Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Securities

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RNS Number : 9721R
Air Astana JSC
11 June 2024
 

11 June 2024

 

Air Astana

 

Transactions in Own Securities

Regular Announcement

 

Almaty, Kazakhstan - Air Astana JSC (the "Company") announces that, between 4 June 2024 and 10 June 2024 (the "reporting period"), it has purchased the following number of ordinary shares of the Company ("Shares") and global depositary receipts representing Shares ("GDRs") through JSC "Halyk Finance" pursuant to the buyback programme announced on 30 April 2024 (the "Programme").

 

An aggregated daily breakdown of the trades made as part of the Programme is detailed below:

 

Date of transaction

 Exchange on which trades made

Daily weighted average purchase price of the Shares (KZT)

Daily weighted average purchase price of the GDRs

(USD)

Total number of Shares purchased

Total number of GDRs purchased

Total consideration paid (USD)*

04.06.2024

AIX / KASE

908.71

8.15

 18,376

 1,988

 53,551.54

05.06.2024

AIX / KASE/ LSE

909.62

8.03

 15,087

 4,256

 64,805.31

06.06.2024

AIX / KASE/ LSE

906.80

8.09

 18,073

 4,165

 70,240.29

07.06.2024

AIX / KASE

906.18

8.09

 17,491

 843

 42,286.68

10.06.2024

AIX / KASE

900.34

8.10

 20,473

 1,548

 53,746.33

Number of Shares and GDRs bought-back and total value of transactions performed during the reporting period

 

89,500 Shares

12,800 GDRs (representing 51,200 Shares)

USD  

284,630.15

Total number of Shares and GDRs bought-back and total value of transactions performed as part of the Programme

 

465,118

Shares

82,112 GDRs (representing 328,448

Shares)

USD  

1,669,295.20  

 

* For transactions with Shares, as per the National Bank of Kazakhstan official exchange rate effective on the date of respective transaction.

 

A full breakdown of the individual trades made by JSC "Halyk Finance" pursuant to the Programme is available through the link below:

https://ir.airastana.com/media/8dc89da65f57efa/details-11-06_en.pdf

 

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, any offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction. None of the Company or any brokers engaged by the Company for the purposes of the Programme or their affiliates (or their respective directors, employees, agents or advisors) makes any recommendation as to whether or not shareholders or holders of GDRs should sell any or all of their Shares or GDRs. The shareholders and holders of GDRs are recommended to seek their own financial advice regarding participation in the Programme from their broker(s), investment manager(s), legal advisor(s), accountant(s), custodian(s) or other appropriately authorised independent financial advisor(s). Any individual or company whose Shares and/or GDRs are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee must contact such entity if they wish to take part in the Programme.

 

For further information, please visit ir.airastana.com or contact:

 

Air Astana

Irina Martinez

Head of Investor Relations

+7 727 258 41 36 (1682) 

investor.relations@airastana.com

Air Astana

Bella Tormysheva

Vice-President

Corporate Communications

+7 727 258 41 35

media@airastana.com 

Instinctif Partners

Joe Quinlan

Vivian Lai

+44 20 7457 2020

airastana@instinctif.com

 

About the Company

 

The Company is the largest airline group in Central Asia and the Caucasus regions by revenue and fleet size. The Company operates a fleet of 51 aircraft split between Air Astana, its full-service airline that operated its inaugural flight in 2002, and FlyArystan, its low-cost airline established in 2019. The Company provides scheduled, point-to-point and transit, short-haul and long-haul air travel and cargo on domestic, regional and international routes across Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Far East, the Middle East, India and Europe. In 2023, Air Astana was recognised eleven times in a row as the "Best Airline in Central Asia and CIS" at the Skytrax World Airline Awards and received a five-star rating in the major airline category by the APEX. FlyArystan was also awarded the Skytrax Award for "Best low-cost carrier in Central Asia and CIS" for the first time, and is one of the twelve Skytrax 4-Star low-cost airlines globally. The Company is listed on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, Astana International Exchange and London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: AIRA).

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