National Bank of Republic of Kazakhstan on March 1 bought on KASE government treasury bonds of Ministry of Finance from accumulative pension funds to the amount of KZT1.1 bn

/KASE, March 1, 13/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that the 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 28–March 1, 2013 in KASE trading system. The Buyer intended to purchase securities to the total amount of KZT5 bn. One KASE member took part in the trading session submitting one order for selling 1,000,000 securities. The order remained active at the order submission period close. The total amount of ask at the trading session made up 22.2 % from the planned purchase amount. The ask parameters: –the security ticker: MUM096_0004; –the "net" price: 106.5492 %; –the yield: 5.3620 % APR; –the volume in tenge: 1,111,444,777.78. Based on results of this special trading session the Buyer satisfied the mentioned order in the full volume. The dal total volume made up KZT1,111,444,777.78 (equivalent of USD7,382,072.12 at the current exchange rate). [2013-03-01]