Securities of Bank of Astana removed from KASE official list as of September 27, 2018

26.09.18 18:01
KASE, September 26, 2018/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that as of September 27, 2018 the following securities of Bank of Astana (Almaty) were removed from KASE official list: - ordinary shares KZ1C56630011 (KZ1C00001023, KASE main market, category "premium", ABBN); - bonds KZP01Y05E863 (KZ2C00003085, KASE main market, category "bonds", ABBNb1); - bonds KZP01Y10F183 (KZ2C00003515, KASE main market, category "bonds", ABBNb2). The KASE conclusion report dated September 20, 2018 says that the rationale behind considering possible delisting of these securities is the fact that the procedure of involuntary liquidation of Bank of Astana has been initiated by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Based on the above and in accordance with sub-item 8) of item 1 of Chapter 3 of Appendix 2.2 to KASE's internal document "Listing Rules", these securities were delisted. By the decision of the KASE Management Board trading in these securities in KASE trading system were suspended as of September 19, 2018. Earlier, there was a KASE news item of September 19, 2018 "National Bank strips Bank of Astana of license for banking and other transactions" – https://kase.kz/en/news/show/1382673/ [2018-09-26]