1. The Commission issued a temporary prohibition on the publication of a tender offer submitted by I. S. Mihailov EOOD, Bourgas, for the purchase of shares of Monolit – Stil AD, Bourgas, from the company’s other shareholders through the Investment Intermediary BenchMark Finance AD, Sofia City.

2. The Commission approved a prospectus related to a secondary public offering of 2,000 pieces of ordinary, interest-bearing, registered, freely transferable, dematerialized, secured mortgaged backed securities, having a nominal value of EUR 1,000 each, floating rate, determinable on the basis of the 6-month Euribor plus a fixed mark-up of 3.9%, where the minimum value of the coupon is 6.9%, having a maturity date of up to 60 months following the issuance date of one class, issued by Economic and Investment Bank PLC.
The Commission entered the issue into the Public Registry, kept by the FSC.

3. The Commission entered into the Public Companies and Other Issuers of Securities Registry an issue of 150,000 pieces of ordinary, registered, dematerialized, freely transferable voting shares, having a nominal value of BGN 1 each, issued by Active Properties SPV for the purpose of trading these on a regulated securities market.

4. The Commission adopted at first reading a Draft Ordinance on Approval of a Common Methodology for Liquidation of Damages under Third Party Liability Insurance to the Owners, Users, Holders and Drivers of Motor Vehicles.
The Draft Ordinance shall be concerted with all institutions interested. The complete text of the said Draft Ordinance and the Appendices to it may be found under the Legal Framework Section, Draft Normative Documentation Heading.

5. The Commission passed instructions with regard to the implementation of Art. 21 under Ordinance No. 18/Nov. 10, 2004 of the FSC on the compulsory insurance under Art. 77, Para. 1, Items 1 & 2 of the Insurance Act. These are related to interpretations and clarifications on the completion of the control counterfoil, on the place and method of sticking the sticker certifying the existence of the compulsory Third Party Liability Insurance duly taken out. The said instructions shall be published on the website of the Financial Supervision Commission.

1.  The Commission issued a temporary prohibition on the publication of a tender offer submitted by Tourist Trust SPLTD., Sofia City, for the purchase of shares of Intertravelservice JSC, Sofia City, from the company’s other shareholders through the Investment Intermediary Capman Inc., Sofia City.
 
   2. The Commission approved a prospectus for initial public offering of 150,000 pieces of ordinary, registered, dematerialized, freely transferable shares, having nominal value of BGN 10 each and issuance value of BGN 30 each, issued by Sturgeon AquaFarms Bulgaria, LLC., Sofia City, as a result of increase in the company’s capital.
The Commission entered into the FSC’s Public Registry the company as an issuer and the aforesaid issue of shares (undergoing an issuance procedure).

 3. The Commission issued a licence to BenchMark Asset Management PLC to undertake the following activities as a management company:
• management of the activities of collective investment schemes and of closed-end investment companies, including:
• investment management;
• units or shares administration, including legal advisory services and accounting services in connection with asset management, investors’ requests for information, asset valuation and units or shares’ price calculation, control over the observation of the legal requirements, keeping the book of the unit holders or the shareholders, distribution of dividends and other payments, issuance, sale and repurchase of units or shares, contract execution, reporting;
• marketing services.

The company also has the right to perform the following extra services:
• management (in compliance with a contract concluded with the customer) of individual portfolio, such of an institutional investor inclusive, comprising securities, at one’s own discretion, without receiving special orders by the customer;
• provision of investment consultation with regard to securities.

4. The Commission issued a licence to Park SPV to undertake activities as a special purpose vehicle, and namely: investment of pecuniary means raised through issuance of securities in real estates (real estate securitization).
The Commission approved a prospectus for public offering of 150,000 pieces of ordinary, registered, dematerialized, freely transferable voting shares, having nominal value of BGN 1 each, issued by Park SPV, as a result of increase in the company’s capital.
The Commission entered the aforesaid issue of shares (undergoing an issuance procedure) issued by Park SPV into the Public Companies and Other Issuers of Securities Registry, kept by the Commission.

 1. The Financial Supervision Commission approved a prospectus for secondary public offering of shares and entry of TRANSCARD AD, Sofia City, as a public company in the Public Companies Registry, kept by the FSC. The issue amounts to BGN 5 mln., allocated in 5 mln. pieces of ordinary, registered, dematerialized, freely transferable shares, having nominal value of BGN 1 each, and representing the court registered capital of TRANSCARD AD. The Commission entered the issue into the Registry for the purpose of trading on the regulated market.

 2. The Commission adopted an Ordinance on Amendments to Ordinance No. 3 of September 24, 2003 on the terms and procedures for switching participation and transferring the amounts accrued in an insured person’s individual account from one supplementary pension fund to another fund of the same type, managed by another pension insurance company.
Under the amendments introduced to the above Ordinance, it is provided for the implementation of a mechanism, through which it shall be guaranteed that the insured person has personally expressed its own volition to switch participation or to transfer amounts accrued from one pension fund to another fund of the same type. For the said purpose, a requirement is introduced for notarised attestation of the insured person’s signature on the first copy of the Application for Switch of Participation or for Transfer of Amounts Accrued, as submitted by them. This has respectively led to abolition of the hitherto prevailing procedure for submission of the Application in person by the insured at an office of the new pension insurance company of the same type. The Application samples are also amended.

 3. The Financial Supervision Commission approved an Application for Issuance of Approval for Performing Transformation of an Investment Intermediary under Art. 74а, Para. 1, Item 1 of the POSA Form.

1. The Financial Supervision Commission approved a prospectus for initial public offering of 710,000 pieces of ordinary, registered shares, having nominal value of BGN 1 each, issued by Web Media Group AD as a result of increase in the company’s capital from BGN 710,000 to BGN 1,420,000 in compliance with a resolution of the company’s General meeting of shareholders. The Commission entered Web Media Group AD in the Public Register as an issuer.

Web Media Group AD owns the following websites: www.finance.news, www.news.bg, www.topsport.bg. Main shareholder in the company is Hiron – 91.

2. The Financial Supervision Commission approved a prospectus for initial public offering of dematerialized, privileged voting shares, entitling their owners to a dividend, right to liquidation proceeds and buy-back right, issued by Elana High Yield Fund AD Open-End Investment Company. The Commission entered the issue and the company in the Public Register.

Elana High Yield Fund AD Investment Company is managed by Elana Fund Management AD Management Company. It is envisaged that the new company shall mainly invest in shares of Bulgarian companies traded on the stock exchange.

3. The Financial Supervision Commission issued a licence to Elana Farm Land Fund SPV to perform activities as a special purpose vehicle for real estate securitization. The Financial Supervision Commission approved a prospectus for public offering of 2,000,000 pieces of ordinary shares, having a nominal value of BGN 1 each, issued by the company as a result of initial increase in capital.

Company’s founders are Elana Holding with 70% of the company’s capital, Dobrudja – М- Life Mutual-Insurance Co-operative Association with 20 %, and Planeta AD Health Insurance Company with 10 %.