YEREVAN, December 18. /ARKA/. Starting from December 18, 2015, nominal coupon bonds issued by “ARARTBANK” OJSC will be listed and included in Bbond list of NASDAQ OMX Armenia.
The 10th issue of the company’s corporate bonds comprises 80,000 coupon bonds with nominal value of USD 25, coupon rate of 7.0% and maturity period of 24 months.
The bonds (ISIN – AMARBKB2AER8) will be traded under ARBKB2A ticker symbol and will be allowed to manual and REPO trading as well.
ARARATBANK is one of the most active issuers at NASDAQ OMX Armenia. 9 issues of corporate bonds by the company have been listed on the Exchange in 2007- 2015, 5 of which were successfully redeemed at their maturity. Currently, common nominal stocks of ARARATBANK (ARBK) are admitted to trading on NASDAQ OMX Armenia, while coupon bonds by the Company denominated in AMD (ARBKB7) and denominated in USD (ARBKB6, ARBKB8, ARBKB9) are listed.
ARARATBANK is also the winner in “Best Exchange Member” nomination of NASDAQ OMX Armenia “Best Member Awards” 2014, for the 4th year in a row.
Araratbank founded in 1991 is owned by Flash company (64.25%), EBRD (25%) and RURAL IMPULSE FUND II SA SICAV SIF (10%). In late quarter 3, 2-015 its total assets were worth 125.78 billion drams, a drop of 9% from the beginning of the year. Its liabilities stood at 103.4 billion drams (a drop of 11.36%) and its capital grew by 3% to 22.3 billion drams.
NASDAQ OMX Armenia is the only stock exchange currently operating in Armenia. On January 26, 2009, “Armenian Stock Exchange” ojsc was officially renamed as “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc. On June 5, 2009, “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc became the owner of 100% of the shares of the “Central Depository of Armenia” ojsc. -0-
