Types of operations

About the peculiarities of the transfer of shares in nominal holding / return from nominal holding in the registry of the Nominee account of the Central Depository

We pay your attention that in registers of the specified issuers which maintaining carries out JSC VTB Registrar, there is a personal account of the nominal holder of the central depositary (further - personal account of NH CD).

According to item 4 of Art. 24 and item 2 of Art. 33 of the Federal law No. 414 of 07.11.2012 "About the central depositary" (Further – the Law on CD) from the moment of opening in the register of a certain issuer of personal account of NH CD, JSC VTB Registrar securities of this issuer on personal accounts of nominal holders, not being the central depositary, except for transfer cases in connection with converting or placement of shares by their distribution among shareholders have no right to enlist.

We pay your attention that at write-off/transfer of securities on personal account of NH CD transfer orders (counter instructions) have to contain, including the full name/name of the person who is the owner (trustee) of these securities and unique identification number – reference.

In this regard, after emergence in the register of the issuer of personal account of NH CD, we ask you to use the enclosed Order form on commission of transaction in the register on the account of the Central depositary at write-off/transfer of securities on personal account of NH CD.

• The order on commission of transaction in the register on the account of the Central depositary

It is necessary to remember that at write-off/transfer of securities on personal account of NH CD change of the shareholder (trustee) isn't allowed, except for the cases specified in item 2 of Art. 30 of the Law about CD.

Reference is unique identification number which has to be specified at the orders submitted to the Registrar and which are on the relation to each other counter orders.

The order of formation of a reference is established by Conditions of implementation of depositary activity of the Central depositary (https://www.nsd.ru/ru/documents/depo/).

The registered person designs reference independently.

Main requirements to a reference:
• there have to be no more than 16 symbols;
• as symbols only figures and Latin letters are admissible, use of other symbols and signs isn't allowed;
• letters have to be header;
• it isn't recommended to use Latin letters which are similar to symbols of the Russian alphabet and a letter, similar to figures;
• it is recommended to specify in quality with 1 on 12 symbol of a reference symbols of a depository code of the Depositor, and with 13 on 16 symbol – free digital symbols.

In order that the order was considered by the Registrar and actions were written off/are enlisted on personal account of NH CD, to the Registrar two orders with an identical reference have to arrive: from the central depositary and the registered person.

If within 30 calendar days from the date of receipt of one of orders to the Registrar the second order doesn't arrive, the Registrar will be compelled to refuse consideration of the arrived order.

You can also study information concerning NH CD on the site of the central depositary:
https://www.nsd.ru/ru/about/csd/