Halyk savings bank of Kazakhstan JSC provided KASE with extract from shareholders register complied as of July 1, 2005

/KASE, August 23, 05/ - Halyk savings bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty), whose shares and bonds are traded in Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) official "A" listing category, provided KASE with extract from shareholders register as of July 1, 2005. The bank's register maintainer is Fondovyi center JSC (Almaty). According to the extract as of July 1, 2005: - total number of common shares KZ1C33870011 was 89,901,666, they are fully placed among 32,394 shareholders; - total number of privileged shares KZ1P33870117 was 24,742,000, they are fully placed among 3 shareholders; - total number of privileged shares KZ1P33870216 was 5,225,222, they are fully placed among 5 shareholders. Holders of five or more percents from total number of placed shares of Halyk savings bank of Kazakhstan JSC as of July 1, 2005 were: -------------------------------------------------------------- Stake from Shareholder Number of placed or nominal holder shares, copies. shares, % --------------------------------- --------------- ---------- Almex Company LLP (Almaty) 73,612,210 61.49 Central securities depositary JSC (Almaty, nominal holder) 44,493,026 37.17 -------------------------------------------------------------- 156,485 common shares were at bank's reemission account. [2005-08-23]