/KASE, May 4, 09/ - The Risk committee of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
(KASE) on April 30, 2009 determined new parameters for stocks, comprising
the KASE Index representative list - free float and restricting coefficients
effective May 1, 2009.
The table below indicates new and effective May 1, parameters of stocks
affecting the KASE Index.
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effective May 1, 2009 effective before May 1, 2009
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free restrictive free restrictive
outstanding float coefficient outstanding float coefficient
Ticker shares (Fi), (Ri) shares (Fi), % (Ri)
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BTAS 33,616,968 24.9 1.0000000 8,370,625 27.5 1.0000000
CCBN 144,480,531 33.0 1.0000000 144,480,531 33.1 0.9270851
GB_ENRC 1,287,750,000 18.6 0.1186462 Х Х Х
GB_KZMS 535,240,338 40.6 0.1463209 454,954,288 23.5 0.0878310
HSBK 1,239,154,695 21.7 1.0000000 980,020,047 28.6 0.4200201
KKGB 574,360,662 46.7 0.5161507 574,626,468 46.8 0.1356903
KZTK 10,922,876 24.7 1.0000000 10,922,876 24.7 0.3350656
RDGZ 70,158,704 38.6 0.0896726 70,220,935 38.6 0.0264615
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Besides subject to the same decision of the KASE Risk Committee at calculation
of the KASE Index new adjustment coefficient (K) - 1.2078519 will be used
since May 1, 2009. Before the indicated date K equaled 4.036262.
NOTES TO TABLE
KASE Index - KASE share market index, showing change of prices of shares
listed on the representative list for calculation of the index with account to
capitalization of issuers and number of free floating shares (free float). One
stock may not exceed 15 % weight in the index. KASE Index is calculated within a
trading day as deals in the representing stocks are concluded. In case no deals,
parameters of which are required for calculation of the KASE Index were made in
the stock during a trading day, for purposes of such calculation, results of the
last resultant trading session will be used.
The Methodology of index calculation is regulated by the KASE internal document
"Methodology of Stock Market Indicators Calculation", available at the KASE
website at:
http://www.kase.kz/files/normative_base/indicators_met_eng.pdf
The page on the index is available at:
http://www.kase.kz/en/index_kase
Ticker shows: issuer code of security trading on KASE (first 4 symbols, -
common share code); share category (if the fifth symbol is "p", preferred
share); share issue order number (if required, the sixth symbol is a digit).
Issuers codes: BTAS - BTA Bank; CCBN - Bank CenterCredit; GB_KZMS - KAZAKHMYS
PLC; HSBK - Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan; KKGB - Kazkommertsbank; KZTK -
Kazakhtelecom; RDGZ - KazMunaiGas Exploration Production; TEBN -
Subsidiary of BTA Bank-Temirbank.
Outstanding shares - parameter, which is determined independently by KASE
on the basis of listing company share register extract data or information
provided by the company as a number of outstanding shares of a listing company
net of those redeemed. KASE is taking into account the number of outstanding
shares, which is confirmed by documents available on KASE.
Free float (Fi), % - parameter, determined by KASE as a number of shares not
owned by the state, issuer management and shareholders owning five or more
percent of common shares of the issuer, except for shareholders in regard of
which the Risk committee made a decision that such shareholders shall not be
deemed as strategic (institutioanl investors, nominal holders, and entities
performing functions of settlement service etc.).
Restrictive coefficient (Ri) - parameter limiting weight of influence of one
stock on index value to fifteen percent.
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