MOST DISTINGUISHED KASE MEMBERS AWARDED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS ACCORDING TO RESULTS OF 2007

/KASE, June 27, 08/ - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) informs that the most distinguished members of KASE were awarded according to the results of 2007 at the annual general meeting of shareholders on June 26, 2008 in the following nominations. 1)"Exchange Currency Market Leader": Kazkommertsbank JSC (Almaty) - "golden" diploma; Alliance Bank JSC (Almaty) - "silver" diploma; 2)"Exchange Government Securities Market Leader": Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty) - "golden" diploma; Subsidiary Bank HSBC Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty) - "silver" diploma; 3)" Exchange Corporate Securities Market Leader ": Subsidiary of Bank TuranAlem - TuramAlem Securities JSC (Almaty) - "golden" diploma; RESMI Finance & Investment House (Almaty) - "silver" diploma; 4)"Repo Transactions Market Leader": BTA Bank JSC (Almaty) - "golden" diploma; Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty) - "silver" diploma; 5)"Leading Financial Consultant": Astana-finance JSC (Astana). No members were awarded in the nomination "Exchange Share Market Leader" due to default on deals of some members of the Exchange and on-going related proceedings with majority potential nominees as parties. The winners of the nominations mentioned above were determined by the KASE Board decision of May 23, 2008 in accordance with the Rules on Annual Rewarding of the Most Distinguished Members of the Exchange, approved by KASE Board decision No. 17/1 of February 4, 2003. [2008-06-27]