Since February 26 of 2003 KASE opened trades in promissory notes of Almaty Kus OJSC (Kazakhstan)

/KASE, February 26, 03/ - By the decision of Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) Board since February 26 of 2003 trades in promissory notes, payer on which is Almaty Kus oJSC (Chapayevo settlement of Almaty oblast), are opened at KASE. The promissory notes at KASE have been assigned trade code N_ALKS. By the same decision of KASE's Board in accordance with the stock exchange's internal documents "Rules of making deals with promissory notes", which was approved by the decision of stock exchange's Council dated February 8 of 2002, and on the basis of statement of Alliance Bank OJSC (Almaty) dated February 25 Almaty Kus OJSC has been included into the List of payers on promissory notes. At present in this list of KASE, besides Almaty Kus OJSC, there: - Kazakhtelecom OJSC (Astana, promissory notes' trade code - N_KZTK); - NAC Kazatomprom (Almaty, code - N_KATP); - NC KTZh CJSC (Astana, code - N_TMJL); - KEGOC OJSC (Astana, code - N_ KEGC); - SSOMPU OJSC (Rudniy, Kostanai oblast, code - N_SSGP). Trades in promissory notes at KASE are conducted since 11:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m. of Almaty time on working days by direct deals making method. This year no deals on these instruments were made at the stock exchange. [2002-02-26]