/KASE, November 9, 05/ - Kazkommertsbank JSC (Almaty), whose shares and bonds are traded in Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) official "A" listing category, in answer to inquiry of KASE by the official letter notified KASE about its big shareholders. According to the bank's data as of November 1, 2005 they are:

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Name,                                    Number of         Stake from
location                                   shares.  floated shares, %
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European Bank of reconstruction
and development (direct ownership)      56,250,000              15.00
The Bank of New York (nominal holder)  114,365,430              30.50
Central-Asian investment
company JSC (direct ownership)         184,679,012              49.25
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Kazkommertsbank JSC informed about absence of information about shareholders, transferred shares in nominal holding, because these shares are base asset of derivative securities (ADR, GDR), issued according to foreign legislation.

[2005-11-09]