-83-27; e-mail: help@dcc.ru Sergey Eliseev), and your manager at DCC.