BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE ADOPTS BLOOMBERG IDENTIFIERS

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) today announced that it is the
first exchange in Romania to implement Bloomberg’s Global
Identifiers (BBGID), as the financial instrument identifier
associated with all BVB securities. The identifiers are
available free-of-charge to all investors on the BVB website
www.bvb.ro.

Financial instrument identifiers are critical to researching and
trading securities, assessing risk, managing portfolios, and
managing settlement and clearing. The identifiers are key for a
wide array of essential functions for financial market players
and institutions, both in the front office (e.g., data analysis,
price discovery, risk evaluation) and back office (e.g.,
clearing, settlement, transaction reporting).

“The Bucharest Stock Exchange is the first in Romania to offer
Bloomberg’s Open Symbology identifiers, which will benefit both
the region, as well as global clients that seek a unique
identifier assigned at the exchange level,” said Valentin
Ionescu, General Manager of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

The BBGID is a 12-digit alpha-numeric, randomly generated
identification (ID) covering 36 million active and non-active
securities. In total, there will be more than 852 billion
potential numbers available. BBGID provides comprehensive global
coverage of the financial markets and the ID will be invaluable
for those lacking an identifier like loans, and futures and
options. BBGID is consistent with the identifiers used in the
Bloomberg Professional® service and Bloomberg’s Enterprise Data
products.

“The Bloomberg Open Symbology (BSYM) identifiers are a new and
innovative system that advances the cause of an open, automated
securities trading and introduces new operational efficiencies
and cost reductions for the trading community,” said Peter
Warms, Head of Bloomberg’s global identifiers and symbology.
“Users of BBGID will also be able to use the identifiers for a
variety of uses including trading, research, and mapping.”
ABOUT BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE
Bucharest Stock Exchange is the most important private entity of
the Romanian Capital Market, with some of Romania’s high-profile
companies being traded on BVB managed markets. On June 8, 2010,
BVB listed its shares on its own regulated market. This means
that any individual or company can buy Exchange shares, taking
part in BVB future development.

Comprehensive information about the BVB shares can be found on
the Investors Relation section of the website
www.bvb.ro/Investors.

ABOUT BLOOMBERG
Bloomberg is the world’s most trusted source of information for
financial professionals and businesses. Bloomberg combines
innovative technology with unmatched analytics, data, news,
display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical
information via the Bloomberg Professional® service and
multimedia platforms. Bloomberg’s media properties span
television, radio, digital and print, making up one of the
world’s largest news organizations with more than 2,300 news and
multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries.
For more information about Bloomberg’s Open Symbology, please
visit www.bsym.bloomberg.com

PRESS RELEASE
Bucharest, January 4, 2011

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