OREANDA-NEWS. June 17, 2009. Kazkommertsbank, one of the largest banks in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, has announced the final repayment and resulting termination of its diversified payment rights (DPR) securitisation programme, reported the press-centre of Kazkommertsbank.

Acting in its capacity as originator, Kazkommertsbank requested the programme’s controlling parties (Ambac Assurance Corporation, MBIA Insurance Corporation, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, the Asian Development Bank and WestLB) to terminate the programme. As a result of this termination, the programme’s issuer, Kazkommerts DPR Company (a special purpose company, or SPC, which is not a subsidiary of the Bank), optionally redeemed all of its outstanding notes issued under the programme. The principal amount of USD 850.4 million was redeemed by the SPC on 11 June 2009; USD 99.6 million had already been repaid on 16 March 2009.

The DPR programme was initiated in 2005. The notes were not guaranteed by Kazkommertsbank. However, certain tranches were insured by monoline insurers Ambac Assurance Corporation, MBIA Insurance Corporation, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, and the Asian Development Bank.