Kazakhstan Kagazy announces signing final agreements on payment of debt of Kazakhstan Kagazy Plc towards Alliance Bank

03.10.14 17:59
/KASE, October 3, 14/ – Kazakhstan Kagazy JSC (Almaty region, hereinafter – the company), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release: quote Kazakhstan Kagazy PLC (KK) and Alliance Bank JSC (Alliance) are pleased to announce that they have agreed terms upon which KK Group’s outstanding loan indebtedness to Alliance Bank (totalling about KZT15.3bn, including interest and penalties) will be fully and finally settled. Under the terms of the signed settlement agreements, KK will transfer its selected non-core assets, including land plots and Class B warehouses to Alliance. As a result, KK will exit the logistics business. The settlement will allow KK to reduce significantly its overall debt level and free financial and management resources to focus on the company’s core growing and profitable recycling and paper manufacturing operations. unquote The full press-release is available on KASE website in Russian at http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/KKAG/kkag_reliz_031014.pdf [2014-10-03]