Signing of the T2S Framework Agreement // consisting of the following 9 CSDs: Bank of Greece Securities Settlement System - BOGS (Greece)

Signing of the T2S Framework Agreement

30 April 2012 was the deadline for indication by CSDs of their decision to join T2S early. We can now announce the first group of CSDs that have committed to signing the T2S Framework Agreement, consisting of the following 9 CSDs:

• Bank of Greece Securities Settlement System - BOGS (Greece)
• Clearstream Banking AG (Germany)
• Depozitarul Central (Romania)
• Iberclear (Spain)
• LuxCSD S.A. (Luxembourg)
• Monte Titoli S.p.A. (Italy)
• National Bank of Belgium-Securities Settlement System – NBB-SSS (Belgium)
• VP LUX S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg)
• VP Securities A/S (Denmark)

We are also pleased to announce the event that will mark the signing of this important contract by CSDs and the Eurosystem. The event will take place on 8 May 2012 in Frankfurt, and will be attended by Mario Draghi, ECB President, and Peter Praet, the member of the ECB Executive Board responsible for T2S.
The signing of the T2S Framework Agreement by the first 9 CSDs represents a key milestone for the T2S project. CSDs that need more time to conclude their internal assessments may sign the T2S Framework Agreement by 30 June 2012.

 http://www.ecb.int/paym/t2s/html/index.en.html