OREANDA-NEWS. December 23, 2008. The National Depository Center (NDC), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, announced today that Mechel OJSC shares will be serviced through the NDC-DCC “Bridge”. In accordance with an agreement concluded with the issuer, Mechel shares will be included in the list of securities admitted to the Bridge until Feb. 15, 2009.

The NDC-DCC Bridge currently services the securities of 87 issuers and 133 securities issues.

The Bridge has linked Russia’s two leading trading systems – MICEX and RTS – since May 26, 1999 and represents a means of facilitating securities transfers between NDC, which services MICEX-listed securities, and Depository Clearing Corporation (DCC), which services RTS securities.