Sovereign Wealth Fund Samuryk-Kazyna says Standard & Poor's downgraded credit ratings of company and bonds, outlook Negative

04.07.17 16:09
/KASE, July 4, 2017/ – Sovereign Wealth Fund Samuryk-Kazyna (Astana, hereinafter – the Fund), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has informed KASE of the following: quote On June 30, 2017 the rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the long-term and short-term credit ratings of the Fund for the obligations in foreign and local currencies from "ВВВ-/А-3" to "ВВ+/В". The rating change outlook is negative. In addition, the agency downgraded the Fund's rating on the national scale from "kzAA" to "kzAA-", as well as the rating of the first issue of bonds issued under the Fund's second bond program (ticker SKKZb22, NIN KZP01Y07D853, ISIN KZ2C00002202) from "ВВВ-" to "ВВ+". unquote Details are available on KASE website (in Russian) – http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/SKKZ/skkz_rating_300617.pdf [2017-07-04]