Christmas / New Year Holiday Reminder

Summary: 
UniCredit GSS presents a reminder of the upcoming holidays / non-working days in its core markets across Central and Eastern Europe for the 2014 Christmas and New Year period.
Mon, 15/12/2014

Please be informed of the following upcoming public holidays:

     

Dec 2014

Jan 2015

     

23 Tue

24 Wed

25 Thu

26 Fri 

27 Sat

28 Sun

29 Mon

30 Tue

31 Wed

1 Thu

2 Fri

3 Sat

     

Austria

1

   

W

H

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

W

WE

   

Bosnia and Herzegovina - FBiH

2

   

W

W

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

H

WE

   

Bosnia and Herzegovina - RS

2

   

W

W

W

W

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

H

WE

   

Bulgaria

3

   

W

H

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

H

H

H

WE

   

Croatia

4

   

W

H

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

W

WE

   

Czech Republic

5

   

W

H

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

H

H

W

WE

   

Hungary

6

   

W

H

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

H

H

H

WE

   

Poland

7

   

W

W

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

W

WE

   

Romania

8

   

W

H

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

H

H

H

WE

   

Russia

9    

W

W

W

W

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

H

WE

   

Serbia

10

   

W

W

W

W

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

H

WE

   

Slovak Republic

11

   

W

H

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

W

WE

   

Slovenia

12

   

W

W

H

H

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

W

WE

   

Ukraine

13    

W

W

W

W

WE

WE

W

W

W

H

H

WE

where W - working day, H - holiday, WE - weekend day

1) 24 Dec, 25 Dec, 26 Dec and 1 Jan are local holidays, only on 24 Dec the CSD will be open. On 31 Dec all banks and the CSD will be open, only Vienna Stock Exchange will be closed.

2) On 25 Dec, 26 Dec and on 1 Jan, 2 Jan trading on Sarajevo Stock Exchange will not be possible. Between 1 Jan and 7 Jan and on 9 Jan trading on Banja Luka Stock Exchange will not be possible.

3) From 24 Dec to 26 Dec and from 31 Dec to 2 Jan will be non-trading and non-settlement days.

4) From 24 Dec to 26 Dec and on 1 Jan Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) will be closed for trading. On 31 Dec there will be early closing with shorter trading hours on Zagreb Stock Exchange (between 9:00 CET and 13:00 CET only). CSD and banks will be open on 24 Dec and on 31 Dec. On 6 Dec all banks, CSD and ZSE will be closed.

5) 24 Dec, 25 Dec, 26 Dec and 1 Jan will be non-trading and non-settlement days. On 31 Dec Prague Stock Exchange will be closed and thus trading will not be possible. CDCP will have limited operating hours and settlement will be available with limitations, namely: settlement against payment remains unchanged while settlement free of payment in the afternoon settlement cycle will commence at 14:00 CET (as compared to the standard market deadline of 16:30 CET for such kinds of transactions).

6) The holiday of 24 Dec had a substitute working day on Sat, 13 Dec with no stock exchange trading and clearing, however all banks and the CSD were opened on 13 Dec. On 31 Dec there will be no stock exchange trading and clearing, however OTC settlement and cash payments will be processed by the banks and the CSD. The holiday of 2 Jan will have a substitute working day on Sat, 10 Jan with no stock exchange trading and clearing, however all banks and the CSD will be open on 10 Jan.

7) On 24 Dec and 31 Dec the Stock Exchange will be closed, the CSD will have settlement batches available at 10:30 CET, 13:00 CET, 15:30 CET (FOP settlements only) and 18:30 CET (FOP settlemetns only). DVP settlement in the RTGS will be available between 8:00 CET and 15:00 CET, FOP settlement in the RTGS will be possible between 8:00 CET and 18:30 CET; OTC settlement only. 6 Jan will be public holiday in Poland.

8) 24 Dec and 31 Dec are non-trading and non-settlement dates with respect to the Central Depository and Bucharest Stock Exchange. On 24 Dec and 31 Dec only trading in government bonds will be possible. The last trading day will be 30 Dec, all operations will resume on 5 Jan.

9) On 31 Dec Moscow Exchange will be closed, depository services of National Settlement Depository (CSD) will be available till 2:00pm (local time) and ZAO UniCredit Bank GSS will provide the clients with regular services from 9.00 till 4.30 pm (local time). From 1 Jan to 11 Jan 2015 will be New Year and Christmas holidays in Russia, however 5 Jan, 6 Jan, 8 Jan and 9 Jan will be regular working days for Moscow Exchange, CSD and the Russian payment system. ZAO UniCredit Bank GSS will be available on 6 Jan and 9 Jan.

10) 1 Jan and 2 Jan will be non-trading and non-settlement days.

11) 24 Dec, 25 Dec, 26 Dec, 1 Jan and 6 Jan will be non-bank, non-trading and non-settlement days.

12) 25 Dec, 26 Dec and 1 Jan are public holidays and no stock exchange trading, no settlement and no cash payments will be possible. On 24 Dec and 31 Dec the Stock Exchange will be closed, however UniCredit and KDD will work and process OTC settlement.

13) 31 Dec and 5 Jan are working days, but only FD transactions will be possible till 15:00 (local time). Trading will be closed on 31 Dec and from 7 Jan to 11 Jan for UX, and from 5 Jan to 7 Jan for PFTS. An additional working day has been announced for Sat, 17 Jan.

Impact on Investors: Each of the above holidays / non-working days / additional working days will impact on an investor's ability to perform trading, settlement and cash payment activities in the respective markets.