New lists of constituents for the Moscow Exchange index family released

New constituent lists for the MICEX Index, RTS Index, RTS Standard Index, RTS-2 Index, RTS Siberia Index, MICEX Innovation Index, sectoral indices and pension indices have been approved and will be in effect from 18^th September through 17^th December 2012.

Ordinary shares of Sistema Joint-Stock Finance Corporation OJSC will be transferred to the MICEX Index from the waiting list. They will replace ordinary shares of JSC Gazprom Neft which will be excluded from the Index, due to decreasing the free-float"s value to less than 5%.

Preferred shares of JSC "Mechel", OJSC "Rostelecom", JSC "TATNEFT" and ordinary shares of OJSC "FosAgro" will leave the waiting list and join the RTS Index"s constituents list. They will replace ordinary shares of JSC "OGK-1", JSC "WGC-3" which will be removed from the RTS index, due to a scheduled merger between these companies and JSC "INTER RAO UES", as well as ordinary shares of JSC Gazprom Neft and OAO "TNK-BP Holding" which will be excluded from the RTS Index, due to decreasing the free-float"s value to less than 5%. 

Ordinary and preferred shares of AVTOVAZ, preferred shares of "Bank "Saint-Petersburg" OJSC, ordinary shares of IDGC of Urals, JSC, Mosenergosbyt, OJSC "RBC", OJSC "Quadra", OAO "OAK" will be removed from the waiting list and included in the new constituent list of the RTS-2 Index. These securities will take the place of shares of energy companies to be merged with JSC "INTER RAO UES", such as JSC "OGK-1", JSC "WGC-3" and OJSC "Bashkirenergo", as well as ordinary shares of OJSC "Kazan'orgsintez", OAO "Kuzbasskaya Toplivnaya Kompaniya" which will be excluded from the Index, due to a deterioration in their liquidity ratios. In addition, ordinary shares of OAO "MSZ" will also be removed from the RTS-2 Index, due to a planned suspension of trading in these shares.

New list of the RTS Siberia Index will include ordinary shares of Korshynov Mining Plant OАО which will replace ordinary shares of JSC Gazprom Neft, South Kuzbass and JSC "WGC-3".

The lists of the RTS Standard and MICEX Innovation Index will remain unchanged.

The sectoral indices" constituent lists will be made up in accordance with the rules of calculation of the indices based on the relevant waiting lists. Ordinary shares of Synergy and VEROPHARM will be added to the consumer & retail sector index while ordinary shares of Baltika Breweries will be taken off this index.  Ordinary shares of "Motovilicha plants" stock corporation and UAZ will be excluded from the industrial sector index. Ordinary shares of Bashinformsvyaz will be taken off the constituent list of the telecommunication sector index.  Ordinary shares of JSC "OGK-1", JSC "WGC-3" and OJSC "Bashkirenergo" will be removed from the energy sector index.  Ordinary shares of "ROSBANK" (OJSC JSCB) will deleted from the financial sector index.  Ordinary shares of SMZ will leave the chemical sector index.  Ordinary shares of OAO ANK "Bashneft" will be added to the oil & gas sector index and will take the place of ordinary shares of JSC Gazprom Neft and OAO "TNK-BP Holding".

Summary table of changes in number of shares employed in the calculation of the Moscow Exchange Indices
and included in the waiting lists as well as free-float coefficients

From September 18, 2012 the waiting lists for securities to be added to and excluded from the Moscow Exchange Indices will comprise the following securities:

Waiting list for the securities to be added to the Moscow Exchange Indices*

* except for the waiting lists of the MICEX Index and sectoral indices which are made up and released within the time frame set forth in the rules for calculation of the relevant index.

Waiting list for the securities to be deleted from the Moscow Exchange Indices

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