OREANDA-NEWS. February 07, 2011. AstanaGasService (Astana) has by an official letter informed Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) of a delay in payment of the principal amount on its discounted bonds KZ2CKY05B893 (ASZSb1; KZT10,000, KZT289.0 m; January 25, 2006 - January 25, 2011; actual/365), reported the press-centre of KASE.

According to the issue prospectus of the mentioned bonds, AstanaGasService was due to pay the principal amount on January 25, 2011.

In its letter AstanaGasService wrote that it "did not repay its discounted bonds (NIN KZ2CKY05B893) to the amount of KZT289,000,000 (two hundred eighty nine million tenge), whose repayment was due on January 25, 2011".

The list of listed companies which committed default on their bonds is available on KASE website in section "Issuers" ("default" tab) at http://www.kase.kz/ru/emitters