Kazkommertsbank announces upgrade by Fitch Ratings of ratings of the bank and its bonds, the revision of outlook from Stable to Positive and withdrawal of ratings by Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's from ratings of the bank due to the completion of its accession to Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan

14.08.18 15:41
/KASE, August 14, 20.18/ – Kazkommertsbank (Аlmaty, hereinafter – Bank), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has informed KASE as follows: quote On August 2, 2018, the rating agency Fitch revised the long-term credit rating of the Bank from "BB-" to "BB". The outlook for the ratings has been revised from "Stable" to "Positive". The rating agency also revised the rating from "BB-" to "BB" for the following issued securities of the Bank: coupon bonds (KZ2C00002863, KKGBb10; KZ2C00003069, KKGBb11), coupon international bonds (XS0867573890, XS0867478124, BTASe16). We also inform that the rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor's have withdrawn the ratings of the Bank, due to the completion of the Bank's accession to Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan unquote More details are available on KASE website – http://kase.kz/files/emitters/KKGB/kkgb_confirmation_rating_020818_8441.pdf [2018-08-14]