MRSK Holding (the “Company”), the largest electricity distribution company in Russia, announces that its Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), each representing 200 ordinary shares of the Company, will be admitted today to the Official List of the UK Financial Services Authority (the "Official List") and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange (the "LSE") under the symbol MRSK (the "Listing "). The Bank of New York Mellon is a depositary bank for the Company's GDRs programme.
Nikolay Shvets, CEO of MRSK Holding, commented:
“One of our priorities is to create conditions for attracting investments into the Russian electricity distribution system. Listing on the London Stock Exchange creates new opportunities for increasing the liquidity in our securities, as well as for the expansion and diversification of our investor base. Listing in London is an important milestone in our history.”