Due to the holiday the settlement procedure of the first week of initial offering of SB Alfa-Bank OJSC (Kazakhstan) bonds changed at KASE

/KASE, March 19, 02/ - Since the settlement date of the deals made at special trades on initial offering of first issue inscribed indexed insubordinate coupon bonds of SB Alfa-Bank OJSC (Almaty; KZ2CKY06A497; official list of KASE under category "A", ALBNb1; KZT1.5bn; KZT15,000; Feb 28.02 - Feb 28.08; semiannual coupon at 9.0% APR) held at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) from March 18 through 21, 2002 falls on holiday, the changes have been made into the terms of the trades. The settlement date of the deals made in these bonds from March 18 through 21, 2002, is moved to March 21, 2002. The bids are accepted in the trade system of the KASE on March 21 till 3:00PM (the bids can be submitted by the traders from 11:30AM till 3:00PM Almaty time). All bonds purchased at KASE from March 18 through 21, 2002 should be paid for by the buyers on March 21 till 4:00PM Almaty time.