Halyk savings bank of Kazakhstan JSC provided KASE with extract from shareholders register complied as of August 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 August 1, 2005. The bank's register maintainer is Fondovyi center JSC (Almaty). According to the extract as of August 1, 2005: - total number of common shares KZ1C33870011 was 899,016,660, they are fully placed among 32, 371 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 48,975,222, out of them 5,225,222 shares are 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 August 1, 2005 were: -------------------------------------------------------------- Stake from Shareholder Number of placed or nominal holder shares, copies. shares, % --------------------------------- --------------- ---------- Almex Company LLP (Almaty) 736,122,100 79.38 Central securities depositary JSC (Almaty, nominal holder) 175,227,602 18.89 -------------------------------------------------------------- As of August 1, 2005 total of 1,592,890 common shares were at bank's reemission account, 43,750,000 privileged shares KZ1P33870216 - at emission account. [2005-08-23]