Air Astana announces extension of share and GDR repurchase program to London Stock Exchange

20.05.24 16:20
/KASE, May 20, 2024/ – Air Astana JSC (Almaty), whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with he following press release dated May 20, 2024: quote Air Astana JSC (the "Company") announces that, pursuant to the decision of the Board of Directors of the Company taken on 14 May 2024, the buyback programme to purchase ordinary shares of the Company ("Shares") and global depositary receipts representing Shares ("GDRs") (the "Programme") has been extended to the London Stock Exchange ("LSE"), in addition to the JSC "Kazakhstan Stock Exchange" ("KASE") and the Astana International Exchange ("AIX") as announced on 30 April 2024. As of 14 May 2024, the Company has purchased 112,530 shares and 4,651 GDRs (representing 18,604 shares) through JSC "Halyk Finance" ("Halyk"), as agent for the Company, on the KASE and AIX (leaving a balance of 4,655,666 Shares available for repurchase under the Programme in the form of Shares or GDRs through 8 February 2025). The Company today announces that the engagement of Halyk has been extended to transactions over the LSE with respect to GDRs, on an execution basis only, as agent for and in the name of the Company. All purchases will be executed in accordance with the rules of the relevant exchanges and in compliance with the applicable market abuse legislation. The Company intends to continue to announce the results of its Programme on a regular basis. unquote The complete press release is available on: - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/AIRA/aira_relizs_200524_kz.pdf – in Qazaq; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/AIRA/aira_relizs_200524_1.pdf – in Russian; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/AIRA/aira_relizs_200524_en.pdf – in English. [2024-05-20]