JSC Belagroprombank carries out depositary activities according to the established correspondent relations with the Republican Unitary Enterprise "The Republican Central Securities Depository" and acts as the authorized depository for government securities and the securities of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus.Depository of JSC Belagroprombank provides the following types of depositary services for legal entities:

•     Registration and storage on depo accounts of holders of registered securities;
•     Provision of depositary service to issuers of securities and depositors in accordance with legislation of the Republic of Belarus;
•     Creation and printing of the register of holders of securities and the list of persons with  the right to participate in the General Meeting of Shareholders;
•     Distribution of information to holders of securities under the instruction of the issuer;
•     Drafting of depo instructions for transfer of securities;
•     Interdepository and intradepository transfers of securities in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus;
•     Registration of deals with securities in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus;
•     Other services in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus.

To conclude a contract for depositary service, a resident legal entity is required to provide the following documents:

•     A written application for opening a depo account in the form specified in the depositary regulations;
•     A copy of the document on state registration of a legal entity, bearing the signature of the head of the legal entity or the authorized person thereof and the seal of the legal entity;
•     A copy of the Articles of Association (Regulation) bearing a stamp indicative of the state registration of the legal entity. Such cope must bear the signature of the head of the legal entity or the authorized person thereof and the seal of the legal. A copy of the Articles of Association (Regulation) is not required from public bodies and organizations, in case such Articles of Association (Regulation) falls into the category of the regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Belarus;
•     A copy of a special permission (license) to carry out professional and exchange activities on securities in case a legal entity carries out such activities. Such cope must bear the signature of the head of the legal entity or the authorized person thereof and the seal of the legal entity.

An affiliate (branch), other structural subdivision of a legal entity that has a separate balance, provided that it has been authorized by the legal entity, shall additionally provide an application of a legal entity, signed by the head or the authorized person and the chief accountant as well as a copy of the regulations of the affiliate (branch), or any other separate structural subdivision of the legal entity, bearing the signature of the head of the legal entity or the authorized person thereof and the seal of the legal entity.

To concluding a contract for depositary service, a non-resident legal entity is required to provide the following documents:

• A written application for opening a depo account in the form specified in the depositary regulations;
• A legalized extract from the trade register (register) of the country of incorporation or other equivalent proof of legal status in accordance with the legislation of the country of origin (the extract must be dated no earlier than one year before the date of submission of the application for opening of a depo account);
• The Articles of Association (regulations, agreement, etc.) or its copy certified by a notary.

Documents from other states presented in the depositary, unless otherwise provided by the international treaties of the Republic of Belarus, should be legalized by diplomatic missions or consular offices of the Republic of Belarus or as otherwise provided by the legislation of the Republic of Belarus, and translated into the Russian (Belarusian) language (the accuracy of translation or the authenticity of the translator's signature must be witnessed by a notary or by the diplomatic or consular authorities of the Republic of Belarus).

On certain matters related to depository accounting of shares.

In accordance with the Presidential Decree dated March 4, 2013 No.108 "On certain matters related to depository accounting of shares" (hereinafter - the Decree), amendments and changes were introduced to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated 28.04.2006 No. 277 "On certain matters related to the regulation of securities" as regards rights to shares in the ownership of the Republic of Belarus, including the economic management of public enterprises, or its administrative-territorial units, including economic management of municipal unitary enterprises.

Under the Decree, the republican state bodies and other public institutions that report to the Government of the Republic of Belarus, and local executive and administrative bodies, are provided with three-month period for the conclusion of depository contracts and transfer of shares owned by the Republic of Belarus, including the economic management of public enterprises, and its administrative-territorial units, including economic management of municipal unitary enterprises, to depo accounts held with the RYE "Republican Central Securities Depository".

For matters regarding the transfer of depositors’ securities, depo accounts held with JSC Belagroprombank, please contact the securities depository of the Securities Department (Minsk, 24 Olshevsky Str., 24, room 602,603 tel. 229 64 59 229 63 24) or your local bank office.

For more information please contact the depository of  JSC Belagroprombank at + 375 17 229 63 24/229 64 50 or your local bank office.