Fitch присвоило евробондам банка ТуранАлем финальный рейтинг "ВВ+"

02.06.06 14:52
/REUTERS, перевод Владимира Кузнецова, 02.06.06/ - Международное рейтинговое агентство Fitch Ratings присвоило в пятницу еврооблигациям казахстанского банка ТуранАлем финальный рейтинг "ВВ+". Евробонды на $250 миллионов с погашением в апреле 2013 года были выпущены SPV-компанией TuranAlem Finance B.V. по ставке купона 7,75 процента годовых. Рейтинг долга соответствует собственному рейтингу дефолта эмитента ТуранАлема. Ниже приводится оригинальный текст сообщения Fitch. FITCH ASSIGNS BANK TURANALEM'S EUROBOND FINAL 'BB+' RATING Fitch Ratings-London/Moscow-02 June 2006: Fitch Ratings has today assigned TuranAlem Finance B.V.'s ("TAF") USD250 million 7.75% eurobond issue due April 2013 a final Long-term 'BB+' rating. The issue is guaranteed by Kazakhstan's Bank TuranAlem ('BTA'), rated foreign currency Issuer Default BB+'/Stable, local currency Issuer Default 'BBB-' (BBB minus)/Stable, Short- term foreign currency 'B', Short-term local currency 'F3', Individual 'C/D' and Support '3'. The issue was made within the framework of BTA's and TAF's USD3 billion global medium-term note programme, rated Long-term 'BB+' for senior unsecured foreign currency notes with maturities in excess of one year and Short-term 'B' for senior unsecured foreign currency notes with maturities of less than one year. Details of the programme can be found in Fitch's announcement of 7 November 2005, available on the agency's website at www.fitchresearch.com. BTA was the second largest commercial bank in Kazakhstan by IFRS assets at end-2005, and has top three positions in all major market segments. The bank's common stock is owned primarily by a number of Kazakh investors, but Raiffeisen Zentralbank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation and Nederlandse Financierings - Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden own convertible preferred shares. Contacts: James Watson, Alexei Kechko, Moscow, Tel: +7 495 956 9901. Media Relations: Alla Izmailova, Moscow, Tel: +7 495 956 9903; Jon Laycock, London, Tel: +44 20 7417 4327. [2006-06-02]