OREANDA-NEWS. August 15, 2011. Effective  August 11, 2011 the following parameters of ordinary shares of MTS OJSC will be changed:

the number of the company’s ordinary shares on the markets with settlement on  T+0 and T+4 (RTS T+0 market ticker – MTSSG, RTS Standard ticker - MTSSS) will be increased. The number of ordinary shares before the change – 1,993,326,138 shares, after the change – 2,066,413,562 shares, and

the state registration number of the company’s ordinary shares in non-anonymous trading mode will be changed. New parameters of the state registration number are 1-01-04715-A as of 27.04.2000.

The parameters will be changed, due to cancellation of the individual number (code) 002D of the state registration number 1-01-04715-A-002D as of 24.02.2011 that was assigned to the additional issue.

RTS Classica is the oldest organized stock market in Russia – trading was opened on July 5, 1995. The prices that are discovered on RTS Classica are a well-acknowledged guideline for the investors who trade in Russian shares and depositary receipts representing them. RTS market data is transmitted to a large number of clients in Russia and abroad and is a basis for calculation of the main benchmark of the Russian stock market – RTS Index.

Trading on the RTS T+0 Market is held on the basis of anonymous trading of Order-Driven Market using a "Delivery Versus Payment" technology with 100% advance depositing of assets.