Halyk Finance JSC becomes market-maker on securities of Halyk savings bank of Kazakhstan JSC

/KASE, March 18, 05/ - By the decision of Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) Board since March 28 of 2005 Halyk Finance JSC (Almaty) has been assigned status of market-maker on following securities of Halyk savings bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty) included in KASE's official "A" listing category: - common shares KZ1C33870011 (HSBK); - coupon bonds of the first issue (KZA7KAKK6A78; HSBKb; $100, $16.0 m.; June 20, 00 - June 20, 07; semi-annual coupon, 11.8% APR); - coupon subordinate bonds of the second issue (KZ2CKY05A556; HSBKb2; KZT1,000, 2,042.0 m.; May 21, 02 - May 21, 07, semi-annual coupon, 8.0% APR); - coupon subordinate bonds of the third issue (KZ2CKY06A760; HSBKb3; KZT1, KZT4,500.0 m.; June 19, 03 - June 19, 09, semi-annual coupon, 9.0% APR); - coupon subordinate bonds of the seventh issue (KZPC4Y10B190; HSBKb7; KZT1, KZT4,000.0 m., December 31, 04 - December 31, 14, semi-annual coupon, 7.5% APR); - international coupon bonds of the first issue (XS0202799580, $200.0 m., October 7, 04 - October 7, 09, semi-annual coupon, 8.125% APR). Minimal volumes of compulsory quotations for the market-maker are: - on HSBK - 1,000 monthly calculation indexes; - on HSBKb - 150 bonds; - on HSBKb2 - 1,900 bonds; - on HSBKb3 - 1,900,000 bonds; - on HSBKb7 - 1,900,000 bonds; - on HSBKe1 - USD15,000 in debt's nominal expression. [2005-03-18]