OREANDA-NEWS. April 21, 2011. As of April 21, 2011 the following securities will start trading in OJSC RTS within the list of securities admitted to trading without listing procedure:

preferred registered shares of Mechel OAO (state registration number 2?01?55005-E as of 05.06.2008), RTS Classica ticker – MTLRP, RTS T+0 Market ticker – MTLRPG.

RTS Classica is the oldest organized stock market in Russia – trading was opened on July 5, 1995. The prices that are discovered on RTS Classica are a well-acknowledged guideline for the investors who trade in Russian shares and depositary receipts representing them. RTS market data is transmitted to a large number of clients in Russia and abroad and is a basis for calculation of the main benchmark of the Russian stock market – RTS Index.

Trading on the RTS T+0 Market is held on the basis of anonymous trading of Order-Driven Market using a "Delivery Versus Payment" technology with 100% advance depositing of assets.