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ROSNEFT And VSMPO-AVISMA Shares Are Added To The RTS Index

Date 22/08/2006

Effective September 15, 2006 Rosneft and VSMPO-AVISMA common shares will be added to the RTS Index. This decision was taken by the RTS Information Committee on August, 17 2006.

The committee has determined the coefficients that take into account the free float factors of Rosneft securities 0,1, and the ones of the VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation 0, 25. Besides these shares, free-float factors were determined for the "NTMK" and "Severstal" companies.

Due to the new shares inclusion, the "Rosneft-Purneftgas" (PFGS) and "Nizhnekamskneftekhim" (NKNC) shares are taken off the RTS Index.

The following shares are included into the "waiting list" of RTS Index: Magnit (MGNT) and "ÌÌÊ" (MAGN) common shares.

List of RTS Index Constituents Changes effective for the period from September, 15th 2006 till December, 14th 2006

¹ RTS
code
Security name Number
of issued
shares
Free-float
factor (Wi)
Restricting
coefficient (Ci)
Share value
on 15.08.2006
1 AFLT Aeroflot - Russian Airlines, common 1 110 616 299 0,20 1 0,34%
2 AVAZ Avtovaz, common 27 194 624 0,20 1 0,24%
3 BANE Bashneft, common 170 169 754 0,20 1 0,35%
4 BANEP Bashneft, preferred 34 622 686 1,00 1 0,29%
5 CHMF Severstal Joint-Stock Company, common 930 784 663 0,15 1 1,33%
6 EESR Unified Energy System, common 41 041 753 984 0,15 1 3,47%
7 EESRP Unified Energy System, preferred 2 075 149 384 0,90 1 0,84%
8 ENCO SibirTelecom, common 12 011 401 829 0,40 1 0,26%
9 ENCOP SibirTelecom, preferred 3 908 420 014 1,00 1 0,18%
10 ESMO CenterTelecom, common 1 578 006 833 0,35 1 0,19%
11 GAZP GAZ Auto Plant, common 23 673 512 900 0,40 0,1890095 15,00%
12 GMKN Norilsk Nickel, common ÎÀÎ 190 627 747 0,35 1 6,81%
13 IRGZ Irkutskenergo, common 4 766 807 700 0,10 1 0,20%
14 IRKT Scientific Production Corporation IRKUT, common 978 131 612 0,35 1 0,27%
15 LEKZ Lebedyansky, JSC, common 20 411 300 0,20 1 0,18%
16 LKOH LUKoil Oil Company, common 850 563 255 0,60 0,4636101 15,00%
17 MSNG Mosenergo, common 28 249 359 700 0,10 1 0,42%
18 MTLR Mechel, common 416 270 745 0,15 1 0,35%
19 MTSS Moscow City Telephone Network, common 1 993 326 138 0,45 1 4,41%
20 NLMK NMLK, common 5 993 227 240 0,15 1 1,41%
21 NNSI VolgaTelecom, common 245 969 590 0,40 1 0,26%
22 NNSIP VolgaTelecom, preferred 81 983 404 1,00 1 0,18%
23 NTMK NTMK, common 1 310 002 966 0,10 1 0,20%
24 NVTK Novatek, common 3 036 306 000 0,25 1 2,64%
25 OGKC OGK-3, common 29 487 999 252 0,35 1 0,59%
26 PKBA Baltika Brewery, common 117 158 530 0,10 1 0,33%
27 PLZL Polyus Gold, common 190 627 747 0,35 1 2,20%
28 RBCI RBC Information Systems, common 119 260 000 0,20 1 0,14%
29 RITK RITEK, common 99 750 000 0,40 1 0,27%
30 ROSN Purneftegas (Rosneft), common 9 092 174 000 0,10 1 4,87%
31 RTKM Rostelecom, common 728 696 320 0,40 1 1,00%
32 RTKMP Rostelecom, preferred 242 831 469 1,00 1 0,38%
33 SBER Sberbank, common 19 000 000 0,40 1 11,03%
34 SBERP Sberbank, preferred 50 000 000 1,00 1 1,15%
35 SCON Sedmoi Kontinent, common 75 000 000 0,25 1 0,30%
36 SIBN Gasprom neft, common 4 741 299 639 0,05 1 0,72%
37 SNGS Surgutheftegas, common 35 725 994 705 0,25 1 9,89%
38 SNGSP Surgutheftegas, preferred 7 701 998 235 0,70 1 4,18%
39 SPTL North-West Telecom, common 881 045 433 0,40 1 0,27%
40 SVAV Severstal-avto, common 34 270 159 0,35 1 0,16%
41 TATN Tatneft, common 2 178 690 700 0,30 1 2,74%
42 TATNP Tatneft, preferred 147 508 500 1,00 1 0,32%
43 TRNFP Transneft, preferred 1 554 875 1,00 1 2,27%
44 UFNC Ufaneftekhim, common 275 330 608 0,40 1 0,26%
45 URKA Uralkaly, common 2 124 390 000 0,20 1 0,54%
46 URSI UralSvyazInform, common 32 298 782 020 0,35 1 0,30%
47 URSIP UralSvyazInform, preferred 7 835 941 286 1,00 1 0,15%
48 VSMO VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation, common 11 529 538 0,25 1 0,46%
49 WBDF Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods, common 44 000 000 0,35 1 0,40%
50 YUKO YUKOS, common 2 236 964 578 0,20 1 0,26%

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