Dear Customers,

With regard to the annual closing, we would like to inform you of changes in the cut-off times for submitting and processing local and foreign currency payments.

In regard with the normal closing of the last working day for the year, when planning your business engagements, please, bear in mind that on 28.12.2012 (Friday) the bank offices will service customers from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Submitting and processing local and foreign currency payments:

Foreign currency payments

• Spot value date 27.12.2012 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 20.12.2012
• Spot value date 28.12.2012 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 21.12.2012
• Spot value date 02.01.2013 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 27.12.2012
• For payments in RUB - spot value 09.01.2013
• For payments in JPY - spot value 04.01.2013
• For payments in CHF and RON - spot value 03.01.2013
• Spot value date 03.01.2013 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 28.12.2012г.
• For payments in RUB - spot value 10.01.2013
• For payments in JPY - spot value 07.01.2013
• For payments in CHF and RON - spot value 04.01.2013.

Cut-off time on 28.12.2012. for submitting FCY payment orders:

• On paper - 12:00 PM
• For receiving electronic ones – 12:30 PM.

Local currency payments

• Cut-off time for submitting payment orders on paper for execution through BISERA and RINGS, value date 28.12.2012 – 11:00 AM.
• Cut-off time for electronically ordered payments for execution through BISERA and RINGS, value date 28.12.2012 – 1:00 PM
• Intrabank payment orders on paper need to be submitted until 11:00 AM for execution on the same working day.
• Electronically ordered payments for execution on the same working day need to be received until 1:00 PM

Payments, ordered after the above indicated cut-off times shall be executed on 02.01.2013.

Kind regards,

Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) EAD