-National Securities Exchange Report the Removal from listing and reg. of matured,redeemed or retired securities (25)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

Form 25

 

NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR

REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

Commission file number: 1-14748

 

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY LONG-DISTANCE AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS “ROSTELECOM”

New York Stock Exchange

(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)

 

14, 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, Moscow 125047, Russian Federation

Tel. [phone]

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)

 

American Depositary Shares each representing six Ordinary Shares of Rostelecom

(Description of class of securities)

 

Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:

 

o 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)

 

o 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)

 

o 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)

 

o 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)

 

o Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange.

 

x Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rostelecom certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

December 22, 2009		By:		Anton Yu. Kolpakov		General Director
Date				Name		Title

 

 

 

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