/IRBIS, Yelena Korpusenko, April 2, 04/ - Common shares of following
issuers were included in the register of securities, purchased by entities of
Kazakhstan pension market.
Medtronic Inc. (710 Medtronic Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55432, USA;
www.medtronic.com). ISIN of share - US5850551061, face value - USD0.1,
leading stock exchange - NYSE, (ticker - MDT). Shares' current price at
NYSE - $47.48 (April 1 of 2004, closing). Within last 52 weeks highest price
for a share of stock was registered at NYSE on August 5, 03 at $52.92;
lowest price (November 7, 03) was $42.90.
Medtronic, Inc. provides device-based therapies that restore health, extend
life, and alleviate pain. The Company's principal products include those for
bradycardia pacing, tachyarrhythmia management, atrial fibrillation
management, heart failure management, heart valve replacement, malignant
and non-malignant pain, and movement disorders. Medtronic's products are
sold worldwide.
Medtronic, Inc. has long-term credit rating on senior unsecured debt in
domestic currency "А1" (Sep 6, 01) and short-term rating of commercial
papers in domestic currency "Р-1" (Dec 13, 01) with stable outlook assigned
by Moody's Investors Service; issuer's rating AA-/Stable/A-1+ (Aug 30, 01)
assigned by Standard & Poor's. No ratings from Fitch Ratings are available.
ConocoPhillips (600 North Dairy Ashford Road, PO Box 2197 Houston, TX
77079, USA; www.conocophillips.com). ISIN of share - US20825C1045,
face value - USD0.01, leading stock exchange - NYSE, (ticker - COP).
Shares' current price at NYSE - $68.69 (April 1 of 2004, closing). Within last
52 weeks highest price for a share of stock was registered at NYSE on Aug
8, 04 at $71.49; lowest price (Apr 25, 03) was $49.67.
ConocoPhillips is an international, integrated energy company, which
operates in several business segments. The Company explores for and
produces petroleum, and refines, markets, supplies, and transports
petroleum. ConocoPhillips also gathers and processes natural gas, and
produces and distributes chemicals and plastics.
ConocoPhillips has long-term credit rating on senior unsecured debt in
domestic currency "А3" (Sep 3, 02) with stable outlook assigned by Moody's
Investors Service; issuer's rating A-/Stable/A-2 (Sep 4, 02) assigned by
Standard & Poor's, long-term of "A-" (Sep 3, 02) and short-term "F2" (Oct 18,
02) by Fitch Ratings Ltd.
Information about current prices is available at
http://www.nyse.com.
Information on credit ratings is publicly available in the Internet, on web
sites of ratings agencies.
Source: Bloomberg agency
[2004-04-02]