Fourth Issue of Corporate Bonds by National Mortgage Company admitted to trading at NASDAQ OMX Armenia


Yerevan, Armenia, 2013-01-15 07:02 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today the fourth issue of discount corporate bonds by “National Mortgage Company” Refinancing Credit Organization CJSC (NMC RCO) was admitted to trading on free market (Cbond) of NASDAQ OMX Armenia.

This issue of the company’s bonds comprises 10,000 bonds with nominal value AMD 100,000, maturity 6 months and placement yield of 10.7562%. The issue will be traded under NMCCB4 ticker symbol.

To recall, on December 14, 2012 this issue of corporate bonds by NMC RCO for a total value of AMD 948,425,776.30 was placed through the stock exchange and all the value issued was placed, while bonds demand amounted to AMD 1,074,419,323. Weighted average price was 10.7562% and the cut price stood at 10.9997%.

The first and second issues (NMCCB1 and NMCCB2) were placed through the stock exchange, admitted to trading at NASDAQ OMX Armenia free Cbonds market in 2011-2012 and later redeemed, so their trading at NASDAQ OMX Armenia was terminated. The third issue was placed on September 25, 2012 and will circulate until its redemption date on March 25, 2013.

More information on securities listed and admitted to trading at NASDAQ OMX Armenia is available on Instruments page (http://www.nasdaqomx.am/en/instruments.htm) of the company’s official web-site.

About National Mortgage Company

National Mortgage Company RCO CJSC was registered in the Central Bank of Armenia by the decision N 1/1167A of the board of the Central Bank of Armenia dated October 19, 2011 Registration certificate N 26, Activity License N 26). The only shareholder is the Central Bank of Armenia.

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In January 2008, Nordic exchange operator OMX Group acquired 100% of shares of the Armenian Stock Exchange (Armex) and the Central Depository of Armenia (CDA). After the combination of NASDAQ and OMX in February 2008, Armex and CDA have become fully owned by the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. 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.

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