Please be informed of the following upcoming holidays:
Where W – working day, H – Holiday, WE – Weekend day
1. Austria:
Will be a normal business day
2(a). Bosnia and Herzegovina – FbiH
2.05.2016 and 3.05,2016 - CSD, Stock Exchange and banks in Federation of BiH will be closed.
2(b) Bosnia and Herzegovina - RS
29.04.2016 and 2.05.2016 - will be non-working days for CSD, Stock Exchange and banks in Republic of Srpska (BiH)
3. Bulgaria:
29.04.2016, 2.05.2016, 6.05.2016 – non-trading and non-settlement days in Bulgaria, no operations possible at the BSE-Sofia, BNB, CDAD and RINGS. All banks will be closed on these days.
4. Croatia:
Will be a normal business day
5. Czech Republic:
Will be a normal business day
6. Hungary:
Will be a normal business day
7. Poland:
3.05.2016 (Constitution Day) - The Exchange, CSD and banks will be closed
8. Romania:
2.05.2016 – Will be non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking days in Romania
9. Russia:
2.05.2016, 3.05.2016 and 9.05.2016 - Stock exchange, CSD and banks will be closed
10. Serbia:
29.04.2016, 2.05.2016 and 3.05.2016 – non-trading, non-settlement and non-banking days in Serbia. SE, CSD and all banks will be closed
11. Slovak Republic:
Will be a normal business day
12. Slovenia:
2.5.2016 – will be a non-working day in Slovenia, the Ljubljana Stock Exchange and all banks will be closed. The CSD-KDD and CB however will be opened
13. Ukraine:
2.05.2016, 3.05.2016 and 9.05.2016 - non-settlement, non-trading and non-banking days in Ukraine. SEs, CSD and all banks will be closed on these days.
IMPACT ON INVESTORS: Each of the above holidays / non-working days days will impact on an investor's ability to perform trading, settlement and cash payment activities in the respective markets.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ABRIDGMENTS:
BLSE – Banja Luka Stock Exchange (Republic of Srpska)
BNB (Bulgarian National Bank) – CSD for Government Securities
BSE-Sofia – Bulgarian Stock Exchange-Sofia
BVB – Bucharest Stock Exchange
CBR – Central Bank of Russia
CDAD (Central Depository AD) – CSD for all dematerialized securities except Government Securities
CDCP – CSD of Czech Republic
CET – Central European Time
CSD – Central Securities Depository
Depozitarul Central – CSD of Romania
DVP – Delivery Versus Payment
FBiH – Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FOP – Free of payment
KDD – Central Securities Depository of Slovenia
LJSE – Ljubljana Stock Exchange
MOEX – Moscow Exchange
National Settlement Depository – CSD of Russia
OTC – over the counter
PSE – Prague Stock Exchange
RINGS – the real-time gross settlement system for BGN payments
RS – Republic of Srpska
RTGS – Real-time gross settlement
SASE – Sarajevo Stock Exchange (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
SE – Stock Exchange
STP – Straight-through processing
UniCredit Banka Slovenija d.d. – UniCredit Bank in Slovenia, member of UniCredit Group
VSE – Vienna Stock Exchange
WSE – Warsaw Stock Exchange
ZABA – Zagrebačka Bank d.d., UniCredit Group
ZSE – Zagreb Stock Exchange