OREANDA-NEWS. November 02, 2010.  "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, reports that on 1 November, 2010, “Regional Exchange Center “MICEX-Northwest” (MICEX-Northwest) assumed functions of NDC's regional representative in St. Petersburg.

Previously in St. Petersburg the NDC’ participants have been served by the NDC - St. Petersburg Branch. The terms of depository services offered to NDC participants as well as the office location, telephone numbers and email addresses will not be changed due to the transfer of NDC’s regional representatives’ functions to MICEX-Northwest. The address of NDC's regional representative is as follows: Poltavsky Business Center, office 204 6A Poltavskaya Street, 191024 St. Petersburg. The number of tel./fax of NDC's regional representative is +7 812 380 1088/87.

Eddie Astanin, Director General, NDC, said: "A stage of restructuring of NDC's regional network connected with NDC's merger with MICEX SH for formation of the National Settlement Depository is being completed after transfer of NDC's regional representative functions to MICEX-Northwest."

Detailed information of the provided services in St. Petersburg is available at the following telephone numbers: +7 812 380 1088 (NDC - St. Petersburg Branch), +7 495 956 2789 (NDC Customer Services Department).