Since March 17, 2006 sixteen securities are excluded from KASE's list of instruments, allowed for using as subjects of automatic repo transactions

/KASE, March 17, 06/ - By the decision of Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) Board since March 17, 2006 securities are excluded from KASE's list of instruments, allowed for using as subjects of automatic repo transactions: - KZPC1Y05D501 issue bonds (ASFIb5) of Astana-Finance JSC (Astana) with 7 and 14-day repo transactions term; - KZ2CKY05A978 issue bonds (ATFBb3) of ATFBank JSC (Almaty) with 14 and 30-day repo transactions term; - KZPC1Y07B598 issue bonds (ATFBb5) of ATFBank JSC (Almaty) with 14 and 30-day repo transactions term; - KZ1P35970618 preferred shares (ATFBp) of ATFBank JSC with 1 and 30- day repo transactions term; - KZ2CKY05A473 issue bonds (BRKZb1) of Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Astana) with 1 and 7- day repo transactions term; - KZ1C50510011 common shares (HRLT) of CHARALTYN JSC (Semipalatinsk) with 14- day repo transactions term; - KZPC1Y03B198 issue bonds (HSBKb5) of Halyk savings bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty) with 14- day repo transactions term; - KZ2CKY10A853 issue bonds (KZIKb2) of Kazakhstan Mortgage Company JSC (Almaty) with 14- day repo transactions term; - KZ2CKY10A986 issue bonds (KZIKb3) of Kazakhstan Mortgage Company JSC with 14- day repo transactions term; - KZ2CKY10В075 issue bonds (KZIKb4) of Kazakhstan Mortgage Company JSC with 14-day repo transactions term; - XS0132391938 international bonds (KZTOe1) of KazTransOil JSC (Astana) with 7- day repo transactions term; - KZ1P48710217 preferred shares (ORDBp) of Corporation Ordabasy JSC (Almaty) with 1, 3 and 7-day repo transactions term; - KZ2CKY05A721 issue bonds (RGBRb3) of RG Brands JSC (Almaty) with 1- day repo transactions term; - KZ2CKY07A792 issue bonds (TXBNb2) of TEXAKABANK JSC (Almaty) with 1 and 7-day repo transactions term; - KZPC1Y05B618 issue bonds (VTBNb3) of Valut-Tranzit-Bank JSC (Karaganda) with 28-day repo transactions term; - KZPC2Y07B612 issue bonds (VTBNb4) of Valut-Tranzit-Bank JSC (Karaganda) with 1 and 3- day repo transactions term. The decision has been taken in compliance with paragraph 3 of item 3 of KASE's internal document "Specification of automatic repo market" (http://www.kase.kz/geninfo/normbase/sp_repo.pdf), because repo transactions in the mentioned instruments were not made on KASE for six months. [2006-03-17]