Tsesnabank announced that Standard & Poor’s lowered ratings of bank and its bonds, outlook "Negative" and placed on CreditWatch Negative

04.12.18 18:12
/KASE, December 4, 2018/ – Tsesnabank (Astana), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has informed KASE as follows: quote November 30, 2018, S&P Global Ratings lowered long-term issuer credit rating on Tsesnabank to 'B-' from 'B' and its Kazakhstan national scale rating to 'kzBB-' from 'kzBB+'. At the same time, the agency placed all the 'B-/B' long- and short -term ratings and the 'kzBB-' rating on CreditWatch with negative implications. Rating of bonds KZP12Y10E084, KZP17Y05E083 downgraded from 'В' to "В-/CreditWatch Negative" on the global scale and from 'kzBB+' to "kzBB-/CreditWatch Negative" on the national scale. Thus, as at November 30, 2018, Tsesnabank has the following ratings from S&P Global Ratings: "В-/CreditWatch Negative/В", national scale rating at "kzBB- /CreditWatch Negative"; rating of bonds NIN KZP12Y10E084, KZP17Y05E083 is at "В-/CreditWatch Negative", national scale rating at "kzBB-/CreditWatch Negative". unquote Details are available on KASE website (in Russian) – http://kase.kz/files/emitters/TSBN/tsbn_change_rating_301118_23161.pdf [2018-12-04]