Takasbank was elected Chairman of ANNA Advisory Board

ANNA Service Bureau (ASB), which became operational in July 2001, is a central hub to receive and consolidate ISIN data from ANNA members and disseminate this information to the market via the Internet. ASB is operated by Standard & Poors (USA) and Telekurs (Switzerland). As of June 2005, the number of active ISIN records in the ASB database is 2.3 million and these ISINs are from over 190 countries.Takasbank represents ANNA membership at the Advisory Board of ASB since 2001. In the last general meeting of ANNA held in Zurich, June 2005, Takasbank was unanimously re-elected to the Advisory Board of the ASB and further appointed as its chairman for 2005-2006.