Discount bonds by National Mortgage Company admitted to trading on NASDAQ OMX Armenia from June 13

ArmInfo. Starting from June 13, 2016, discount bonds issued by "National Mortgage Company" Refinancing Credit Organization CJSC (RCO CJSC) will be admitted to trading on NASDAQ OMX Armenia and included in the bonds free market (C).  The press-service of NASDAQ OMX Armenia informs that listed securities comprise 63,730 bonds (ISIN - AMNMCCB1EER1) with nominal value of AMD 10,000, which will be traded under NMCCB1E tickier symbol and will be allowed to manual and REPO trading as well.   

According to the source, on May 20, 2016 placement of "National Mortgage Company" RCO CJSC bonds took place at NASDAQ OMX Armenia. 17 transactions were concluded with total value traded of AMD 573,728,510.55. Cut-off price of the bonds was AMD 8,996.63, weighted average yield was 10.9169% and the cut-off yield stood at 11%.  Emission of the bonds of this issue amounts to 637.3 mln AMD the maturity is 1 year. The bonds were issued on April 15 and placed on May 20.

To note, National Mortgage Company RCO CJSC was registered in the Central Bank of Armenia by the decision of the board of the Central Bank of Armenia dated October 19, 2011. The only shareholder is the Central Bank of Armenia. Currently three issues of corporate bonds by NMC (NMCCB2A, NMCCB2B ?  NMCCB2C) are listed on the main Abond list of NASDAQ OMX Armenia.  NMCCB2A was admitted to trading on the stock market on May 15, 2014, the issuing volume is 1 bln AMD (10 thousand bonds with nominal value of 100 thousand AMD each), maturity is 3 years, the yield is 10%. NMCCB2B was admitted to trading on the stock market on July 11, 2014, the issuing volume is 1.2 bln AMD (120 thousand bonds with nominal value of 10 thousand AMD each), maturity is 5 years and the yield is 12%. NMCCB2C was admitted to trading on the stock market on October 22, 2014, the issuing volume is 1 bln AMD (100 thousand bonds with nominal value of 10 thousands AMD each), maturity is 3 years, the yield is 10%. The coupon payments are made once in 6 months.  The term of these bonds expires in 2017: NMCCB2A - April 23, NMCCB2‚ - June 24, NMCCB2‘ - October 7.

To recall, 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. 226 transactions on corporate bonds were made on NASDAQ OMX Armenia in 2015, which  totaled 453.5 mln AMD (versus 343 transactions totaling 1.1 bln AMD in 2014). Capitalization of stock market of Armenia in 2015 grew by 42% totaling 103.8 bln AMD (versus 73 bln AMD in 2014 and 61.7 bln AMD in 2013). 140 transactions on shares were made totaling 4.3 bln AMD in 2015 (versus 213 transactions totaling 28.8 bln AMD in 2014).