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/KASE, June 1, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) released the KASE Group's annual report for 2025 on its website: - in Kazakh – see more - in Russian – see more - in English – see more KASE Group's Sustainability Report for 2025 has been released: - in Kazakh – see more - in Russian – see more - in English – see more [2026-06-01]

/KASE, May 28, 2026/ – Shareholders of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE, or the Exchange) at the annual general meeting of shareholders held on May 28, 2026, decided to pay dividends for 2025 and determined the following payment procedure: - to allocate 4,589,483,743.47 tenge (approximately 30 %) of the Exchange’s net profit for 2025 to pay dividends to KASE shareholders; - to determine the amount of dividend per common share of KASE (KZ1C00001213) – 4,268.37 tenge; - dividend payment start date: June 10, 2026; - the list of shareholders of the Exchange entitled to receive dividends based on the results of 2025 shall be recorded as of 00:00 Almaty time on June 9, 2026; - pay dividends to the Exchange shareholders in non-cash form by transfer to their bank accounts; - paying agent: Central Securities Depository JSC BIN 970740000154. [2026-05-28]

/KASE, May 28, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (hereinafter – the Exchange) announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Exchange was held on May 28, 2026, where the following decisions were made: 1. To take note of the report on the Exchange's performance in 2025. 2. To take note of the KASE Group Sustainability Report for 2025. 3. To approve the standalone and consolidated annual financial statements of the Exchange for 2025 with the independent auditor's reports. 4. To allocate the Exchange's net income (profit) for 2025 in the amount of KZT 15,298,263 thousand as follows: KZT 4,589,483,743.47 to be directed to the payment of dividends to the shareholders of the Exchange; KZT 10,708,779,256.53 to be directed to the development and formation of reserve funds of the Exchange and "KASE Clearing Centre" JSC, as well as the implementation of priority projects. To set the dividend amount per common share of the Exchange at KZT 4,268.37. 5. To designate "BDO Kazakhstan" LLP as the audit organization of the Exchange for the purpose of auditing the annual financial statements of the Exchange for 2026. 6. To take note of the information on the amount and structure of remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the Management Board of the Exchange for 2025. 7. To pay annual performance bonuses to the members of the Board of Directors of the Exchange based on the results of operations for 2025. 8. To approve changes and additions No. 9 to the Charter of the Exchange. 9. To take note of the information on the absence of shareholder complaints regarding the actions of the Exchange and its officers on operational matters in 2025. [2026-05-28]

/KASE, April 27, 2026/ – Joint-Stock Company "Kazakhstan Stock Exchange" (hereinafter – the Exchange) with its executive body – the Exchange's Management Board – located at the following address: 280 Baizakov St., 8th floor, North Tower of the Multifunctional complex "Almaty Towers", city of Almaty A15G7M6, Republic of Kazakhstan, hereby notifies its shareholders of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Exchange (hereinafter – the Meeting), which is convened at the initiative of the Exchange's Board of Directors (minutes No. 13 dated April 23, 2026) pursuant to clause 1 of Article 35, clause 1, sub-clause 3) of clause 3 of Article 37 and Article 41 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Joint-Stock Companies". The Meeting will be held on May 28, 2026 starting at 10:00 am (hereinafter – Astana time) at: 280 Baizakov St., 8th floor, the North Tower of the Multifunctional complex "Almaty Towers", Almaty, with the following agenda: 1. Approval of the agenda of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC. 2. Review of the report on the performance of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC in 2025. 3. Review of the Sustainable Report of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC for 2025. 4. Approval of the annual audited financial statements of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC for 2025. 5. Approval of the procedure for distribution of the net income of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC for 2025, decision on the payment of dividends on common shares of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC and approval of the dividend amount per common share. 6. Selection of an audit organization to audit the annual financial statements of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC for 2026. 7. Review of information on the amount and composition of remuneration of members of the Board of Directors and the Management Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC for 2025. 8. On remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC for 2025. 9. Approval of changes and additions No. 9 to the Charter of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC. 10. Review of shareholders' appeals regarding the actions of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC and its executives and the results of such review. Registration of participants will take place on May 28, 2026 from 09:00 to 09:45 am at the venue. In the event of lack of a quorum, a reconvened meeting will be held on May 29, 2026 from 10:00 am at the same address. Registration for the reconvened meeting will be open from 09:00 am to 09:45 am at the venue. The list of shareholders entitled to participate in the meeting will be compiled as of 00:00 am on May 14, 2026. The full text of the notice is available on the Exchange's website: - see more – in Kazakh; - see more – in Russian; - see more – in English. [2026-04-27]

/KASE, April 14, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that an open expert session on corporate responsibility and sustainable management will be held at KASE on April 15, 2026. The event starts at 11:00 Almaty time. The speaker of the event is Ingrid Vanderveldt, international expert on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and social entrepreneurship (USA). Information about the event is available at – see more [2026-04-14]

/KASE, April 10, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) and KASE Clearing Centre (KACC) notify users of the websites see more and see more that on March 11, 2026, from 09:00 to 15:00 Almaty time, these websites will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. KASE and KACC apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. [2026-04-10]

/KASE, April 10, 2026/ – By a decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated April 8, 2026, changes No. 3 (amendments) to KASE's internal document "Rules for the placement of government treasury bonds of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (the Rules) were approved. The changes will come into effect on the date specified in the notification of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The amendments were introduced in connection with the planned introduction of the institution of primary dealers in the government securities market and provide for the following: - the concept of "primary dealer" has been clarified in connection with the limitation of the circle of trading participants admitted to participate in trading for the placement of government treasury bonds; - it has been established that when placing treasury bonds organized by KASE at the request of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, orders may be submitted to KASE only by primary dealers, at their expense and in their interests (orders may not be submitted at the expense and in the interests of clients of primary dealers); - the broker is granted the right to withdraw orders of primary dealers that are submitted on behalf of and in the interests of their clients, or by other trading participants who are not primary dealers; - the provisions related to the possibility of submitting and verifying orders submitted by investors on KASE through primary dealers have been excluded; - the regulations for the operation of the control and collateral system have been excluded due to the fact that accounts controlled by users of the control and collateral system will not be used in the initial placement of government securities. In addition, editorial and clarifying amendments have been made to the text of the Rules. The updated text of the Rules will be published on the KASE website at see more (tab "Trading" – "Securities"). [2026-04-10]

/KASE, April 9, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that on April 10, 2026, a market open ceremony will be held to mark the launch of BCC Invest JSC, a subsidiary of Bank CenterCredit JSC (hereinafter – BCC Invest JSC), the first ETF on KASE indices in Kazakhstan. The event starts at 09:30 Almaty time. Speakers of the event: - Alibek Urazakov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of BCC Invest JSC; - Ruslan Zerilov, Managing Director of BCC Invest JSC; - Sultan Zhumagali, Director of the Department of Analytics and Research of BCC Invest JSC. Information about the event is available at – see more [2026-04-09]

/KASE, April 9, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces the launch of the ESG Knowledge Hub – a platform for developing ESG expertise among market participants as part of advancing the sustainable development agenda. In collaboration with the sustainable development consulting firm Sustainability Solutions, KASE has launched a monthly publication series on best international practices, analytical and methodological approaches in sustainable finance. The first issue of "Sustainable Development Goals: The Next 5 Years Will Be Crucial" is available on the KASE website at see more The ESG Data Platform section of the KASE website contains a centralized database of ESG information, providing access to listed companies' reports, methodological recommendations, analytical and educational materials. KASE is consistently building an ESG data and knowledge infrastructure, promoting greater market transparency and the development of sustainable finance in Kazakhstan. [2026-04-09]

/KASE, April 8, 2026/ – By a decision of the Management Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated April 7, 2026, changes and additions No. 17 (amendments) to the internal document of KASE "Instruction on the procedure for assigning codes to members of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC and their accounts, users of trading systems, issuers of securities and financial instruments" (the Instructions) were approved, with effect as of April 7, 2026. The amendments define the procedure for assigning codes to ETF securities of Kazakhstan's issuers. The updated text of the Instruction will be published on KASE website at see more (tab "Trading" – "Trading system"). [2026-04-08]