OREANDA-NEWS. December 19, 2011. By the end of consultations between market participants and representatives of public authorities it was decided that on January 9, 2012 trading on all MICEX-RTS markets will be held as usual.

As we informed you earlier, the securities, derivatives and foreign exchange markets of the Group will be open from January 3 to January 6, 2012.

In summary, during the upcoming New Year holidays MICEX-RTS Group will be operating as follows:

• From 3 to 6 January 2012 and

• On 9 January 2012.

Trading and settlements will be carried out in accordance with the regular operating schedules of the relevant markets.

Please be advised that the following instruments will not trade and be settled on the trading days during the holidays:

Rosbank BO-2 (security code RU000A0JQXU1);

Amurmetall series 07 (security code RU000A0JQ4Y2);

Zenit OJSC series 06 (security code RU000A0JQ789);

IKS 5 FINANS series 01(security code RU000A0JPBN4);

EvroHim MHK OAO 02 (security code RU000A0JQXQ9);

MIA-4 (security code RU000A0JPFF1);

Krasnodar-2010 (security code RU000A0JQXT3);

Uralsib-Lizing BO-04 (security code RU000A0JRLL3);

MM FINANS 02 (security code RU000A0JPBP9);

NOMOS-11 (security code RU000A0JQ748);

NOVIKOMBANK BO-01 (security code RU000A0JRL88);

NUTRINVESTHOLDING -2 (security code RU000A0JQHV2);

KOPEYKA BO-02 (security code RU000A0JR2D9);

Rusfinans Bank BO-01 (security code RU000A0JRL70);

SUEK-Finans OOO 01 (security code RU000A0JQXR7);

TGK-1 02 (security code RU000A0JQ722);

Farmpreparat 01 (security code RU000A0JQFP8);

FinansBiznesGrupp BO-01 (security code RU000A0JQXL0);

FSK EES 13 (security code RU000A0JRL96).