National Bank of Republic of Kazakhstan on February 22 bought on KASE government treasury bonds of Ministry of Finance from accumulative pension funds to the amount of KZT1.9 bn

/KASE, February 22, 13/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that a special trading session for purchase by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter – the Buyer) of government treasury bonds of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Finance (MEKAM) from accumulative pension funds was held on February 21–22, 2013 in KASE trading system. The Buyer intended to purchase securities to the total amount of KZT10 bn. Three KASE members took part in the trading session submitting six orders for selling of 1,641,593 securities. All of the orders remained active at the order submission period close. The total amount of ask at the trading session made up 19.0 % of the proposed purchase amount. Ask parameters (on active orders): ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. of orders Trade "Net" Yield Qty of --------------- code w-t. av. price % w-t. av., % APR orders th. pcs KZT m ----------- ---------------- --------------- ------ ------- ------- MOM060_0037 110.2028 -0.0426 1 6 pc. <0.1 MUM096_0004 106.4972 5.3832 1 9 pc. <0.1 MUM120_0001 102.0494 4.7997 1 1 pc. <0.1 MUM132_0002 96.7034 6.4686 1 1.6 1.6 MUM180_0001 109.5498 6.8013 2 1,640.0 1,896.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on results of this special trading session the Buyer satisfied five orders for selling of 1,641,587 bonds. The total volume of deals made up KZT1,897,947,431.28 (equivalent of USD12,633,611.34 at the current market rate). Parameters of deals concluded during the special trading session: -------------------------------------------------- Vol. of deals Trade "Net" Yield Qty of --------------- code price, % % APR deals th. pcs KZT m ----------- -------- ------ ------ ------- ------- MUM096_0004 106.4972 5.3832 1 9 pc. <0.1 MUM120_0001 102.0494 4.7997 1 1 pc. <0.1 MUM132_0002 96.7034 6.4686 1 1.6 1.6 MUM180_0001 109.5498 6.8013 1 140.0 161.9 MUM180_0001 109.5498 6.8013 1 1,500.0 1,734.5 -------------------------------------------------- [2013-02-22]