Moody's Investor Service присвоило выпуску международных облигаций ALB Finance B.V. (Нидерланды) рейтинг "Ba2"

/ИРБИС, Валерий Хегай, 06.09.06/ - 05 сентября международное рейтинговое агентство Moody's Investor Service присвоило долгосрочный валютный рейтинг "Ba2" выпуску долларовых еврооблигаций ALB Finance B.V. (Роттердам), полностью гарантированных материнским АО "Альянс Банк" (Казахстан, Алматы). Прогноз рейтинга - "позитивный". Ниже приводится оригинальный текст сообщения Moody's Investor Service. MOODY'S RATES ALLIANCE BANK'S SENIOR NOTES BA2; POSITIVE OUTLOOK Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Ba2 long-term foreign currency debt rating to the senior unsecured debt to be issued by ALB Finance B.V., a Netherlands-based special purpose vehicle wholly owned by Alliance Bank (Kazakhstan), under its US$1.5 billion multiple seniority medium-term note programme, which has recently been amended to provide for the distribution in the United States to qualified institutional buyers as defined under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A"). The senior notes will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Alliance Bank. The issue is expected to be in US dollars with a seven-year tenor. The outlook on the rating is positive. Please refer to Moody's press release dated 31 March 2006 detailing the assignment of the ratings for the programme. Alliance Bank is headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and reported unaudited total assets of KZT520 billion (US$4.4 billion) and capital of KZT33 billion (US$282 million) under IFRS at 30 June 2006. Following four-and-a-half years of rapid growth, Alliance Bank ranked fourth in Kazakhstan in terms of both total assets and shareholders' equity as at end-June 2006 (in accordance with figures reported under local accounting rules), with a 9.5% share of the system's total assets and 6.6% of shareholders' equity. London Adel Satel Managing Director Financial Institutions Group Moody's Investors Service Ltd. JOURNALISTS: 44 20 7772 5456 SUBSCRIBERS: 44 20 7772 5454 Moscow Andrey Naumenko Vice President - Senior Analyst Financial Institutions Group Moody's Eastern Europe Telephone: +7-495-771-7146 Facsimile: +7-495-937-8290 [2006-09-06]