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/KASE, July 14, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (hereinafter, KASE) reports the main results of its operations in the first half of 2026. - The total volume of trading on KASE amounted to 261.9 trln KZT and increased by 48.8% or 85.9 trln KZT compared to the same period in 2025. - Since the beginning of the year, KASE Index value has grown by 9.7% to 7,712.53 points. - Since the beginning of the year, the stock market capitalization has grown by 21.9% or 8.6 trln KZT to 47.6 trln KZT, the volume of traded corporate debt has grown by 3.3% to 16.8 trln KZT. - Since the start of 2026, 29 new issuers underwent the listing procedure: one in the stock sector, nine in the KASE Global sector and 19 in the corporate bonds sector. - As of July 1, 2026, KASE's trading lists contained 1,015 items of non- government securities from 306 issuers. Detailed information including indicators of the securities, foreign exchange, money and derivatives markets, as well as an overview of key projects and events, is presented in the KASE's press release. Press release in Kazakh Press release in Russian Press release in English [2026-07-14]

/KASE, July 13, 2026/ – Decision of the Management Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated June 30, 2026, approved amendments No. 28 to the KASE's internal document Rules of Market Maker Operations (Rules), which come into effect on August 1, 2026. The amendments establish for market makers of securities, including ETFs, included in the KASE Global sector: - from 11:30 to 17:30, the maximum spread value is 0.9%, timeout time is 142 minutes; - from 17:31 to 22:00, the maximum spread value is 0.5%, timeout time is 50 minutes. In addition, the mechanism for applying liability measures to market makers of securities in the KASE Global sector has been clarified. The updated text of the Rules will be published on the KASE's website at ("Trades" tab – "Market makers"). [2026-07-13]

/KASE, July 10, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) notifies that on July 14, 2026, at 11:00 it will hold a media briefing on performance of the Kazakhstan's stock market for the first half of 2026 where it will present information on dynamics and trends of the Kazakhstan's stock market as well as on activities of KASE and the KASE Clearing Centre (KACC) during the reporting period. Speakers at the event: - Adil Mukhamejanov, Chairperson of KASE's Management Board; - Natalia Khoroshevskaya, Chairperson of KACC's Management Board. To participate in the press conference, media representatives must obtain accreditation via email pr@kase.kz. The event will take place at Almaty, 280 Baizakov St., North Tower of the Almaty Towers Multifunctional Complex, 1st Floor, KASE Press Room, and will also be available online. KASE's regular meetings with journalists are part of its information policy of transparency and openness. [2026-07-10]

/KASE, July 8, 2026/ – Decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated July 3, 2026, approved a new KASE's internal document "Rules for activities of operator of digital financial assets platform, operator of digital asset trading platform, organization for storing underlying asset of digital financial assets” (the Rules) that will come into effect from July 15, 2026. The Rules define the procedure for services provided by KASE in the field of digital assets. The rules are published on the KASE website at [2026-07-08]

/KASE, July 3, 2026/ – Decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated June 18, 2026, approved amendments No. 4 to the KASE's internal document Methodology for Calculating Stock Market Indices and Indicators (Methodology), which came into effect on July 1, 2026. The amendments establish the following: - the maximum specific weight of an issuer is determined depending on the number of shares included in representative list of the KASE Index; - only ordinary shares that are on the KASE's official list on the main board may be included in representative list of the KASE Index; - the list of stock market indices and indicators calculated by KASE now includes a new indicator CAPBONDlocal that represents the total face value of the market of corporate bond placed on the domestic market by residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The updated text of the Methodology is published on the KASE's website at ("Methods" tab). [2026-07-03]

/KASE, July 1, 2026/ – Decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated June 30, 2026, approved amendments No. 13 to the KASE's internal document Membership Regulations (Regulations), which came into effect on June 30, 2026. The amendments include the following: - introduced the term "the Exchange's electronic service platform" for the purposes of using a universal name for information systems and channels of interaction with the KASE members; - updated the KASE membership application template. In addition, the KASE's internal document "Rules of Professional Ethics and Business Conduct" was declared invalid from June 30, 2026. At that, general ethical standards and principles of conscientious conduct of trading participants are established in the new Article 4-1 of the Regulations. The updated text of the Regulations will be published on the KASE's website at ("Membership" tab). [2026-07-01]

/KASE, July 1, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) notifies that on June 29, 2026, the Republic of Kazakhstan's Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market registered amendments to the KASE share issue prospectus. Amendments have been made in connection with changes in information on receiving income on shares (determination of the paying agent for payment of income on shares). The KASE share issue prospectus with amendments in Kazakh is available at The KASE share issue prospectus with amendments in Russian is available at [2026-07-01]

/KASE, July 1, 2026, repeat of news from June 15, 2026/ – Following a decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) dated June 10, 2026, Changes and Additions No. 17 (the "Amendments") to KASE's internal document "Rules of Exchange Information Dissemination" (the "Rules") were approved and will come into effect on July 1, 2026. The Amendments have been introduced in connection with the launch of KASE's new information product, "Settlement Prices of Financial Instruments." This information product will be available to market participants on both a free and paid basis, depending on the format: - Free of charge: settlement price data for the current date will be published on the websites of KASE and KASE Clearing Centre; - Paid subscription: includes the automated daily delivery of settlement prices via API (Application Programming Interface), as well as access to historical settlement price data for an unlimited period. The fee for the "Settlement Prices of Financial Instruments" information product is set at 30 MCI (Monthly Calculation Indices) for residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan and USD 260 – for foreign companies per month. Concurrently, by the decision of the Management Board of KASE dated May 21, 2026, Changes and Additions No. 10 to KASE's internal document "Regulations on Terms of Commercial Dissemination of Market Data" (the "Regulations") — which also take effect on July 1, 2026 – and the standard form of the agreement for the provision of the "Settlement Prices of Financial Instruments" information product were approved. Settlement prices of financial instruments in their previous format remain accessible on KASE website at under the "Markets" – "Market Valuation" – "Risk Parameters" section, and on KACC website at The updated texts of the Rules and Regulations will be published on KASE website at (under the "Information" tab). [2026-07-01]

/KASE, July 1, 2026, repeat of news from June 25, 2026/ – By a decision of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC (KASE) dated June 24, 2026, the following documents were approved: ​Trading Rules; ​Regulations on the Structure and Composition of the List of Financial Instruments Admitted to Trading on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC. ​The specified documents come into effect on July 1, 2026. ​By a decision of the Management Board of KASE dated June 11, 2026, the following documents were approved: ​Rules for Concluding Transactions; ​Trading Regulations and Financial Instrument Parameters; ​Procedure for Opening, Maintaining, and Closing Trading and Clearing Accounts; ​Rules for Granting Access to the Trading and Clearing Systems of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC; ​Glossary of Main Designations; ​Instruction on Granting Access to the Test Environment of the Trading and Clearing System and Certification of External Software and Hardware; ​Amendments No. 27 to the Rules of Market-Maker Activities; ​Amendments No. 19 to the Instruction on the Procedure for Assigning Codes to Members of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC and Their Accounts, Trading System Users, Issuers of Securities, and Financial Instruments. ​The specified documents and amendments also come into effect on July 1, 2026. ​These documents have been developed to optimize the internal documents regulating the organization and conduct of trading on KASE. ​As part of the update of the regulatory framework, eight key internal documents have been developed: ​Trading Rules represent a basic document establishing unified principles, requirements, and procedures for organizing and conducting trading on KASE. The Rules consolidate the provisions of several previously effective documents, forming a unified system for the organization of trading, which includes: ​the structure and principles of functioning of exchange markets; ​categories of trading participants and their responsibilities; ​the procedure for admission, submission of orders, and execution of transactions; ​trading methods and actions in the event of technical failures. ​Regulations on the Structure and Composition of the List of Financial Instruments Admitted to Trading on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC define the structure and composition of the list of financial instruments admitted to trading on the exchange markets. ​Rules for Concluding Transactions describe all types of transactions with and without the involvement of a central counterparty, including specialized trading, public offerings of securities, and subscriptions to securities. ​Trading Regulations and Financial Instrument Parameters include financial instrument specifications and procedures previously established for all markets and instruments. ​Procedure for Opening, Maintaining, and Closing Trading and Clearing Accounts is a structured document defining the procedure for opening, maintaining, and closing trading and clearing accounts on exchange markets. ​Rules for Granting Access to the Trading and Clearing Systems of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC establish a unified procedure for granting access to KASE's trading and clearing systems and the conditions for their use. The Rules also introduce a requirement for traders to pass a test upon completion of training on operating KASE's trading and clearing system (this requirement is scheduled to come into effect on January 1, 2027). ​Glossary of Main Designations defines key symbols for their standardized use both in internal documents and activities of KASE, and, as necessary, in the activities of KASE members and its other clients. ​Instruction on Granting Access to the Test Environment of the Trading and Clearing System and Certification of External Software and Hardware establishes the procedure for certifying external software and hardware connected to KASE's trading and clearing system. ​The following documents will be deemed invalid from July 1, 2026: ​Rules for Implementation of Exchange Activities; ​Regulations on Trading Methods in Trading and Clearing Systems; ​Regulations on Market Makers; ​Rules for Resolving Issues in the Event of Technical Failures in the Operation of the Exchange's Software and Hardware Complex; ​Procedure for concluding deals in securities without fulfillment of functions of the central counterparty and executing settlements thereof (gross- settlements); ​Rules for Conducting Public Offerings of Securities; ​Rules for Conducting Subscriptions to Securities; ​Rules for Placing Government Treasury Bonds of the Republic of Kazakhstan; ​Rules for Conducting Repo Transactions in the ASTS+ Trading and Clearing System; ​Rules for Providing Access to the Exchange's Trading Systems; ​Regulation on the Structure of the List of Financial Instruments Allowed for Circulation in the Trading System of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC; ​Procedure for Concluding Deals with Securities with the Participation of the Central Counterparty; ​Regulations on Trading Modes and Operations on the Stock Market; ​Regulations on Trading Modes in the Currency Market; ​Regulations on Trading and Operation of the Control and Collateral System; ​Specification of Repo Transactions Conducted by the "Automatic" Method; ​Specification of Currency Swap Transactions and Foreign Currency Transactions; ​Specification of Futures on the Foreign Currency Exchange Rate against the Tenge; ​Specification of Futures on Shares of Kazakh Issuers; ​Specification of the KASE Index Futures; ​Specification of Futures Contracts on Securities of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs); ​Specification of Deliverable Futures on the US Dollar Exchange Rate against the Tenge; ​Procedure for Opening, Maintaining, and Closing Trading and Clearing Accounts; ​Rules for Granting Direct Access to the Trading System of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC; ​Rules for Operating with the Trading and Clearing System in Remote Access Mode; ​Requirements for DMA Systems of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC Members and Their Use; ​Procedure for the Certification of Traders; ​Instruction on DMA System Certification. ​The Rules and updated texts of the aforementioned documents will be published on KASE website at ("Trading" and "Membership" tabs). [2026-07-01]

/KASE, June 30, 2026/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that on July 1, 2026, as part of the Issuer Day project, a meeting will be held with the management of Capital Leasing Group LLP for investors, professional participants of the securities market and the media. During the meeting, the company's management will present results for 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, key financial indicators, information on development of the leasing business, the company's bond issues and prospects for further growth. The event starts at 14:30 Almaty time. Speakers at the event: - Miras Serikbay, investment manager of Capital Leasing Group LLP; - Maksat Spankulov, director of Capital Leasing Group LLP. Information about the event is published at [2026-06-30]