Kazakhstan pension funds' investments: sovereign bonds of France and Great Britain

/IRBIS, Yelena Korpusenko, February 29, 04/ - Following bonds were included into the register of securities, purchased by Kazakhstan pension market's subjects. ------------------------------------------------------ Issuer French government Type of bond: euronotes Type of debt: sovereign ISIN: FR0106538517 Code in the register: FRN_E030604 Issue currency: EUR Issue volume in issue currency: 5 005 000 000,00 Payment date (circulation starting): Mar 4, 04 Circulation term: 3 months Maturity date: Jun 3, 04 Type of coupon: discount bond Time basis while yield calculation: act/360 Ratings Moody's Aaa S&P AAA Fitch AAA Current quotations at the market prices (ask / bid) 99.626 / 99.689 yield (ask / bid) 2.08 / 1.73 ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer The government of Great Britain Type of bond: GILTS Type of debt: sovereign senior unsecured ISIN: GB0031734154 Code in the register: UKT_G070308 Issue currency: GBP Issue volume in issue currency: 14,221,481,000 Payment date (circulation starting): Jun 26, 02 Circulation term: 2,051 days (5.7 years) Maturity date: Mar 7, 08 Type of coupon: Semi annual Coupon rate 5.000%APR Coupon Payment dates Mar 7 and Sep 7 each year Issue price 99.63% Time basis while yield calculation: act/act Ratings Moody's Aaa S&P AAA Fitch AAA Current quotations at the market prices (ask / bid) 101.70 / 101.70 yield (ask / bid) 4.52 / 4.52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Data about the structure of bonds, current prices and yield at the market is given in accordance with the information of BLOOMBERG agency. [2004-03-29]