ANNOUNCEMENT: ON SEPTEMBER 24-25 WILL BE HELD THE IX ALMATY INTERBANKING CONFERENCE, ORGANIZED BY BTA BANK

/KASE, September 4, 08/ - BTA Bank (Almaty), the listed company of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided to KASE the press release of the following content: Quotation start On September 24-25, 2008, in InterContinental Hotel - The Ankara in Kazakhstan will be held the IX Almaty Interbanking Conference, entered into three largest CIS business forums. Overall, more than 8,000 participants from 50 countries of CIS, Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia and North America have attended Almaty Interbanking Conferences since 2000. These are top managers of central and second-tier banks, government agencies, stock and currency exchanges, investment funds, rating agencies, auditing and law firms, international organizations. The Conference has deserved a right to stand as one of the most respected and efficient dialogue platforms in the banking industry. The main topic of upcoming conference is "World credit crunch: CIS banking systems - new rules of the game" The recent global liquidity squeeze knocks down the world banking industry. The Conference will provide answers as to the duration of this risk, challenges that this trend poses to the national economies as well as solutions suggested by regulators and professional bankers - answers to these questions you will find during Almaty Interbanking Conferences. More detailed information on Almaty Interbanking Conferences is available at www.btaconf.kz During Almaty Interbanking Conferences will be implemented briefings with key participants of the conference. The briefings agenda will be provided additionally. We remind that due to the limited number of places, accreditation for Media is mandatory! On accreditation issues, please contact till 18.00 p.m. on September 15, 2008: 8 (727) 266-47-97, 8 777 2426791 Adil Dosymov, dosymov@bta.kz 8 (727) 266-43-62, 8 705 3157080 Madina Imanalieva, m_imanalieva@bta.kz 8 (727) 266-43-64, 87013310585 Zhanna Shamova (for Kazakh press), shamova@bta.kz Quotation end [2008-09-04]