/KASE, July 24, 01, official press-release of the Exchange/ - From July 26
through September 28, 2001 initial additional offering auction of
Kazakhstan Temir Joly NSE (Astana) second issue bonds (KZ2EUY03A368;
official list of KASE securities under category "A", TMJLb2, $100, $30m, July
10.01 - July 10.04, semiannual coupon at 8.0% APR) will be held at the
Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).
The auction will be held in the trade system of the KASE on the basis of
open trades using the main trade mode of the KASE - uninterrupted
counter auction mode. The distinctive feature of this additional offering from
regular trades on secondary market is that the bonds will be offered only by
the underwriter of the issuer - Fondovyi service CJSC (Almaty), and the
trades will be held without collecting commission by the Exchange.
Bonds' code in KASE trade system at initial additional offer within this
auction - TMJLb2A - will be distinctive from trade code of the same
securities at KASE secondary circulation (TMJLb2) which is open from
July 24 of this year.
The bids for additional offer should be made in the trade system of the
Exchange from 11:30AM till 7:00PM Almaty time, except Friday (July 27,
August 10, 17, 24, 31, September 07, 14, 21 and 28). On Fridays bids will
be admitted from 11:30AM till 3:00PM.
The payments for the bonds purchased at additional offering should be made
by the buyers till 4:00PM Almaty time on Fridays - upon the auction
results a week prior (July 27, August 03, 10, 17, 24, 31, September 07, 14,
21, and 28 of this year). The bonds purchased at additional offering should
be paid for in an equivalent of the volume of satisfied bids in tenges at
official KZT/USD rate of date prior to payment date.
KASE emphasizes that at securities quotation on the auction during each
week the accumulated interest should be considered, which was calculated
for Friday of this week.
The bids can be made only by the members of the KASE holding "P"
category (right to participate in the trades in corporate securities admitted
to the official list of the Exchange). Investors can make bids through these
legal entities.
Complete list of the KASE members in category "P" can be found at the
Exchange's web site (
http://www.kase.kz/eng/kasemembers/).
KASE emphasizes that pension assets managing companies can buy bonds
on the account of pension assets, because they were admitted in official list
of securities A category of exchange.
The auction for offering of the Kazakhstan Temir Joly NSE second issue
inscribed bonds was held on July 12. Whole issue volume at $30m, at face
value, was placed at the auction. By the results of the auction, the issuer
cut- off the bids at clean price of 97.4275% of the face value, which
corresponds to 8.9994% APR on a semiannual basis. At this price four bids have
been satisfied submitted from 3 members of the Exchange to buy 95,300 bonds
for a total of $9,291,194.09. By the results of the auction, 31.8% of total
issue has been placed. Actual volume of funds raised equaled
KZT1,363,018,172.02. It is said that 82.9% of the bonds has been purchased
by using pension assets, 0.3% - by brokerage-dealing companies, 16.8% -
by brokers' clients.
As a result of additional offering of TMJLb2, which was held by the
underwriter of the issuer in the trade system of the KASE on July 12, and
13, six deals were made for $794,510.60 (8,140 bonds). The profit of made
deals verified from 8.9950% APR (deals of July 20) to 8.9994 APR (other
deals) on a semiannual basis. The weighted average profit at additional
offering totaled 8.9966% APR in the indicated period.