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/KASE, January 5, 2026, December 30, 2025 news repeat/ – According to KASE's internal document "Methodology for Determining Liquidity Indicators of Securities", Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) approved the January 2026 lists of first, second and third liquidity class shares, depositary receipts and securities of investment funds selected from those listed on KASE (hereinafter – the Securities lists). The Securities lists were approved by a decision of the Committee for Indices and Indicators dated December 23, 2025 and generated in order to apply the norms of KASE's internal documents to the securities contained in them. The first liquidity class securities list valid from January 1 to January 31, 2026 consists of 73 securities. Compared with the current list of securities of the first liquidity class, which was formed for December 2025, the list includes: 1) ETF US74349Y5713 ("KASE Global" sector, ETHT_KZ) of ProShares Ultra Ether ETF; 2) ETF US4642872422 ("KASE Global" sector, LQD_KZ) of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF; 3) ETF US74347G1849 ("KASE Global" sector, BITI_KZ) of ProShares Short Bitcoin ETF; 4) global depositary receipts US0090632078, US0090631088 ("derivatives" sector, AIRAd), the underlying asset of which are common shares KZ1C00004050 (KASE main market, "premium" category, AIRA) of Air Astana JSC; 5) units KZPF00000132 (sector "investment fund securities", FHJIag) of the interval unit investment trust (IUIT) "allGA" managed by Alatau City Invest JSC; 6) units KZPF00000025 (sector "investment fund securities", CSECfe) of the IUIT "Eurobond Fund" managed by Centras Securities JSC. The following were removed from the list of the first liquidity class, which was formed for Deсember 2025: 1) common shares US4781601046 ("KASE Global" sector, JNJ_KZ) of Johnson & Johnson; 2) common shares US5951121038 ("KASE Global" sector, MU_KZ) of Micron Technology, Inc.; 3) common shares US6745991058 ("KASE Global" sector, OXY_KZ) of Occidental Petroleum Corp.; 4) units KZPF00000553 ("investment fund securities" sector, BCCIbe) of the IUIT "BCC Elite" managed by BCC Invest JSC, a subsidiary of Bank CenterCredit JSC; 5) units KZPF00000173 ("investment fund securities" sector, FHJIds) of the IUIT "doSTAR" managed by Alatau City Invest JSC; 6) ETF US81369Y8865 (sector "KASE Global", XLU_KZ) of The Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund. Lists of securities of the first, second and third liquidity classes for January 2026 are published on KASE's website at see more Lists of securities of the first, second and third liquidity classes for December 2025 are published on KASE's website at see more The Methodology for determining the liquidity indicators of securities is published at see more [2026-01-05]

/KASE, January 5, 2026/ – As of January 5, 2026, trading in the following non- deliverable futures will open on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE): 1) on common shares of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, code – HSBK-12.26, last circulation day – December 17, 2026; 2) on common shares of NAC Kazatomprom JSC, code – KZAP-12.26, last circulation day – December 17, 2026; 3) on KASE Index, code – KX-12.26, last circulation day – December 17, 2026; 4) on the USD/KZT exchange rate, code – US-12.26, last circulation day – December 17, 2026; 5) on the RUB/KZT exchange rate, code – RU-2.26, last circulation day is February 19, 2026; 6) on the RUB/KZT exchange rate, code – RU-12.26, last circulation day is December 17, 2026. KASE reminds you that currently trading in derivative financial instruments is held on KASE on working days from 10:00 to 17:30 o'clock, Astana time, the clearing session for these trades – from 20:30 to 21:00 o'clock, Astana time. Clearing participants of KASE's derivatives market, the list of which is published on KASE's website at see more can participate in the exchange trading in derivatives. The results of trading in futures on KASE are published at see more Internal documents governing the procedure for operation of KASE's derivatives market are available at see more ("Trades" – "Derivatives" tab). [2026-01-05]

/KASE, January 5, 2026, December 31, 2025 news repeat/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that as of January 5, 2026, the following changes will be introduced when trading financial instruments CNYKZT_TOD, USDCNY_TOD, EURCNY_TOD, CNYKZT_0_001 and CNYKZT_0_002 on KASE: - the trade end time will be changed from 11:30 to 12:30 Astana time (AST); - the clearing session will be held from 12:30 to 13:00 AST; - the deadline for delivery by clearing participants of Chinese yuan in payment of net obligations on transactions with the due execution date is 14:30 AST. The following amendments have been made to the internal documents of KASE and KASE Clearing Centre (KACC): - changes No. 22 to the Regulations on trading and the operation of the control and collateral system; - changes and additions No. 7 to the Regulation for conduct of clearing sessions under transactions with the central counterparty. The updated documents will be published on the websites of KASE and KACC: - see more (tab "Trades"); - see more (tab "Clearing"). [2026-01-05]

/KASE, January 5, 2026, December 26, 2025 news repeat/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that in accordance with KASE's internal document "Schedule of trading and operation of the control and collateral system", the following changes will be made to the trading schedule at KASE in January 2026. On January 1 and 2, no trading will be held due to holidays in Kazakhstan, and Kazakhstan's financial markets will be closed. On January 5 and 6, the following instruments will not be traded due to the public holidays in Russia: - RUBKZT_TOD, RUBKZT_0_001 and RUBKZT_0_002. On January 7, no trading will be held due to holiday in Kazakhstan, and Kazakhstan's financial markets will be closed. On January 8 and 9, the following instruments will not be traded due to the public holidays in Russia: - RUBKZT_TOD, RUBKZT_0_001 and RUBKZT_0_002. On January 19, the following instruments will not be traded due to the public holiday in the USA: - USDKZT_TOD, EURUSD_TOD, USDCNY_TOD; - USDKZT_0_001, USDKZT_0_002, EURUSD_0_001, EURUSD_0_002, USDKZT_0_01W, USDKZT_0_01M, USDKZT_0_03M, USDKZT_0_06M and USDKZT_0_01Y; - ETF securities and shares issued by foreign issuers and traded with settlement in US dollars. The schedule of trading and operation of the control and collateral system is available at see more [2026-01-05]