Since March 19, trading in five names of ETF securities suspended on KASE

/KASE, March 19, 2024/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that since March 19, 2024 trading in the following ETF securities on repo transactions in trading modes with participation of the central counterparty and the settlement date of which falls on April 2, 2024 and subsequent dates, has been suspended on KASE: 1) US4642872422 (sector "KASE Global", LQD_KZ) of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF; 2) US4642895118 (sector "KASE Global", IGLB_KZ) of iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF; 3) US4642885135 (sector "KASE Global", HYG_KZ) of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF; 4) US74347G4405 (sector "KASE Global", BITO_KZ) of ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF; 5) US78468R6633 (sector "securities of investment funds", US_BIL_) of SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF. Trading was suspended in accordance with sub-item 10) of item 1 of Article 11-2 of KASE's internal document "Rules for execution of exchange activities" due to the receipt by KASE of information that April 2, 2024 will be the record date for these securities. Trading in said securities on KASE will be resumed from April 4, 2024. [2024-03-19]