Q: What is Yandex.ru?
A: Yandex is a leading Internet portal in Russia.
Q: What does "Yandex" mean?
A: Historically, "Yandex" is an acronym for "Yet Another indexer". The users suggested various versions of the word’s etymology. One of the exotic versions is that "Yan" syllable comes from the name of the white, "sunny" side of the Ying-Yang sign.
Q: When was Yandex created?
A: Yandex was created in 1993 as a department developing search technologies in CompTek International, a network and telecom equipment distributor in Russia . Four years later, in 1997 the Yandex web search service was launched and in 2000, Yandex became a standalone company.
Q: When was Yandex incorporated?
A: Yandex was incorporated in 2000.
Q: Where is Yandex located?
A: Along with its headquarters in Moscow, Yandex has development offices in Saint-Petersburg, Ekaterinburg (Russia), Kiev and Simferopol (Ukraine), Minsk (Belarus) and sales offices in Novosibirsk, Kazan and Rostov-on-Don (Russia) as well as in Kiev and Odessa (Ukraine). There are also offices of Yandex.Money located in Saint Petersburg and in Moscow. In 2008, Yandex introduced Yandex Labs, its new U.S. technology and business development facility in Palo Alto (California, USA). In 2011 Yandex opened an office in Istanbul (Turkey) along with the launch of a web portal for Turkey.
Q: How many employees does Yandex have?
A: As of September 30, 2011, more than 3,100 full time employees work at Yandex offices located in different cities and countries.
Q: What are Yandex advertising solutions?
A: To read about Yandex advertising opportunities, please refer here.
Q: When is Yandex’s year-end?
A: Yandex’s fiscal year end is December 31.
Q: Who is Yandex's independent auditor?
A: Yandex has been audited by Deloitte&Touche since 2000.
Q: Who are the company's competitors?
A: Currently we consider our primary local competitors to be Mail.ru and Google.
Q: Where can I find any financial information and business description of your company?
A: You can find a lot of information about the company on our website http://company.yandex.com/ as well as in the F-1 available through the SEC website.
Q: When is your next earnings release date?
A: To be automatically notified on our upcoming events please subscribe to announcements using a subscription form on our website http://company.yandex.com/press_center/press_releases/.
Q: Will you be holding earnings conference calls?
A: Yes, we will. To be automatically notified please subscribe to Announcements using a subscription form on our website http://company.yandex.com/press_center/press_releases/.
Q: What is your ISIN?
A: The ISIN is NL0009805522.
Q: Who is your transfer agent?
A: Our transfer agent is Computershare.
