Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan notifies shareholders - individuals on order of redemption of shares owned

/KASE, August 18, 08/ - Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan (Almaty), a listing company of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided KASE with the information message which informs as follows: Quoation start Dear shareholders! According to the Rules on Redemption of Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan of Offered Shares and Redeemable Shares Cost Determination Methodology, Approved by the decision of the general meeting of sharehodlers of the Bank (protocol No. 13 of September 24, 2003, with changes), currently the Bank redeems shares only on the grounds of sharehoder application with respect to all rights of shareholders, set by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. For purporses of prevention of illegal actions on the side of unidentified persons, we inform, that the Bank has nothing to do with address to shareholders through third persons requesting on sale of shares of the Bank. In this connection we request shareholders to inform about cases of requests on sale of the bank shares owned by you at the address: 79, Abylay Khan ave., Almaty, Capital Management and Project Financing Department, Tel: +7 (727) 259 05 99 or any nearest branch of the Bank. Quotation end [2008-08-18]