KASE EXCLUDED FROM THE SHARES MARKET INDEX CALCULATION PARAMETERS OF 19 DEALS, made ON DECEMBER 29

/KASE, December 29, 08/ - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) informs that on December 29, 2008, KASE Risk Committee decided not to consider when KASE index value parameters of the following deals in common shares of BTA Bank (NIN - KZ1C34920013, trading code - BTAS), made on KASE on December 29, 2008: ------------------------------------------------------------- Deal time Deal serial Number Share Deal number of shares price, KZT volume, KZT --------- ----------- --------- ---------- -------------- 11:59:04 1393108 117 30,000.00 3,510,000.00 11:59:04 1393109 37 23,010.00 851,370.00 11:59:04 1393110 12 23,005.00 276,060.00 11:59:04 1393111 130 23,000.00 2,990,000.00 11:59:04 1393112 182 23,000.00 4,186,000.00 11:59:04 1393113 15 22,000.01 330,000.15 11:59:04 1393114 20 22,000.01 440,000.20 11:59:04 1393115 150 21,500.00 3,225,000.00 11:59:04 1393116 100 21,111.00 2,111,100.00 11:59:04 1393117 50 20,000.00 1,000,000.00 11:59:04 1393118 200 20,000.00 4,000,000.00 11:59:04 1393119 40 19,100.00 764,000.00 11:59:04 1393120 100 10,000.00 1,000,000.00 11:59:04 1393121 100 4,777.00 477,700.00 11:59:20 1393122 500 3,440.00 1,720,000.00 11:59:30 1393123 5,000 3,440.00 17,200,000.00 11:59:32 1393124 500 3,440.00 1,720,000.00 11:59:42 1393125 20 3,440.00 68,800.00 11:59:44 1393126 48,727 3,440.00 167,620,880.00 ------------------------------------------------------------- Above mentioned deals were made as a result of the trader technical error at the price significantly low that the market price of BTA Bank common shares. The basis for described Risk Committee actions is: sub-item 1) of article 9 of Chapter 3 of Methodology of Stock Market Indices Calculation (in the part of BTA Bank common shares price on KASE shares market index value). [2008-12-29]