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Initial Margin Requirement For FORTS Market And Standard Sector Increased For The Holidays Season

Date 26/12/2011

By the decision of the MICEX-RTS Derivatives market committee, Joint-stock company "RTS Clearing Center" increases the size of initial margin for the FORTS derivatives market, Standard sector of the securities market, Moscow Energy Exchange and Saint-Petersburg Exchange for the period of January holidays.

The increased Initial Margin sizes will be in effect from the evening clearing session on December 28, 2011 until the evening clearing session on January 10, 2012:

FORTS futures contracts on/instrument
of the Standard section/instrument of RTS Money
Basic Initial Margin * ,
****
Initial margin size
for the holiday period
RTS Index 10%** 12%**
RTS Standard Index 10% 12%
Russian Volatility Index 45%** 45%**
MICEX Index 10% 12%
sectoral index RTScr 30%** 35%**
sectoral index RTSog 20%** 25%**
MMC NORILSK NICKEL ordinary shares 20% 25%
Gazprom ordinary shares 15% 18%
LUKOIL ordinary shares 15% 18%
Rosneft ordinary shares 20% 25%
Sberbank ordinary shares 15% 18%
Surgutneftegas ordinary shares 20% 25%
VTB Bank ordinary shares 20% 25%
MTS ordinary shares 25% 30%
NOVATEK ordinary shares 25% 30%
Polyus Gold ordinary shares 25% 30%
Transneft preferred shares 20% 25%
Sberbank preferred shares 20% 25%
RusHydro ordinary shares 20% 25%
Tatneft ordinary shares 25% 30%
Severstal ordinary shares 25% 30%
Uralkali ordinary shares 25% 30%
Surgutneftegas preferred shares 20% 25%
FGC UES ordinary shares 25% 30%
NLMK ordinary shares 25% 30%
Polymetal ordinary shares 25% 30%
MMK ordinary shares 25% 30%
Aeroflot ordinary shares 25% 30%
INTER RAO UES ordinary shares 20% 25%
IDGC Holding ordinary shares 25% 30%
MOSENERGO ordinary shares 25% 30%
NCSP ordinary shares 25% 30%
OGK-1 ordinary shares 25% 30%
OGK-2 ordinary shares 25% 30%
WGC-3 ordinary shares 25% 30%
Raspadskaya ordinary shares 25% 30%
Gazprom Neft ordinary shares 20% 25%
TGC-1" ordinary shares 25% 30%
Troika Dialog AM, "Troika Dialog – RTS Standard Index", fund units 20% 25%
 
US dollar 5% 6%
USD/RUB exchange rate 5% 6%
EUR/RUB exchange rate 5% 6%
EUR/USD exchange rate 5%** 6%**
AUD/USD exchange rate 5%** 6%**
GBP/USD exchange rate 5%** 6%**
average rate of the overnight MosPrime credit *** ***
average rate of the three month MosPrime credit 15% 18%
2-year Russian Federation government bonds 3% 4%
4-year Russian Federation government bonds 4% 5%
6-year Russian Federation government bonds 4,5% 5%
 
Gold 10%** 12%**
Refined silver 15%** 18%**
Sugar 15% 18%
Raw sugar 15% 18%
Gas-oil 15% 18%
Corn 15% 18%
Cotton 15% 18%
Wheat 15% 18%
Soybeans 15% 18%
URALS oil 15%** 18%**
BRENT oil 15%** 18%**
Diesel fuel 15% 18%
Refined platinum 15%** 18%**
Refined palladium 15%** 18%**
Copper 15% 18%
 
monthly contracts on the power index at the ‘Center’ hub (in basic load hours) 15% 18%
quarterly contracts on the power index at the ‘Center’ hub (in basic load hours) 10% 12%
annual contracts on the index at the ‘Center’ hub (in basic load hours) 5% 6%
monthly contracts on the power index at the ‘Center’ hub (in peak load hours) 15% 18%
quarterly contracts on the power index at the ‘Center’ hub (in peak load hours) 10% 12%
annual contracts on the power index at the ‘Center’ hub (in peak load hours) 5% 6%
monthly contracts on the power index at the ‘Ural’ hub (in basic load hours) 15% 18%
quarterly contracts on the power index at the ‘Ural’ hub (in basic load hours) 10% 12%
annual contract son the power index at the ‘Ural’ hub (in basic load hours) 5% 6%
monthly contracts on the power index at the ‘Ural’ hub (in peak load hours) 15% 18%
quarterly contracts on the power index at the ‘Ural’ hub (in peak load hours) 10% 12%
annual contracts on the power index at the ‘Ural’ hub (in peak load hours) 5% 6%
power index at the ‘Eastern Siberia’ hub (in basic load hours) 15% 18%
power index at the ‘West Siberia’ hub (in basic load hours) 15% 18%

* in per cent of the contract’s price.

** Values of the initial margin basic size in rubles are greater than those indicated hereinabove for these contracts as a current USD/RUB exchange rate is used to calculate variation margin and initial margin sizes.

*** Amount in rubles is determined by the formula max(2700; 15*Sqrt(N)*2*1000000/36500), where N – number of days for the period from the current day to the futures settlement day, Sqrt – square root.

**** In accordance with the decision of the Derivatives market committee as of 09.08.2011.