/KASE, February 23, 15/ – KazTransOil JSC (Astana, hereinafter – the Company),
whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has by
an official letter informed KASE that "on February 19, 2015 international rating
agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the long-term credit rating of the Company
from "BBB-" to "ВВ+", following the downgrading of sovereign ratings of the
Republic of Kazakhstan and credit rating of National company KazMunayGaz JSC.
The press-release of agency Standard & Poor's of February 19, 2015, in Russian
and English, provided by KazTransOil JSC, is available on KASE website at
http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/KZTO/kzto_rating_190215.pdf
[2015-02-23]