Investments of Kazakhstan pension funds: common shares of Medtronic Inc and ConocoPhillips (USA)

02.04.04 21:43
/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]