Bank CASPIAN OJSC (Kazakhstan) shares are included into official securities list under "A" category at KASE

/KASE, June 28, 02/ - Starting from July 01, 2002 by decision of KASE Board on the basis of the Stock exchange council decision dated June 28, 2002 common inscribed (KZ1C31450014) and preferred inscribed (KZ1P31450417) stocks of BANK CASPIAN OJSC (Almaty) will be included into the official securities list of KASE under "A" category. Common and preferred stocks were given CSBN and CSBNp trade codes at KASE correspondingly. Currency of quotation is Kazakhstan tenge. Accuracy is determined to the second decimal. Market maker responsibilities of the stocks, in accordance with submitted application, will be exercised by R.G. Securities OJSC (Almaty). Minimal volumes of required quotations for market maker are determined at 2,000 common and 2,000 preferred stocks. Date of trades opening at KASE will be given later. At present BANK CASPIAN OJSC coupon bonds (KZ2CUY03A370, CSBNb1, $100, $15.0m, July 13, 01 - July 13, 04; semiannual coupon at 9.5% APR) of the first issue are already included into official securities list under "A" category. Common and preferred stocks of the bank were traded earlier at KASE within the non-listing securities sector under the second acceptance level from May 27, 1998 to July 07, 1999. Common stocks were repeatedly introduced into the non- listing securities sector under the second acceptance level starting from November 14, 2001 and are traded there at present. [2002-06-28]