OREANDA-NEWS. October 11, 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 22 October, the shares of Baltika Breweries (TIN 7830001405) and Vyksa Steel Works OJSC (TIN 5247004695) are excluded from the list of shares circulated via 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 Baltika Breweries and Vyksa Steel Works OJSC 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 via inter-depository schemes of NSD's interactions with DCC, ZAO Citibank and ING Commercial Banking is available at NSD’s web site (in Russian).

About NSD

National Settlement Depository (NSD) is the largest settlement depository in Russia, a part of the Moscow Exchange Group, 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.