KASE entered bonds of Bank Caspian OJSC, Kazakhtelecom and VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC into KASE_B* index series calculation list

/KASE, Dec 19, 01/ - By the decision of the Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), from December 19, 2001 following securities were admitted into the KASE_BC, KASE_BP and KASE_BY indexes calculation list: - firs issue inscribed coupon bonds of Bank Caspian OJSC (Almaty; KZ2CUY03A370, official list of KASE securities under category "А", CSBNb1; $100, $15.0m, July 13.01 - July 13.04, semiannual coupon at 9.5% APR), - firs issue inscribed coupon bonds of Kazakhtelecom (Astana; KZ2CUY03A347, official list of KASE securities under category "А", KZTKb1, $100, $25.0m, March 13.01 - March 13.04, semiannual coupon at 10,0% APR), - firs issue inscribed coupon bonds of VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC (Karagandy; KZ2CUY05A425, official list of KASE securities under category "А", VTBNb1, $100, $10.0m, Sept 27.01 - Sept 27.06, semiannual coupon at 11,5% APR), After this decision has been made, the calculation list of these indexes contains 21 bonds from the category "A" of the KASE official list: - second issue bonds of Almaty Kus OJSC (Almaty; KZ2CUY05A383; ALKSb2; issue volume - $20.0m); - first issue bonds of Astana-finance OJSC (Astana; KZ2CUY02A356; ASFIb1; $10.0m); - first issue bonds of Bank TuranAlem OJSC (Almaty; KZ2CUY08A320; BTASb1; $20.0m); - first issue euronotes of TuranAlem Finance B.V. (Rotterdam, Netherlands; XS0131688227; BTASe1; $100.0m); - first issue bonds of Bank CenterCredit OJSC (Almaty; KZ75KARGCA53; CCBNb1; $4.5m); - first issue bonds of Bank Caspian OJSC (Almaty; KZ2CUY03A370, CSBNb1; $15.0m); - first issue bonds of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan OJSC (Almaty; KZA7KAKK6A78; HSBKb; $16.0m); - first issue bonds of Karazhanbasmunai OJSC (Aktau; KZ73BAQLBA36; KARMb1; $20.0m); - first issue euronotes of KAZKOMMERTSBANK OJSC (Almaty; XS0122349615; KKGBe2; $20.0m); - first issue bonds of DAGOK Kustanaiasbest OJSC (Jetykara comm., Kostanai region; KZ739AVI2A42; KZASb1; $6.0m); - first issue bonds of NOC Kazakhoil CJSC (Astana; KZ72LAG56A20; KZOLb; $25.0m); - first issue bonds of Kazakhtelecom (Astana; KZ2CUY03A347, KZTKb1; $25.0m); - first issue bonds of KazTransOil CJSC (Astana; KZ73LAONAA35; KZTOb; $30.0m); - first issue euronotes of KazTransOil CJSC (Astana; XS0132391938; KZTOe1; $150.0m); - first issue bonds of RG Brands LLP (Almaty; KZ72KAT51A39; RGBRb2; $4.0m); - first issue bonds of SHAHARMUNAIGAS OJSC (Almaty; KZ75KASICA50; SMGZb1; $30.0m); - first issue bonds of SHNOS OJSC (Shymkent; KZ2CUY03A339; SYRGb1; $25.0m); - first issue bonds of Temirbank OJSC (Almaty; KZ75KAMJ8A57; TEBNb; $5.0m); - second issue bonds of Temirbank OJSC (Almaty; KZ2CUY11A407; TEBNb2; $5.9m); - second issue bonds of Kazakhstan Temir Joly NSE (Astana; KZ2EUY03A368; TMJLb2; $30.0m); - first issue bonds of VALUT-TRANZIT BANK OJSC (Karagandy; KZ2CUY05A425, VTBNb1; $10.0m). KASE_BP - index of dirty (including accumulated interest) price of the bonds (% of face value) - weighted (through capitalization) average dirty price of corporate bonds of category "A" of KASE official list, which is calculated based on the deals or average bids of the market-makers (if there were no deals). KASE_BC - index of clean (including accumulated interest) price of the bonds (% of face value) - weighted (through capitalization) average clean price of corporate bonds of category "A" of KASE official list, which is calculated based on the deals or average bids of the market-makers (if there were no deals). KASE_BY - index of yields (% APR) of the bonds - weighted (through capitalization) average dirty price of corporate bonds of category "A" of KASE official list, which is calculated based on the deals or average bids of the market-makers (if there were no deals).