/KASE, October 16, 2025/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that effective October 17, 2025, trading in the following securities on repo transactions in trading modes involving the central counterparty will be suspended on KASE:

1) ETF US4642872422 (sector "KASE Global", LQD_KZ) of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETFs, whose settlement date falls on November 3, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on November 5, 2025;

2) ETF US4642885135 (sector "KASE Global", HYG_KZ) of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETFs, whose settlement date falls on November 3, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on November 5, 2025;

3) ETF US4642895118 (sector "KASE Global", IGLB_KZ) of iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, whose settlement date falls on November 3, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on November 5, 2025;

4) ETF US78468R6633 (sector "KASE Global", BIL_KZ) of SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF, whose settlement date falls on November 3, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on November 5, 2025;

5) ETF US74347G4405 (sector "KASE Global", BITO_KZ) of ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETFs, whose settlement date falls on November 3, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on November 5, 2025;

6) common shares US1729674242 (sector "KASE Global", C_KZ) of Citigroup Inc., whose settlement date falls on November 3, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on November 5, 2025;

7) common shares US 4781601046 (sector "KASE Global", JNJ_KZ) of Johnson & Johnson, whose settlement date falls on November 25, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on November 27, 2025.

Trading will be suspended in accordance with subitem 12) of item 1 of Article 13 of KASE's internal document "Rules for execution of exchange activities" due to the fact that KASE has information about the record date for the specified securities.

[2025-10-16]