Alliance Bank (Kazakhstan) pays 5th coupon on guarateed international bonds XS0251702618 (ASBNe3) of ALB Finance B.V. (the Netherlands)

/KASE, October 17, 08/ - Alliance Bank (Almaty) informed in an official letter to Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) that the bank paid the fifth coupon interest to holders of termless euronotes XS0251702618 (KASE official list, of category "Rated debt securities" ASBNe3; $1, $150.0 m., circulation from 19.04.06, semiannual coupon 9.375 % APR; 30/360) of ALB Finance B.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), issued on a full security of Alliance Bank. According to the bank, the sum of coupon payment made up $7,066,575.00. KASE draws attention not to have checked the accuracy of the information, provided in the notification of its source. All the responsibility for accuracy of the information published is incurred by the person, indicated in the message as the source of the information. The persons, willing to disprove the information released in this message, must apply to KASE with a correspondent official letter. [2008-10-17]