Alliance Bank (Kazakhstan) delays payment of 7th coupon on bonds KZPC4Y07B576 (ASBNb7)

28.01.10 16:51
/KASE, January 28, 10/ - Alliance Bank (Almaty) informed Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) the bank would delay payment of the seventh coupon interest on subordinated bonds KZPC4Y07B576 (ASBNb7; KZT1,000, KZT5.0 bn; 24.07.06 - 24.07.13, semiannual coupon 8.50 % APR; 30/360). According to the bond prospectus Alliance Bank had to pay the coupon on January 25, 2010. The prospectus specifies "in case of default on the sum payable to bondholders under the Prospectus, the issuer must pay to bondholders the principal and the fine for each day of delay, computed on the basis of the official rate of the Kazakhstan National Bank as on the day the obligations or a part thereof must be honored". The bank informed: Quotation begins Herewith Alliance Bank (the Bank) is informing the Bank failed on January 24, 2010. The Bank failed did not pay coupon on bonds of the fourth issue under its first bond program (NIN KZPC4Y07B576) in accordance with Almaty special finance court decision No. 2-21/2009 dated September 18, 2009 on the bank restructuring. The decision read to suspend compliance with bank creditors' financial debt claims, which are to be restructured came into effect. The bonds of the abovementioned issue are subject to restructuring. Therewith we inform, in accordance with the Restructuring plan, the bank stopped on November 26, 2009 accruing interest on bonds that are subject to restructuring. As on November 26, 2009 KZT144,027,777.78 of interest was accrued in regard of the bonds of the fourth issue under the first bond program, 5,000,000 bonds were placed, including 33,800 bonds redeemed by the bank. Ends Earlier KASE released news on September 22, 2009 "Special financial court of Almaty approves Alliance Bank debt restructuring" - http://www.kase.kz/en/news/show/1083801 Currently twelve companies listed on KASE informed of insolvency to fully or partially comply with obligations on their bonds. The list of listing companies, that admitted default on bonds, is available at the KASE website at section "Issuers" ("default") at http://www.kase.kz/en/emitters KASE reminds in accordance with the internal document "Rules on Release of Exchange Information" it does not assume responsibility for accuracy of the information it spreads in regard of KASE members and issuers listed on KASE, if such information is based on messages and documents, received from such members and issuers in pursuance with their obligations before the Exchange. At generation of such information KASE does not check accuracy of the messages and documents. The person, willing to disprove the information released in this message, must address to KASE with a corresponding official letter [2010-01-28]