/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:
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https://kase.kz/files/emitters/AIRA/aira_relizs_200524_kz.pdf – in Qazaq;
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https://kase.kz/files/emitters/AIRA/aira_relizs_200524_1.pdf – in Russian;
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https://kase.kz/files/emitters/AIRA/aira_relizs_200524_en.pdf – in English.
[2024-05-20]