The Board of Directors of Moscow Exchange decides to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

On August 9, 2012 the Moscow Exchange Board of Directors held a meeting. The meeting participants considered issues related to preparation to an IPO and made the decision to convene and hold an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Exchange"s shareholders in September 21, 2012.

The list of persons who are eligible to participate in the meeting of shareholders will be fixed as of August 9, 2012 (the shareholders" register record date).

The participants of the meeting on 21 September will be offered to make a decision to increase the share capital of the Exchange through private offering of additional 200 million shares.  At the moment the share capital of the Exchange is divided into 2,197,409,846 shares. The additional shares will be issued within the framework of the preparation of the Exchange to the IPO and will be followed by a registration of the securities issue prospectus.

Moscow Exchange came to existence in December 2011 after the merger of two main Russian exchanges, MICEX and RTS.  The Exchange provides a wide range of opportunities to investors, professional institutions and their Russian and foreign clients for equities, bonds, currencies as well as derivatives trading. Moscow Exchange and CJSC MICEX Stock Exchange act as organizers of trading in the Group. National Settlement Depository, CJSC Depository Clearing Company (DCC) and RTS Settlement Chamber provide settlement and depository services. RTS Clearing Center and National Clearing Center are responsible for clearing.

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