/KASE, March 24, 2023/ – Freedom Finance JSC (Almaty) has provided Kazakhstan
Stock Exchange (KASE) with the following press release dated March 20, 2023:
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Freedom Finance JSC placed coupon bonds of MFO OnlineKazFinance JSC denominated
in US dollars on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC (KASE). The transaction became
the largest retail bond issue among Kazakhstan's microfinance organizations
since obtaining permission to raise funds through placement on the regulated
securities market.
By the beginning of the special trades, the amount of placement amounted to 12
million US dollars. In total, 580 active orders for $20.5 million were submitted
during the auction.
Due to the fact that according to the results of the auction the demand from
investors exceeded the supply by 1.7 times, the issuer decided to place the
issue in full. As a result, the placement amounted to 20 million US dollars,
and the total number of executed orders was 579.
The main pool of executed orders in the amount of USD 18 million was submitted
from 574 retail investor accounts opened with Freedom Finance JSC, which
accounted for 99% of the total number of investor accounts that participated in
the placement.
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The full version of the press release is available at –
https://kase.kz/files/emitters/FFIN/ffin_relizs_200323.pdf
[2023-03-24]