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Bucharest Stock Exchanges Becomes A Full Member of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE)

Date 29/11/2006

Today in Frankfurt,the General Assembly of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE)unanimously approved the application by the Bucharest Stock Exchange to become a Full Member.

Further to the Monitoring Report released by the European Commission on 26 September it was confirmed that Romania remained in line towards accession with the date of entry on 1st of January 2007.

The Bucharest Stock Exchanges ’ full Membership will commence on this date.

Mr Stere Farmache,Chief Executive Officer of the Bucharest Stock Exchange said today: “The Bucharest Stock Exchange is truly honored to become a Full Member of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges and I want to thank the FESE General Assembly for the vote.It is an appreciation of the progress made in the recent years by the Romanian capital market and the Bucharest Stock Exchange,but also an incentive to continue our efforts to promote recognition of the role of securities market by issuers,investors,authorities and general public ”.