KASE's Management Board takes decision on inclusion of ordinary shares US5949181045 (US_MSFT) of Microsoft Corporation in category "standard" of KASE official list's main market

/KASE, March 6, 2019/ – Following a decision of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) Management Board dated March 5, 2019, ordinary shares US5949181045 of Microsoft Corporation (US) were included in the category "standard" of KASE official list's main market. The admittance initiator for these shares is Freedom Finance JSC (Almaty). The effective date of said decision of the Management Board will be communicated later as soon as the admittance initiator fulfills terms of item 1 of chapter 5 of appendix 2.3 to KASE's internal document "Listing Rules". Opening of trading in said shares on KASE will also be communicated later. The number of authorized ordinary shares of Microsoft Corporation makes up 24,000,000,000 pieces. As of February 11, 2019 7,676,219,000 ordinary shares were outstanding. Said shares are listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market (NASDAQ, US). Holders of ordinary shares have the voting right at shareholders' meetings and the right to receiving dividends. Said shares were assigned an abbreviation (ticker) US_MSFT. Main activities of Microsoft Corporation include development and maintenance of software, accompanying services and devices. Details of said share issuance will be released on KASE website after coming into effect of said decision of the Management Board. [2019-03-06]