ON AUGUST 7 SPECIALIZED TRADES ON PRIMARY FLOATATION OF BONDS OF NURBANK OJSC (KAZAKHSTAN) OF THE 2ND ISSUE WILL BE HELD AT KASE

05.08.03 00:00
/KASE, August 5, 03/ - Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) notifies that on August 7 of 2003 there will be held specialized trades on primary floatation of indexed on tenge devaluation level subordinate bonds of Nurbank OJSC (Atyrau) of the second issue (KZ2CKY08A774; KASE's official "А" listing category, NRBNb2; KZT4,000.0 m., KZT16,000, June 12, 03 - June 12, 11, semi- annual coupon 9.0% APR; 30/360). The issuer plans to offer during the trades 187,500 bonds that is equal to KZT3.0 bn. at the face value or 75% of the registered issue volume. According to issuer terms, face value of bonds is indexed on the coefficient of tenge devaluation relative to US dollar (Kd), which is calculated as ratio of the current weighted average rate of US dollar relative to tenge (Xt), which was determined at KASE's morning session, to similar rate (Xo) on the date of bonds circulation start (Kd = Xt/Xo, Хо=148.78). Bondholder is not protected by bonds issue terms from tenge revaluation. Data about the bonds and their issuer has been published in the KASE's web site in the Internet in http://www.kase.kz/emitters/nrbn.asp. The specialized trades will be held in the KASE's trade system since 11:30 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. of Almaty time. Bond, which will be purchased at the trades, are to be paid for by purchasers before 4:00 p.m. of Almaty time on August 7 of 2003 (by the scheme T+0). Only limited (competitive in GS market's terminology) bids arte admitted to the trades. Market (non-competitive) bids are not examined by the issuer. The "clean" price of bonds (without accumulated interest), which is expressed as percentage to security's indexed face value with accuracy of four decimal figures, is to be shown in bid as the price. Total indexed face value of securities in Kazakhstan tenge, which is divisible by one bond's indexed face value, is to be given in bid as the number of financial instruments. Volume of submitted bid is determined as the product of the number of financial instruments and price taking into account accumulated interest, divided into 100%. Accumulated interest should be taken into account by participants on the date of bonds payment. Method of satisfying of bids for purchase - at the stated price. The issuer will satisfy all bids, prices in which will be higher than cut-off price, and also all or a part of bids, prices in which turn out to be equal to cut-off price. In the latter case, bids, which will be submitted to KASE's trade system earlier, will be given preference to. Step while determination of cut-off price - one ten thousandth of the price. Bids can be submitted only by KASE's members of "Р" category (the right to participate in trades in corporate securities, which have been included into the stock exchange's official list). Investors may submit bids with the help of these juridical persons. Full list of KASE's members of "Р" category has been published in the stock exchange's web-site at http://www.kase.kz/kasemembers/. The floated bonds may be purchased at the expense of Kazakhstan accumulative pension funds' assets as included into KASE's official "А" listing category. [2003-08-05]