Three new large shareholders of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan OJSC have appeared

/IRBIS, Dec 28, 01/ - The ownership right for largest blocks of shares of Halyk bank of Kazakhstan OJSC (Almaty) in December was formed by three new shareholders that own currently 23.3% of authorized capital of the bank. It was confirmed by official documents received at Kazakhstan stock exchange on December 25 of current year. New shareholders are three limited liability partnerships: DAKOT LLP, KARAT 24 LLP and ARGYS LTD LLP. DAKOT LLP registered in Almaty acquired 3,749,728 voting common shares of Halyk bank of Kazakhstan OJSC that accounts for 6.9% of authorized capital of the bank. List of activities of new shareholder includes investment, trade and intermediary, trade and purchasing, commercial and intermediary and external economic activities. Also the company opens catering centers, bars, cafes, restaurants and realizes export-import and representative operations with attracting of foreign companies. KARAT 24 LLP registered in Almaty also acquired 3,749,728 voting common shares of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan OJSC that accounts for 6.9% of authorized capital of the bank. List of activities of new shareholder includes investment, trade and intermediary, trade and purchasing, commercial and intermediary and advertising and information activities. Also the company produces, sells and services goods in the sphere of electronics, program and technical software, organizes chain of shops of wholesale, retail and commission trade. ARGYS LTD LLP registered in Astana acquired 5,149,751 voting common share of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan OJSC that accounts for 9.5% of authorized capital of the bank. List of activities of new shareholder includes investment, trade and intermediary, trade and purchasing, commercial and intermediary. Also the company purchases, processes, stores and realizes oil, oil products, combusting-lubricating raw materials, produces, services and repairs transport means including organization of parking places, filling stations, repair works and washing places for autos. According to documents that IRBIS has, shares were acquired by abovementioned LLP without help and affiliated persons and were paid without cash. All LLP are not founders and do not manage shares or contributions of other legal entities of the Republic of Kazakhstan. KASE does not yet have an extraction from the shareholders register, which would allow see full distribution of shares of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan OJSC after the sale of last state block of its shares at the auction on November 20,2001 to the consortium consisting of Mangistaumunaigas OJSC, Merkury LLP, Raimbek Bottlers LLP, Rakhymzhan LLP and Merchandise company Altyn-Taraz LLP. It's more likely that this extraction will be presented at the beginning of 2002.