/KASE, May 14, 2026/ – ForteBank JSC (KASE ticker – ASBN) has announced the following:

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ForteBank Joint Stock Company (State Re-registration Certificate dated February 10, 2015) (hereinafter the "Bank"), located at: 8/1 Dostyk Street, Yesil District, Astana, Z05P1P0/010017, Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with Article 16 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Joint Stock Companies," hereby offers its shareholders the opportunity to purchase ordinary shares issued by the Bank (ISIN KZ000A0F4546), the issuance of which was registered by the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market under No. A4031 dated March 19, 2015, pursuant to their pre-emptive right to purchase ordinary shares.

In compliance with the Rules for the Exercise or Waiver of Pre-emptive Purchase Rights for Securities of a Joint Stock Company, approved by Resolution No. 253 of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 2018, the Bank provides its shareholders with the following information:

1. Number and Type of Securities Offered: 4,168,359,147 ordinary shares of the Bank.

2. Ratio of Issued (less treasury shares) Ordinary Shares to Offered Ordinary Shares: 22.12 : 1 (hereinafter the "Ratio"). The number of shares shareholders are entitled to purchase under their pre-emptive right is determined by dividing the number of ordinary shares owned by them as of the Record Date by the Ratio. In calculating the entitlement, fractional shares shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.

3. Shareholder List: The list of shareholders entitled to pre-emptive rights for the ordinary shares being offered is based on the data from the securities holder register system of the JSC Central Securities Depository as of 00:00 hours on May 12, 2026 (hereinafter the "Record Date").

4. Subscription Period: The period during which a shareholder may submit an application to purchase ordinary shares under their pre-emptive right is 30 calendar days following the date of publication of this offer (hereinafter the "Period") – up to and including June 12, 2026.

5. Offering Price: 12.80 tenge per one ordinary share of the Bank (hereinafter the "Offering Price"). The Offering Price is uniform for all persons purchasing the Bank's ordinary shares within this offering.

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[2026-05-14]