OREANDA-NEWS. May 17, 2010. The number of ordinary shares of OJSC Bank "Petrocommerce" (RTS Classica ticker – PETR, RTS T+0 Market ticker - PETRG) will be increased from 600,000,000 to 670,175,439 shares.

This is due to cancellation of the individual number (code) 005D of the state registration number 10101776B005D as of October 16, 2009 that was earlier assigned to the additional securities issue.

RTS Classica is the oldest organized stock market in Russia – trading was opened on July 5, 1995. The prices that are discovered on RTS Classica are a well-acknowledged guideline for the investors who trade in Russian shares and depositary receipts representing them. RTS market data is transmitted to a large number of clients in Russia and abroad and is a basis for calculation of the main benchmark of the Russian stock market – RTS Index.

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