OREANDA-NEWS. September 03, 2008. Joint Stock Company ‘Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan’ (Halyk Bank) (LSE: HSBK) is pleased to announce that the above transaction, arranged by BNP Paribas, ING Wholesale Banking (“ING”), Landesbank Berlin AG (“LBB”), Standard Bank Plc (“Standard Bank”), UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking (“UniCredit”) and WestLB AG, London Branch (“WestLB”) (each an “Initial Mandated Lead Arranger” and “Bookrunner”), was signed on 28 August 2008, reported the press-centre of Halyk Savings Bank.

Despite the current market situation and challenging market conditions, the transaction has been well received due to the quality of Halyk Bank and accuracy of the pricing. The Facility was launched at US200 million and closed largely oversubscribed. Therefore, Halyk Bank has elected to increase the Facility Amount to US300 million. The facility was widely syndicated and is comprised of 21 entities of eight different nationalities, demonstrating that appetite for quality borrowers remains.

The Facility will be used for general financing purposes, including trade related activities of JSC Halyk Bank’s customers and is structured as a one-year term loan with an extension option for another one-year period with a bullet repayment.