Brokerage Company Astana-Finance (Kazakhstan) voluntarily abandons KASE stock market membership

/KASE, August 31, 12/ - Following a decision of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) Board of Directors, JSC "Brokerage Company "Astana-Finance" (Almaty), effective from August 31, 2012, is excluded from membership to KASE stock market. It means that JSC "Brokerage Company "Astana-Finance" is no longer a KASE member and is not entitled to trading in any instrument at KASE. This decision is based on sub-item 1 of item 37 of KASE internal document "Regulations on Membership" following a request from JSC "Brokerage Company "Astana-Finance" dated August 21, 2012 to exclude it from members of KASE stock market. [2012-08-31]