Astana Gas Service JSC (Kazakhstan) provided KASE with the extract from shareholders registers system as of June 26, 2006

/KASE, August 4, 06/ - Astana Gas Service JSC (Astana), whose bonds are traded in Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) official "B" listing category, provided KASE with the extract from shareholders registers system as of June 26, 2006. The company's register holder is Fund centre JSC (Almaty). According to the extract, total number of announced common shares of Astana Gas Service JSC (only common KZ1C46390015) was 102,000, the whole number of shares has been offered. Holders of five and over percents from the total number of offered shares of Astana Gas Service JSC were: -------------------------------------------------------------- Names, Number of Stake out of place of living shares, copies offered shares, % --------------------------- -------------- ----------------- Astana-Finance JSC (Astana) 93,180 91.35 National Company KazMunayGas JSC (Astana) 8,820 8.65 -------------------------------------------------------------- [2006-08-04]