Bonds of Astana-Finance JSC (Kazakhstan) of the 2nd issue are excluded from KASE listing due to redemption

/KASE, April 1, 05/ - By decision of the Board of Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) from April 1, 2005 indexed on tenge devaluation versus dollar bonds of Astana-Finance JSC (Astana) of the second issue (KZ2CKY03A510; ASFIb2; KZT100.0, KZT4,500.0 m; April 1, 02 - April 1, 05) were excluded from KASE' "A" category listing of securities in connection with redemption. Bonds were included in the above list on April 1, 2002, and first trades in securities at KASE were held on May 23 of the same year. During the whole period of circulation bonds at exchange in purchase-sale sector 208 deals (79,849,326 obligations) were concluded bonds for the amount of KZT8,001.4 m. ($54,852.3 th.). including two deals (1,950,000 bonds) for amount of KZT188.7 m (1,238.1 th) within frameworks of specialized primary bonds issue. Yield of bonds to maturity for buyers varied during the whole period from 6.50% to 11.50%APR. The last deal was conducted with yield 7.50%. In repo sector for the whole period of ASFIb2 circulation at KASE 117 operations were conducted with 46,863,637 bonds for the amount of attraction KZT4,029.7 m. ($28,988.0 th). According to information of the issuer debt of this emission was serviced in full volume in accordance with schedule, determined by terms of bonds' issue. [2005-04-01]