/KASE, March 13, 12/ - JSC "Astana Gas Service" (Astana), whose shares are officially listed at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has by an official letter informed KASE of the following:

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... we inform you of a cease of validity of state licenses entitling to the following types of activities:

• "Operation of gas storage facilities",
• "Operation of systems for gasification of residential and communal facilities".

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In the mentioned letter it is also said "of the receipt of a statement of claim from the public prosecutor of district "Almaty" of Astana in favor of JSC "Astana- Finance" to recover debts amounting to KZT289,641,644 (two hundred eighty nine million six hundred forty one thousand six hundred forty four)".

[2012-03-13]