OREANDA-NEWS. December 13, 2010. National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, being the national numbering agency, has assigned the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) to Sberbank of Russia's Russian depository receipts confirming ownership right for United Company RUSAL Plc's common registered shares. The assignment took place on 10 December, 2010. 

In accordance with the Decision by the Federal Financial Markets Service dated 7 December, 2010, an issue and prospectus of Sberbank's Russian depository receipts have been registered (state registration number 5-01-01481-В).

NSD assigned to Sberbank's Russian depository receipts' issue the following ISIN code: RU000A0JR5Z5.

Sberbank's Russian depository receipts represent a new financial instrument for Russian securities market.

About NSD

National Settlement Depository (NSD) is the largest settlement depository in Russia, servicing on-exchange and OTC transactions with all types of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers and providing settlement services to participants in financial markets of the Russian Federation.

NSD provides storage of global certificates and depository accounting for 99% of corporate bond issues, sub-federal and municipal bond issues. It services 100% of transactions conducted in the federal bond and the Bank of Russia bond markets, more than 99% of transactions conducted in the corporate and regional bond markets, the majority of transactions with equities and also services UIT units and securities of foreign issuers.

In accordance with agreements concluded between NSD and the Bank of Russia, NSD acts as a settlement center for the organized securities market.

NSD is Russia's national numbering agency and the substitute numbering agency for the CIS, authorized to assign the international ISIN and CFI codes.