OREANDA-NEWS. May 4, 2009. 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 with effect from May 1, 2009, NDC and ING Wholesale Banking (legal name “ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO”) have excluded Joint Stock Company "South Generation Company — TGC-8" (JSC SGC TGC-8) from among issuers whose shares are serviced through the Speedy Settlement Scheme (SSS). Removal of JSC SGC TGC-8 is a result of the repurchase of the shares in accordance with Clause 84.8 of the Federal Law “On Joint Stock Companies.”

Accordingly, 36 issuers are now serviced through SSS.

The Speedy Settlement Scheme (SSS) was designed jointly by NDC and ING Wholesale Banking to reduce the time needed for the delivery of shares and to optimize settlements between NDC and ING Wholesale Banking clients. Shares transferred using SSS from ING Wholesale Banking to NDC can trade on the MICEX exchange the same day. Shares bought on MICEX can be transferred to ING Wholesale Banking the same day, after the clearing session is over.