/IRBIS, Sergey Yakovlev, October 14, 05/ - Following is the characteristics of
debut issue international notes of BANK CASPIAN JSC (Almaty), which is
given in accordance with their inclusion in Kazakhstan stock exchange's
(KASE) official "A" listing category.
Data is shown in accordance with conclusion of KASE's Listing commission,
documents submitted to KASE by BANK CASPIAN JSC, and information of
Bloomberg agency.
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Type of securities: international notes
Debt type: main unsecured
non-subordinate
ISIN: XS0232868827
Regulating rules: Only "S"
Issue and servicing currency: USD
Issue volume in issue currency: 150,000,000
Nominal value: 100,000 or other amount,
divisible 1,000
Date of circulation start (date of issue): October 17, 05
Circulation term: 3 years
Maturity term: October 17, 08
Register fixation date at maturity: before 15 days to maturity
Coupon type: semiannual
Coupon rate: 7.875%
Coupon payment dates: April 17 and October 17of each
year
Register fixation term: before 15 days to the date
of corresponding payment
Times basis in all settlements: ISMA -30/360
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Date of primary floatation: October 10, 05
Price in primary floatation: 99.672%
Yield to maturity in floatation: 8.0% APR
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Manager of issue and underwriter: Citigroup Global Markets Limited
(London)
Trusty: Citicorp Trustee Company Limited
(London)
Main payment agent and registrar: Citibank N.A. (London)
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Date of inclusion in KASE trade lists: October 17, 05
KASE trade code: CSBNe1
Date of first trades at KASE's secondary market: will be determined later
Quoting system on KASE: in "clean" prices, expressed in %
from the face value
Accuracy of price changing in quoting: up to 4 decimal figures
Market-maker on KASE: RG Securities JSC (Almaty)
Minimal volume of compulsory quotation: USD14,500
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Credit ratings of the issue:
Moody's: Ba2
Fitch: B+
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Credit ratings of the issuer:
Moody's D/Ba2/positive/NP
S&P B+/stable/B/5, individual D
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More detailed information about securities, including conclusion of KASE's
Listing commission and issue's circular will be published on the pages of the
official electronic representative of KASE in Internet at
http://www.kase.kz/emitters/csbn.asp in nearest future
[2005-10-14]