Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan announces early repayment of KZT40 bn of historical state support funds received by Kazkommertsbank in 2015

28.12.23 17:33
/KASE, December 28, 2023/ – Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release: quote Halyk announces a KZT40billion partial prepayment of state support funds received by KKB in the form of a deposit from Kazakhstan Sustainability Fund JSC (KSF). Previously, on 5th of June, 2023, Halyk prepaid part of the KSF deposit in the amount of KZT28.4billion. Thus, the total amount of funds returned to the state ahead of the schedule in 2023 amounted to KZT68.4billion. Let us recall that state support funds in the form of a deposit for KZT250billion was received by KKB back in 2015. After the merger of KKB with Halyk in 2018, Halyk became the legal successor of the deposit, and the amount of state support funds transferred to the balance sheet of the merged bank. The return of funds on the KSF deposit for KZT68.4billion was carried out ahead of the maturity, which is 2037, established by the agreement concluded between KKB and Problem Loans Fund JSC. unquote The complete press release is available on: - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/HSBK/hsbk_relizs_281223.pdf – in Russian; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/HSBK/hsbk_reliz_281223_en.pdf – in English. [2023-12-28]