OREANDA-NEWS. April 14, 2009. Nurbank (Almaty), securities of which are present in Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) official list, provided to KASE the press release of April 9, 2009 on the following, reported the press-centre of KASE:

On April 09, 2009 Nurbank has effected the only for 2009 foreign debt repayment of syndicated loan amounting to USD100 mln. and accrued interest in strict compliance with the Schedule.

The Facility  was organized on April 11, 2007, Deutsche Bank AG (London Branch) , Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich Aktiengesellschaft and Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG together with Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (Both Members of Unicredit Group).

For the year 2009 Nurbank has met all its external obligations having repaid this Syndicated Loan using its own resources with no refinancing or additional funding attracted. This fact confirms the stability and the trustworthiness of the Bank.

The share of the foreign debt in the form of syndicated loans and Eurobonds in the Bank's total liabilities has decreased from 11% to 8% being the one of the minimum levels among Kazakh Banks.

The Bank has only one Eurobonds issue outstanding in amount of USD150 mln. maturing in 2011.