OREANDA-NEWS. November 16, 2009. "The National Depository Center" (Closed Joint Stock Company) (NDC), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, announces that Russia's Top 30 Depositories Ranking for 1H 2009 has confirmed NDC’s position as the leading Russian depository on basis of all equity securities among Russia's settlement depositories.

NDC's share in aggregate value of securities on deposit among Russian settlement depositories as of 30 June, 2009, where market value is calculated using the formula developed by Russia's Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS), reached 74% (RUB4.28 trillion). NDC is also a leader of the ranking with regard to its market share based on the market value of joint stock company shares on deposit for 1H 2009 which amounted to 43% (RUB1.12 trillion).