Yerevan, Armenia, 2013-01-29 08:10 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
On January 29, 2013 NASDAQ OMX Armenia held an opening bell ceremony to
celebrate the first issue of SAS Group llc corporate bonds.
Starting January 29, 2013, nominal coupon bonds issued by SAS Group llc will be listed and included in the Bbond list of NASDAQ OMX Armenia. This issue of the Company's bonds comprises 700,000 coupon bonds with nominal value of USD 10, maturity 24 months and annual yield of 10.1%. The issue will be traded under SASGB1 ticker symbol. Ameriabank cjsc was underwriter of this issue of corporate bonds.
Core business direction of SAS Group is retail. The Company runs one of the fast growing supermarkets chain in Armenia, SAS Supermarkets, and is also involved in online offers, running the only online supermarket in Armenia, sas.am. Details of the Company and its activities are available on its official web-site: www.sasgroup.am.
More information on instruments traded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia is available at "Instruments" page (http://www.nasdaqomx.am/en/instruments.htm) of www.nasdaqomx.am official web-site.
About NASDAQ OMX
The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 23 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.999% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500).
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.
NASDAQ OMX Armenia media contact: Eugenia Evoyan, Head of Marketing & Communications +374 10 543 321 ext. 115 eugenia.evoyan@nasdaqomx.am, eugenia.evoyan@nasdaqomx.com
Starting January 29, 2013, nominal coupon bonds issued by SAS Group llc will be listed and included in the Bbond list of NASDAQ OMX Armenia. This issue of the Company's bonds comprises 700,000 coupon bonds with nominal value of USD 10, maturity 24 months and annual yield of 10.1%. The issue will be traded under SASGB1 ticker symbol. Ameriabank cjsc was underwriter of this issue of corporate bonds.
Core business direction of SAS Group is retail. The Company runs one of the fast growing supermarkets chain in Armenia, SAS Supermarkets, and is also involved in online offers, running the only online supermarket in Armenia, sas.am. Details of the Company and its activities are available on its official web-site: www.sasgroup.am.
More information on instruments traded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia is available at "Instruments" page (http://www.nasdaqomx.am/en/instruments.htm) of www.nasdaqomx.am official web-site.
About NASDAQ OMX
The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 23 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.999% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500).
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.
NASDAQ OMX Armenia media contact: Eugenia Evoyan, Head of Marketing & Communications +374 10 543 321 ext. 115 eugenia.evoyan@nasdaqomx.am, eugenia.evoyan@nasdaqomx.com