Operational News

Date: Title: 11.05.2012 Poland: new omnibus account structure available from 15 May 04.05.2012 Austria: Settlement in CHF, GBP and USD possible from 7 May 27.04.2012 Bridge processing - back on track 27.04.2012 Bridge processing - update 27.04.2012 Bridge processing stabilised 03.04.2012 Final status - problem accessing full functionality on CreationOnline solved 02.04.2012 UPDATE - Problem accessing full Functionality on CreationOnline 02.04.2012 Problem accessing full Functionality on CreationOnline 29.03.2012 System Implementation on Friday 30 March 27.03.2012 Spain: Strike announced for 29 March 2012 12.03.2012 Greece - reporting back to normal 12.03.2012 Greek offer - possible reporting delays 06.03.2012 Greece: voluntary PSI offer - Q&A available 27.02.2012 Greece: voluntary Private Sector Involvement offer launched 22.02.2012 Settlement restarted 20.02.2012 Proxy Voting service improvements 09.02.2012 FATCA: expected regulations proposal is available now 09.02.2012 Israel: General strike 07.02.2012 US Executive Order - sanctions against Iran 16.01.2012 Russian OFZ government bonds eligible in Clearstream 16.01.2012 U.S.A. Issuance of draft IRS form 1042s: customised reports available 06.12.2011 Uruguay: Strike in the public financial institutions today 6 December 2011 28.11.2011 Delays in redemption payments for value today resolved 23.11.2011 Monte Titoli - X-TRM delays - Information update 23.11.2011 Monte Titoli - X-TRM delays: problem still persisting 23.11.2011 Monte Titoli - X-TRM delays today 11.11.2011 Finland: walkout at Nordea Bank Finland on 11 November 2011 26.10.2011 ESES: Quantity harmonisation of French debt instruments 29.09.2011 Hong Kong - Update 2 29.09.2011 Hong Kong: update 29.09.2011 Hong Kong: Tropical Cyclone Warning (Signal No. 8) 13.09.2011 Finland: Delayed payment processing and settlement 02.09.2011 Switzerland: Settlement back to normal 01.09.2011 Switzerland: Delayed settlement 10.08.2011 Italy: Settlement back to normal 10.08.2011 Italy: Settlement delays 25.07.2011 Germany: SDS2 completed 25.07.2011 Germany: Delay to settlement processing 27.06.2011 Greece: Strike on 28 and 29 June 2011 16.06.2011 Switzerland: Settlement transaction confirmations delayed 14.06.2011 Switzerland: Settlement transaction confirmations delayed (update and final) 18.05.2011 Italy: Delays in processing settlement instructions both on market and OTC trades (Update SD 18 May) 18.05.2011 Bridge instructions with Euroclear Bank - Update (09:26) 18.05.2011 Bridge instructions with Euroclear Bank - Update (09:00) 17.05.2011 Bridge instructions with Euroclear Bank - Update (21:30) 17.05.2011 Italy: Delays in processing settlement instructions both on market and OTC trades (Update) 17.05.2011 Bridge instructions with Euroclear Bank (update 3) 17.05.2011 Bridge instructions with Euroclear Bank (update 2) 17.05.2011 Italy: Delays in processing settlement instructions both on market and OTC trades 16.05.2011 Italy: Delays in processing settlement instructions both on market and OTC trades 14.04.2011 Malta: Maltese securities now eligible in Clearstream Banking 01.04.2011 Indonesia: Introduction of the Single Investor ID (SID) 15.03.2011 Update: Business continuity for our Tokyo Office 07.03.2011 Estonia: Enhanced deadline for against payment settlement instructions 07.03.2011 Enhanced cash deadlines in Europe, Africa and the Far East 31.12.2010 Kuwait: IBAN for Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD) payments 31.12.2010 Turkey: Formatting of MT103 messages 31.12.2010 Estonia: Conversion of EEK to EUR 17.12.2010 South Korea: Revised tax treatment for KTBs and MSBs 13.12.2010 Consolidation of ESES markets: Dutch bonds and warrants 10.12.2010 Greece: Bank of Greece (BOG) have evacuated their premises 06.12.2010 Consolidation of ESES markets: Netherlands 29.11.2010 Consolidation of ESES markets: Belgium 22.11.2010 Latvia: New domestic link 22.11.2010 Lithuania: New domestic link 27.10.2010 Turkey: Holiday 28 October 2010 (half-day) and 29 October 2010 19.10.2010 Japan: Enhanced settlement deadline for equities 18.10.2010 Iceland: Improved cash deadline 11.10.2010 Clearstream moves towards a link into India 11.10.2010 Thailand: new account for our cash correspondent bank 06.10.2010 SWIFT standard release: a testing environment is available 28.09.2010 UPDATE: Republic of Argentina exchange offer 2010 27.09.2010 Argentina: Urgent - the Republic of Argentina exchange offer 2010 27.09.2010 Greece: Improvement to OTC transaction deadline on securities settled in HELEX 13.09.2010 Hong Kong: Chinese Renminbi (RMB) - Update 06.08.2010 RZB Vienna: new single matching account as from August 2010 25.06.2010 REMINDER: no domestic settlement for Czech Securities from 28 June to 6 July 2010 22.06.2010 Greece: General strike announced for 29 June 2010 18.06.2010 Czech Republic: CDCP becomes the unique CSD 19.05.2010 Thailand: Securities, cash and FX markets closed Thursday 20 May and Friday 21 May 2010 14.05.2010 Cross Border Services: Cut-over weekend of the May release 12.05.2010 Greece: General strike announced for 20 May 2010 06.04.2010 Greece: OTC re-registration - return to previous regime 25.02.2010 NASDAQ Dubai: Merger with Dubai Financial Market - Update 22.02.2010 Spain: delays on the Spanish market 09.02.2010 Settlement and reporting process is back to normal 04.02.2010 Greece: Strike announced for 10 February 2010 17.12.2009 Cash holidays: Urgent notification 17.12.2009 Finland: Strike update (3) 16.12.2009 Finland: Strike update (2) 14.12.2009 Finland: Strike update 02.12.2009 Finland: Potential strike from 14 December to 16 December 2009 02.12.2009 Euroclear’s communication system is back to normal 01.12.2009 Euroclear's communication system 26.11.2009 Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (CBFSAI) strike 27 November 2009 17.11.2009 Greece: Direct access to Bank of Greece Settlement System 02.10.2009 Clearstream's new office in Singapore 11.09.2009 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (as debtor) claim procedure 06.05.2009 Austraclear consolidates its Eurosecurity activity in Clearstream 29.04.2009 Turkey: All market institutions will be closed on 1 May 2009 08.04.2009 Cash or Settlement deadline changes over Easter period 08.04.2009 NOK: Change of cash deadline today 8 April 2009 07.04.2009 ILS: Change of receipt deadline on 8 April 2009 27.03.2009 NASDAQ Dubai - Amendment of settlement platform opening times 26.01.2009 Bank of Montreal opens new accounts at Clearstream Banking 09.01.2009 ESES final phase - impact on customers 17.12.2008 Public Holiday Regulation for CASCADE and Creation 05.12.2008 Update: Iceland - no impact on Clearstream services 03.12.2008 Iceland: Enforcement of foreign exchange regulations 13.10.2008 Iceland: ISK DVP Bridge settlement to be resumed 13.10.2008 Indonesian Stock Exchange re-opened 10.10.2008 Iceland: New cash correspondent bank and ISK settlement to be resumed 10.10.2008 Indonesia: IDX remains closed 09.10.2008 The Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) has decided to reopen the equities and derivatives trading 07.10.2008 ISK as settlement currency blocked with immediate effect 06.10.2008 Iceland: Closure of foreign exchange services 26.09.2008 Israel: Half day market closure on Monday 29 September 2008 22.09.2008 Lehman Brothers group entities: Clearstream has taken appropriate measures 19.09.2008 Russian stock exchanges: Trading suspension lifted 18.09.2008 Russian stock exchanges: Trading still suspended 17.09.2008 Russian stock exchanges suspend trading 11.08.2008 Extension of real-time settlement services: More enhanced deadlines 06.08.2008 Hong Kong market closed today 6 August due to typhoon 14.07.2008 Enhanced interoperability with Clearstream Banking Frankfurt 03.07.2008 Back Valuation daily publication to be discontinued 19.06.2008 SWIFT September 2008 release postponed to October 2008 09.06.2008 WestLB AG consolidates its ICSD activity in Clearstream 14.05.2008 Kuwait cash market closed until Sunday, 18 May 2008 23.04.2008 Tax: Spain - Extension of tax exemption for tax-haven residents 11.04.2008 RZB consolidates its ICSD activity in Clearstream 17.03.2008 Greece - Update on new strikes and future contingency setup for cash settlement process 11.03.2008 Greece - Update on Bank of Greece and HELEX strikes 10.03.2008 Greece - Update on upcoming strikes for March 2008 07.03.2008 Greece - Bank of Greece is operational 06.03.2008 Greece: Bank of Greece strike update 06.03.2008 Greece - Bank of Greece strike's fourth day 05.03.2008 Greece - Bank of Greece strike's third day 04.03.2008 Greece - Update on the Bank of Greece strike 04.03.2008 Greece - Bank of Greece strike continues 03.03.2008 Greece - Bank of Greece strike on 3 March 2008 16.01.2008 France: Extension of CBL access to Euroclear France 14.01.2008 Greece: Abolition of limitations on over-the-counter (OTC) trades 06.11.2007 Italy: Change in CBL account number in Monte Titoli 03.09.2007 Tax: Polish Certificate of Residence 03.09.2007 CBL October 2007 Release Information: new developments 27.07.2007 Tax: The Double Taxation Treaty (DTT) between Belgium and San Marino in force 04.07.2007 Tax: Clearstream and Euroclear held a joint Tax Workshop in Madrid 19.06.2007 Tax: Dutch reclaim form now available in English and German 01.03.2007 Reminder: Implementation of Enhanced Daytime Bridge on 5 March 2007 16.02.2007 Russia: Cash instruction format requirements for RUB cash payments 16.02.2007 Russia: RUB becomes Bridge-eligible currency 12.01.2007 Russia: Russian Ruble (RUB) accepted as settlement currency as from 15 January 2007 08.01.2007 Enhanced Daytime Bridge - new launch date 5 March 2007 04.01.2007 Thailand: Domestic receipts of debt securities and warrants suspended 15.12.2006 Turkey: Tax ID's issued before 1 January 2006 13.12.2006 Austria: Trade date mandatory on settlement instructions 11.12.2006 Greece - General strike on 13 December 2006 11.12.2006 BIC Code for the Indonesian Central Depository (KSEI) is currently inactive 16.11.2006 UPDATE: Greece - Banking sector strike on 17 November 2006 05.11.2006 Greece - Banking sector strike on 17 November 2006 10.10.2006 MT950 Money Statement available 06.10.2006 Implementation of system enhancements on Saturday 14 October 2006 22.09.2006 CreationOnline support for Java version 1.3.1 20.09.2006 System implementation on Friday 22 September 2006 30.08.2006 Monday 4 September New York office will be closed