/KASE, April 17, 04/ - As informed, by the decision of Kazakhstan stock
exchange's (KASE) Council dated May 13 of 2004 indexed on tenge
devaluation level bonds of Food Contract Corporation JSC (Astana) of
the first issue (KZ2CKY05B091; KZT10,000; KZT3.0 bn.; May 17, 04 - May
17, 09; annual coupon 8.00% APR, actual/actual) have been included in
KASE's official "A" listing category. At KASE the bonds have been assigned
trade code PRKRb1.
This decision took effect from May 17 of 2004, as the issuer paid KASE the
entrance and the first annual listing fees for securities and entered into
Agreement on listing with KASE.
Information about opening of trades in the bonds at KASE will be given later.
Company's primary activities - purchase, formation, registration, organization
of storage, renewal, transfer, sale of state resources of grain and products of
its processing, and also other functions determined by Kazakhstan
Government.
Detailed information about the securities and their issuer will be placed in
KASE's web-site in the nearest future at
http://www.kase.kz/emitters/prkr.asp.
[2004-05-17]