According to the Report of the Central Securities Depository of the Republic of Uzbekistan the number of shares issued by 625 joint-stock companies and safekept by the Central Securities Depository totaled 17,947.40 billion with the aggregate par value totaled UZS 189,709.12 billion as of 01.01.2024.

The number of issued shares increased by 1,501.39 pcs, and the aggregate volume of issued shares increased by UZS 22,946.63 billion as a result of the reporting period.

The number of corporate bonds safekept by the Central Securities Depository that were issued by 33 corporate bonds issuers totaled 897.2 thousand with aggregate par value totaled UZS 1,063.4 billion, including 543.1 thousand corporate bonds with aggregate par value totaled UZS 669.19 billion that were issued by 26 limited liability companies.

State-owned share in authorized capital of 239 joint-stock companies totaled UZS 158,216.5 billion as of 01.01.2024, including state-owned share in authorized capital of 219 joint-stock companies totaled UZS 158,172.8 billion which were safekept by the Central Securities Depository. During the reporting period the state-owned share in authorized capital of joint-stock companies increased by UZS 23,641.1 billion while the number of joint-stock companies with state-owned share increased by 16.

Aggregate par value of share owned by economic management bodies in authorized capital of 135 joint-stock companies totaled UZS 3,848.8 billion. The volume of assets owned by economic management bodies decreased by UZS 3,762.0 over the reporting period, while the number of joint-stock companies decreased by 27.

190 sets of documents applying for various depository operations have been received in the reporting period.

The Central Securities Depository recorded in the register 125 issues of securities including 22 primary issues of share, 88 additional issues of shares, 3 additional issues on consolidation, as well as 12 issues of corporate bonds and changes to issues of 14 issuers as of 01.01.2024.

The Central Securities Depository removed from the register share issues of 24 issuers due to liquidation and part of shares issues of 20 issuers, as well as corporate bonds issues of 7 issuers.

The Central Securities Depository assembled 3,191 registers and allocated international codes to 932 securities of 652 domestic issuers as of 01.01.2024.

The Central Securities Depository provides services to 7 investment funds and 2 privatization investment funds as it executes its exceptional function on safekeeping of rights on securities issued by investment funds.

The volume of securities issued by investment funds totaled UZS 2.32 billion, while the volume of securities purchased totaled UZS 8.47 billion.

The aggregated number of all funds’ shareholders totaled 50 439 persons, including 50 402 physical persons and 37 legal persons.

The Central Securities Depository safekeeps rights on securities of 55 investment intermediaries, as well as their clients, by maintaining the accounts of investment intermediaries.

The number of depositors (the clients of investment intermediaries) who have funds on their depo accounts totaled 704.88 thousand, including 57.98 thousand legal persons, i.e. 8.23%, and 646.90 thousand physical persons, i.e. 91.77%, as of 01.01.2024.

The number of depositors saw a 0.04% decrease from the prior year.

The aggregate volume of 7,179.12 billion securities safekept by investment intermediaries totaled par value UZS 17,308.39, an increase of 38.46% compared to the previous year.

The Central Securities Depository registered 184 over the counter transactions for an aggregated number of securities amounted to 3,821.57 billion pieces and totaled UZS 38,693.6 billion throughout the reporting period, and made 212 securities transfers between the depo accounts following registered over the counter transactions.