From February 16, 2011, KASE changed parameters of shares influencing on KASE Index value

16.02.11 12:50
/KASE, February 16, 11/ - From February 16, 2011, by Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) Risk Committee decision of February 15, 2011 were changed parameters of shares, included to the KASE index representative list. The changes were made as Kazkommertsbank (hereinafter - the bank) provided to KASE the extract from its shareholders registers system as of February 7, 2011. According to the extract the number of free floating common shares (NIN - KZ1C00400016, ticker - KKGB) of the bank has changed from 57,354,465 units to 56,354,465 units. The mentioned shares number changed as the bank shareholders - Central Asian Investment Company (CAIC) 23.72 % from the total number of offered common shares of the bank and Ak Zhalyn JSC 0.11 % from the total number of offered common shares of the bank, the sole shareholder of which is CAIC, implemented the reorganization through CAIC takeover of Ak Zhalyn JSC. As a result the bank stake of free floating shares decreased from 7.37 % to 7.25 %. These changes entailed the need in adjustment of coefficients that restrict influence of price parameters of all shares, included to the KASE index representative list, on the KASE Index value. The table below shows new and effective till February 16 shares parameters, influencing the KASE index value. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Effective from February 16, 2011 Effective till February 16, 2011 ------------- ------- ----------- ------------ ------- ----------- free restrictive free restrictive offered float coefficient offered float coefficient Ticker shares (Fi), % (Ri) shares (Fi), % Ri) ------- ------------- ------- ----------- ------------ ------- ----------- CCBN 162,456,800 27.2 1.0000000 162,456,800 27.2 1.0000000 GB_ENRC 1,287,750,000 18.6 0.0639037 1,287,750,000 18.6 0.0580149 GB_KZMS 535,240,338 43.1 0.0443532 535,240,338 43.1 0.0412079 HSBK 1,304,171,681 20.6 0.3329198 1,304,171,681 20.6 0.3176449 KKGB 778,625,062 7.3 1.0000000 778,625,062 7.4 1.0000000 KZTK 10,881,924 22.2 0.7683686 10,881,924 22.2 0.7048092 RDGZ 70,110,303 38.5 0.0694700 70,110,303 38.5 0.0635740 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In addition, by the mentioned Risk Committee decision from February 16, 2011, when the KASE index calculating shall be used the new adjustment coefficient (K) value- 2.5991568. Till the mentioned date K equaled 2.7486858. NOTES TO TABLE KASE Index - KASE share market index, showing change of prices of shares listed on the representative list for calculation of the index with account to capitalization of issuers and number of free floating shares (free float). One stock may not exceed 15 % weight in the index. KASE Index is calculated within a trading day as deals in the representing stocks are concluded. In case no deals, parameters of which are required for calculation of the KASE Index were made in the stock during a trading day, for purposes of such calculation, results of the last resultant trading session will be used. The Methodology of index calculation is regulated by the KASE internal document "Methodology of Stock Market Indicators Calculation", available at the KASE website at: http://www.kase.kz/files/normative_base/indicators_met_eng.pdf The page on index is available at http://www.kase.kz/en/index_kase Ticker shows: issuer code of security trading on KASE (first 4 symbols -common share code); share category (if the fifth symbol is "p", preferred share); share issue order number (if required, the sixth symbol is a digit). Issuers code: CCBN - Bank CenterCredit; GB_KZMS - KAZAKHMYS PLC; GB_ENRC - EURASIAN NATURAL RESOURCES CORPORATION PLC; HSBK - Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan; KKGB - Kazkommertsbank; KZTK - Kazakhtelecom; RDGZ - KazMunaiGas Exploration Production. Offered shares - parameter, which is determined independently by KASE on the basis of listing company share register extract data or information provided by the company as a number of outstanding shares of a listing company net of those redeemed. KASE is taking into account the number of outstanding shares, which is confirmed by documents available on KASE. Free float (Fi), % - parameter, determined by KASE as a number of shares not owned by the state, issuer management and shareholders owning five or more percent of common shares of the issuer, except for shareholders in regard of which the Risk committee made a decision that such shareholders shall not be deemed as strategic (institutioanl investors, nominal holders, and entities performing functions of settlement service etc.). Restrictive coefficient (Ri) - parameter limiting weight of influence of one stock on index value to fifteen percent. [2011-02-16]