Supervisory  Board  of  Financial  and Capital Market Commission on its

meeting  of  March  22, 2002 allowed the Riga Stock Exchange to acquire

the Latvian Central Depository shares at the amount which would give at

least  three-fourths of votes. Thus, the RSE may become a sole owner of

the Latvian Central Depository.



Source: FCMD press release (22/03/2002)