/REPETITION/ KASE CHANGED PARAMETERS OF SHARES, INCLUDED IN RENEWED REPRESENTATIVE KASE INDEX LIST BEGINNING MAY 1, 2008

04.05.08 12:31
/KASE, May 4, 08, repetition of the news of April 30, 08/ - Beginning May 1, 2008 by the decision of the Risk Committee of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Inc. (KASE) of April 30,2008 new parameters of shares, included in the representative list of KASE index (stake of free floating shares and limiting coefficient) were defined. Below are the new values of parameters and the values good before May1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- As of May 1, 2008 As of February 1, 2008 ----------------- ------- --------- ----------- -------- --------- Amount of shares free Limitati Amount Limitati Share paid float on coef of shares free on coef symbol (Fi), % ficient paid float, % ficient ------- ----------------- ------- --------- ----------- -------- --------- BTAS 8,370,158 26.7 0.8757200 8,370,158 27.1 0.5079012 CCBN 130,316,695 41.2 1.0000000 130,316,695 41.2 1.0000000 GB_KZMS 454,954,288 36.8 0.2042592 Х Х Х HSBK 984,016,660 28.9 0.9106020 984,016,660 28.9 0.6197637 KKGB 575,000,000 46.8 0.5121140 575,000,000 46.8 0.3689140 KKGBp 124,978,795 43.5 1.0000000 125,000,000 46.7 1.0000000 KZTK 10,922,876 22.5 1.0000000 10,922,876 22.5 1.0000000 KZTKp 403,194 100.0 1.0000000 403,194 60.1 1.0000000 RDGZ 70,220,935 38.6 0.2356411 70,220,935 38.6 0.1723591 TEBN 19,067,000 20.8 1.0000000 19,067,000 28.7 1.0000000 TEBNp 5,000,000 22.1 1.0000000 5,000,000 26.2 1.0000000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In addition, by the same decision of the Risk Committee beginning May 1, 2008 at calculation of KASE index a new adjustment coefficient (K) - 1,0179833 will be applied. Before the indicated date K was equal to 1,5201792. NOTES TO THE TABLE KASE Index - KASE market share index, which indicates the change of prices on market deals with share of the index representative list, with consideration of the capitalization level of the their issuer and number of free floating shares.At that the ratio of the share value of each denomination in the index value may not exceed 15%. The index is calculated in real time upon execution of every single deal. The index calculation methodology is regulated by the KASE document "Stock Market Indicators Calculation Methodology" (http://www.kase.kz/geninfo/normbase/indicators_met.pdf). The index page is available at: http://beta.kase.kz/ru/index_kase Share symbol shows: a code of an issuer of the security, tradable at KASE (initial 4 symbols, same as - common share symbol); share category (if the fifth symbol is "p", preference share); order number of share issue (at necessity, the sixth digital symbol). Issuers codes: BTAS - BTA Bank JSC; CCBN - Bank CenterCredit JSC; GB_KZMS - KAZAKHMYS PLC; HSBK - Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC; KKGB - Kazkommertsbank JSC; KZTK - Kazakhtelecom JSC; RDGZ - Exploration and Production KazMunaiGas JSC; TEBN - Subsidiary of Bank TuranAlem JSC - Temirbank JSC. Paid shares number - a parameter which is defined by KASE independently on the basis of data of the extract from the share register of the listing company of the information provided by the company as the number of the issued shares of the listing company net of that repurchased. At calculation of the index, KASE takes into account the number of the offered shares proved by the documents available at KASE. Free float (Fi), % - a parameter which is determined by KASE as a number of shares, not belonging to the state, issuer manager and shareholders, holding more than five percent of the total of of common share of the issuer, except for the shareholders in regard of which the KASE Risk Committee made a decision that these shareholders are not considered as strategic (insitutional investors, nominal holders, exercising functions of settlement service and etc.). Limitation coefficient (Ci) - a parameter, limiting the stake of influence of each share on the index value to fifteen percent. [2008-05-04]