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1991
| 1.08 |
computer settlement system launched |
| 3.09 |
first issue of the Cedula WSE official daily bulletin |
| 3.12 |
WSE admitted as a corresponding member to the International Federation of Stock Exchanges (FIBV) |
1992
| 9.01 |
second trading session in a week introduced |
| 28.01 |
first exchange terminals installed at member firms' offices |
| 23.04 |
first trading session with the use of the IBM AS/400 computer |
| 26.05 |
first dividend payment of a listed company (Irena) carried out by the WSE depository system |
| 15.06 |
T-bonds introduced to continuous trading |
| 18.08 |
KING electronic exchange data distribution system implemented |
| 1.09 |
T-bonds introduced the single-price auction |
1993
| 4.01 |
third trading session in a week introduced |
| 22.04 |
WSE parallel market launched |
| 1.05 |
settlement cycle changed from T+4 to T+3 |
| 9.06 |
first share split on the Exchange (Mostostal Export) |
| 5.07 |
post-auction trading computerised; orders may be entered from exchange terminals during the session |
| 15.07 |
end-of-day data is via TV teletext |
1994
| 10.02 |
first quotation of subscription rights (efekt) |
| 1.03 |
first allocation of shares through public subscription (Exbud) |
| 8.03 |
all-time high WIG index value (20 760.3) |
| 16.04 |
the WIG20 (price index) launched |
| 1.06 |
real-time information made available via TV teletext |
| 1.07 |
fourth trading session in a week introduced |
| 3.10 |
fifth trading session in a week introduced |
| 10.10 |
WSE becomes a member of the International Federation of Stock Exchanges (FIBV) |
| 7.11 |
National Depository for Securities (NDS) becomes a separate legal entity, owned jointly by the WSE and the State Treasury |
1995
| 3.01 |
WIRR (parallel market index) launched |
| 25.01 |
first meeting of the Co-ordinating Committee for the New Trading System |
| 20.04 |
first continuous trading session with the IBM AS/400 and exchange terminals |
| 17.05 |
first public invitation to subscribe to sell shares listed on the WSE (Indykpol) |
| 12-14.10 |
Your Money - the First Polish Capital Investment Forum organised by the WSE |
| 18.12 |
crossing phase introduced to post-auction trading |
1996
| 15.02 |
first issue of WSE Monthly Bulletin |
| 6.05 |
market capitalisation reaches 20 billion zlotys |
| 8.07 |
first five companies introduced to continuous trading |
| 15.07 |
NIF certificates listed in the single-price auction system |
| 12.08 |
NIF certificates introduced to continuous trading |
| 1.10 |
commercial real-time data distribution system launched |
| 10-12.10 |
WSE, the Polish Bank Association and the Polish Insurance Chamber organise Your Money - the Second Capital Investment Forum |
| 20.12 |
invitation to tender (request for proposal) for the delivery of a new trading system sent out |
1997
| 3.02 |
first publication of the WIG20 index during continuous trading; the 1000th trading session on the WSE |
| 12.02 |
market capitalisation reaches USD 10 billion; record daily turnover value of 953.8 million zlotys (including block trades) |
| 20.02 |
first company (Elpo) traded on the WSE free market |
| 1.04 |
real-time information on the WSE available through Reuters |
| 12.05 |
180th anniversary of the creation of the first Exchange in Warsaw |
| 21.05 |
100th company listed on the WSE |
| 12.06 |
first quotation of the 15 National Investment Funds; the NIF index launched |
| 1.07 |
NIF shares introduced to continuous trading; the NIF index published for the first time in the continuous trading system |
| 10.07 |
market capitalisation reaches 40 billion zlotys |
| 25.07 |
WSE and SBF-Bourse de Paris sign a letter of intent for the delivery of a new trading system |
| 16-18.10 |
Your Money - the Third Polish Capital and Financial Forum in Warsaw |
1998
| 16.01 |
WIG20 futures introduced to exchange trading |
| 9.03 |
first warrants introduced to exchange trading |
| 11.03 |
year-high WIG index value (18 582.7) |
| 25.03 |
construction begins of the new Exchange site |
| 30.06 |
first quotation of Pekao bank, the largest bank on the Exchange |
| 4.08 |
first quotation of allotment certificates (for BRE shares) |
| 21.08 |
WSE, SBF-Bourse de Paris and Euronext sign contract for the delivery of the new trading system |
| 15.09 |
WSE accepted as an affiliate member of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) |
| 21.09 |
the MIDWIG (mid-cap index) launched |
| 25.09 |
USD futures introduced to exchange trading |
| 15-17.10 |
Your Money - the Fourth Polish Capital and Financial Forum in Warsaw |
| 18.11 |
first quotation of TPSA - Polish Telecom, the largest company on the Exchange; market capitalisation exceeds USD 20 billion |
| 28.12 |
last quotation of NIF certificates |
1999
| 04.01 |
trading hours extended, single-price auction begins at 10:00 AM; continuous trading extended by one hour, begins at 12:00 PM and ends at 4:00 PM |
| 11.01 |
200th company (Skotan) listed on the WSE (free market) |
| 26.03 |
WIG sector sub-indices launched |
| 31.05 |
Euro futures introduced to exchange trading May the first 'Exchange School' courses organised by the WSE for beginning investors |
| 4.06 |
WSE becomes an associate member of the Federation of European Stock Exchanges (FESE) |
| 11.06 |
market capitalisation exceeds 100 billion zloty |
| 12 i 16.07 |
WSE signs two memoranda of cooperation and exchange of infor- mation: with the London Stock Exchange on July 12 and with the Paris Bourse on July 16 |
| 14-16.10 |
Your Money - the Fifth Capital and Financial Forum in Warsaw |
| 26.11 |
the largest company privatised in 1999, Polski Koncern Naftowy, listed on the WSE |
| 30.11 |
founding act of the Power Exchange (in which the WSE has a 10% stake) signed |
2000
| February |
Real-time Exchange data become available via vendors on Internet |
| 2.02 |
Highest daily turnover value 1 110.8 million zloty |
| 27.03 |
All-time WIG index high (22 868.4) |
| 5.04 |
First quotation of corporate bonds on Exchange (Issuer Centrum Leasingu i Finansów Clif SA) |
| 28.04 |
Creation of Segment for Innovative Technologies -SiTech intended for companies from IT-telecom sector (regardless of quotation market whose activities encompass production and services using innovative technologies) |
| 19.05 |
TechWIG index for WSE Segment for Innovative Technologies introduced |
| 25.05 |
First investment certificates introduced to trading on Exchange (issuer - Skarbiec-Gwarancja 2002 - closed-end investment fund) |
| 8.06 |
Official opening of new Exchange site - Exchange Centre |
| 1.08 |
TechWIG futures introduced to trading on Exchange |
| 16.11 |
Last trading session held at Banking and Financial Centre |
| 17.11 |
New WARsaw Stock Exchange Trading System (WARSET) introduced |
2001
| 22.01 |
Futures contracts on individual stocks introduced to trading on Exchange |
| 7.02 |
2000th trading session on Exchange |
| 16.04 | Tenth anniversary of Warsaw Stock Exchange |
| 9.08 | WSE signs Memorandum of Co-operation with the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania |
| 24.09 | American-style warrants introduced to trading on Exchange |
| 22.10 | Futures on stocks of another five companies - Agora , KGHM, PEKAO S.A., BRE and PROKOM - introduced to trading on Exchange
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| 26.11 | Index participation units on WIG20 index (MiniWIG20) introduced to trading on Exchange |
2002
| 8.02 | WSE signs cross-membership and cross-access agreement with Euronext |
| 18.02 | MIDWIG futures introduced to trading on Exchange |
| 25.04 | First quotation of convertible bonds on Exchange (Issuer - ComArch) |
| 26.04 | CeTO (part of WSE capital group) launches Electronic Treasury Securities Market |
| Sep | - Resolutions of WSE Supervisory and Management Boards concerning i ntroduction of Best Practices in Public Companies in 2002 (Corporate Governance) |
2003
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27.05 | Subsription warrants introduced to trading (Netia) |
| 1.09 | WSE launched a post-auction trading phase in the continuous trading system. |
| 22.09 | Index options launched on the WSE |
| 14.10 | First foreign company to be listed on the WSE - Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG |
2004
| 1.05 | A new market structure: official and regulated unofficial market, both governed by separate sets of rules |
| 1.06 | WSE became a full member of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) |
| 10.11 | Highest session turnover on equities - PLN 3.27 billion |
| 15.12 | „Best Practices In Public Companies 2005” accepted by the WSE Supervisory and Management Boards |
2005
| 14.02 | T-note futures introduced to exchange trading |
| 11.07 | The first remote member of the Exchange starts its activities (Fischer Partners Fondkommission AB) |
| 3.10 | New WSE trading session schedule |
| 6.10 | Highest session trading voluime for futures: 54,877 contracts |
| 17.10 | Stock options debut on the WSE |
| 24.10 | Three new Acts regulating the functioning of the Polish capital market came into effect |
| 31.12 | WSE ceased NIF index calucation |
2006
| 08.05 | The Extraordinary General Meeting of the WSE appointed Ludwik Sobolewski as President of the Management Board. Ludwik Sobolewski succeeded Wiesław Rozłucki,
the WSE President since its first days. |
| 25.08 | Structured products were first quoted. The first products of this kind were structured bonds issued by Deutsche Bank AG London. |
| 17.08 | Astarta Holding N.V., the first company from Ukraine, made its debut on the WSE. |
| 01.09 | New ticks introduced for the listed instruments.. Among others, the new tick of PLN 0.01 was introduced for all shares priced up to PLN 50. |
| 10.10 | The WSE welcomed the first Slovak company on the trading floor: Asseco Slovakia. |
| 25.10 | CEZ, the largest company in the Czech Republic and in Central and Eastern Europe was first quoted on the WSE. |
| 15.11 | Contract was signed with the first WSE IPO Partner: E-volution Capital, a brokerage house from Kiev, Ukraine. |
| 20.12 | For the first time in the history of the Warsaw Stock Exchange two companies made their WSE debut on the same day (Monnari Trade and CEDC). |
2007
| 18-19.01 | The first edition of the Central & Eastern European Market Forum took place. This event is intended for investors, companies and other institutions associated with the stock market. |
| 16.03 | New rules for computing and qualifying companies to indices came into force. The previous MIDWIG index was replaced by the mWIG40, and the WIRR superseded by the sWIG80 |
| 01.04 | Segmentation of listed companies was modified and three segments of equities were introduced: 5 PLUS, 50 PLUS and 250 PLUS. The segment labelled 5 PLUS includes shares in companies with a capitalisation of under EUR 50 million; 50 PLUS covers companies with a capitalisation between EUR 50 and 250 million whereas capitalisation of over EUR 250 million puts companies into the segment called 250 PLUS. |
| 09.05 | A new online service, designed by the WSE and the Polish Press Agency, was launched at www.WSEInfoSpace.eu. WSEInfoSpace is a business news site with information on Polish and foreign companies listed on the WSE, providing news from markets in Central and Eastern Europe. |
| 30.08 | NewConnect, a new market, organised and operated by the WSE, was launched. NewConnect is designed to finance start-ups and new companies with a high growth potential. |
| 12.10 | The Warsaw Stock Exchange became a shareholder of the Sibiu Monetary Financial and Commodities Exchange, Sibex (Bursa Monetar Financiara si de Marfuri; Sibiu, Romania). |
| 20.12 | UniCredit, an Italian company and the largest bank in Central and Eastern Europe, made its debut on the WSE, becoming the largest company listed on the Warsaw bourse. |
2008
| 25.06 | Opening of the WSE's representation office in the capital of Ukraine - Kiev. The WSE representation is an information centre for prospective issuers and investors in Ukraine interested to raise or invest capital on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. |
| 10.07 | Closing of WSE's acquisition of 25% of shares of the Ukrainian stock exchange INNEX. |
| July | Launch of the Liquidity Support Programme. The Programme was conceived for those companies whose stock is traded at a low liquidity level according to the WSE criteria. |
| 01.09 | Change in the trading session schedule. As of 1 September, trading sessions start at 9:00 a.m. on the equities market (continuous trading) and at 8:30 on the derivative instruments market. |
2009
| 11.03 | Acquisition by the WSE of 61.31 percent of shares of MTS CeTO. WSE holds 92.47 percent of the share capital of MTS-CeTO. |
| 30.09 | CATALYST - the first organized market in debt securities in Poland and a unique such market in Central and Eastern Europe |
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