/KASE, May 19, 08/ - As it was informed earlier, by the decision of Kazakhstan
Stock Exchange (KASE) Board of May 13, 2008, bonds KZP01Y15D013
(KZT100, KZT30.0 bn.; May 19, 08 - May 19, 23, the semi-annual coupon
indexed on the inflation rate, 12.0% APR for the first two years of circulation;
30/360) of Astana-finance JSC (Astana) are recognized included into the KASE
category "A" official list in compliance with the simplified listing procedure,
established by article 19-1 of Listing Rules. The bonds were assigned the KASE
code ASFIb16.
The decision came into effect of the on May 19, 2008 as the issuer paid KASE
the listing fee on these securities.
The opening of trades in bonds on KASE also will be announced additionally.
The mentioned bonds issue is the first under the seventh bonds program of
Astana-finance JSC, registered by the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on
Regulation and Supervision of Financial Markets and Financial Organizations on
April 11, 2008, to the total amount of KZT100.0 bn., and the sixteenth issue of
the company's bonds listed on KASE.
More detailed information on securities will be published on KASE website on
May 19, at
http://www.kase.kz/emitters/asfi.asp.
[2008-05-19]