Bonds of ATFBank JSC (Kazakhstan) excluded from official list of STF RFCA beginning June 23, 2008

/KASE, June 23, 08/ - The Expert Council of the special trading floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty (STF RFCA) decided to exclude the following bonds of ATFBank JSC (Almaty) from the official list of STF RFCA beginning June 23, 2008: - KZ2CKY05A978 (aATFBb3; KZT1; KZT4.5 bn.; 01.12.03 - 01.12.08; semiannual coupon 8.5 % APR; 30/360); - KZ2CKY10B406 (aATFBb4; KZT100; KZT4.5 bn.; 23.11.04 - 23.11.14; semiannual coupon 8.5 % APR; 30/360); - KZPC1Y07B598 (aATFBb5; KZT100; KZT13.0 bn.; 23.05.05 - 23.05.12; semiannual coupon indexed to inflation rate, 11.0 % APR as for the current coupon period; 30/360); - KZPC2Y07B596 (aATFBb6; KZT100; KZT13.0 bn.; 26.02.07 - 26.02.14; semiannual coupon indexed to inflation rate, 10.0 % APR as for the current coupon period; 30/360); - XS0205381717 (aATFBe2; $200.0 m.; 09.11.04 - 09.11.09; semiannual coupon 8.875 % APR; 30/360); - XS0233829463 (aATFBe4; $200.0 m.; 28.10.05 - 28.10.10; semiannual coupon 8.125 % APR; 30/360); - XS0253723281 (aATFBe5; $350.0 m.; 11.05.06 - 11.05.16; semiannual coupon 9.0 % APR; 30/360). This decision was made due to absence of the market maker on the indicated bonds beginning May 19, 2008, the duties of which to date were exercised by AIM Capital JSC (Almaty). Other KASE members provide no applications to be granted the status of marker maker on these shares. The opinion of the Listing Commission of STF RFCA of May 22, 2008 specifies that except for failure to comply with the requirement on availability of the market makers for these securities, as set by sub-item 4) of item 6 of order No. 5 of the Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation and Supervision of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty (ARA RFCA) "On Setting Requirements to Issuers, Securities of which are Supposed for Admission or Admitted to the List of the Special Trading Floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty, and to such Securities" of September 8, 2006 and sub-item 4) of article 11 of the KASE internal document "Listing Rules", all other requirements set by the indicated order of the Chairman of ARA RFCA and the Rules will be observed by the bank in full. The indicated bonds of ATFBank JSC were listed on STF RFCA beginning April 27, 2007, the trades in these bonds were open beginning May 4, 2007. During the circulation of the securities on STF RFCA: - in KZ2CKY05A978 (aATFBb3) 3 deals concluded, yield of bonds to maturity for buyer on concluded deals varied from 9.50 % to 12.50 % APR; - in KZ2CKY10B406 (aATFBb4) 3 deals concluded, yield of bonds to maturity for buyer on concluded deals varied from 10.00 % to 13.00 % APR; - in KZPC1Y07B598 (aATFBb5) one deal concluded, yield of bonds to maturity for buyer on concluded deals equaled to 11.50 % APR; - in KZPC2Y07B596 (aATFBb6) 3 deals concluded, yield of bonds to maturity for buyer on concluded deals varied from 8.40 % to 9.50 % APR; - in XS0205381717 (aATFBe2), XS0233829463 (aATFBe4) and XS0253723281 (aATFBe5) no deals were made. [2008-06-23]