OREANDA-NEWS. May 16, 2012. National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, announces that starting 16 May, the shares of Kemerovo JSC Azot (Taxpayer Identification Number 4205000908) are excluded from a list of issuers with shares circulated by means of inter-depository schemes of NSD's interactions with DCC, ZAO Citibank and ING Commercial Banking (ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO).

The exclusion is connected with forthcoming buyback of Kemerovo JSC Azot common shares in compliance with the Clause 84.8 of the Federal Law #208-FZ "On Joint Stock Companies" dated 26 December 1995.

An updated list of issuers with shares which may be transferred using inter-depository schemes of NSD's interactions with DCC, ZAO Citibank and ING Commercial Banking (ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO) is available at NSD’s web site (in Russian).