NOTICE: On holding an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders by absentee voting of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC

29.10.20 14:57
/KASE, October 29, 2020/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange joint stock company (hereinafter, the Exchange), the executive body (Management Board) of which is located at the following address: 8th floor, 280 Baizakov St., Northern Tower of the Almaty Towers multifunctional complex, 050040, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, informs its shareholders about the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Exchange’s shareholders convened at the decision (initiative) of the Exchange’s Board of Directors (meeting minutes No. 38 dated October 27, 2020). The Meeting will be held by absentee voting of the Exchange’s shareholders. Meeting agenda: 1. On the approval of the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Exchange's shareholders. 2. On early termination of powers of Igor Marich, a member of the Board of Directors and independent director of the Exchange. 3. On determining the number of members of the Exchange's Board of Directors out of 10 persons. 4. On the election of Igor Marich as a member of the Exchange’s Board of Directors. 5. On the election of one member of the Board of Directors and an independent director of the Exchange. 6. On the election of the Exchange's corporate secretary as the secretary of the General Meeting of the Exchange's shareholders. Date of start of submission of voting ballots: November 10, 2020. Deadline for submission of voting ballots for absentee vote counting – December 10, 2020. Date of absentee vote count – December 11, 2020. Voting ballots received by the Exchange from its shareholders by 6 p.m. Nur- Sultan time, December 10, 2020 will be taken into account during vote counting at the meeting. The list of shareholders entitled to participate at the meeting will be compiled as at November 10, 2020. Materials on the AGM agenda will be made available to the shareholders at least thirty calendar days prior to the general meeting date (the deadline for submission of ballots for counting the results of absentee voting) at the location of the Exchange’s Management Board and will also be sent electronically to persons included in the list of the Exchange's shareholders. *** Since one of the items on the agenda of such meeting is the election of one member of the Board of Directors and an independent director of the Exchange, we ask shareholders to nominate candidates to the Exchange for the election of a member of the Board of Directors and an independent director of the Exchange no later than November 5, 2020, in order to include candidates proposed by shareholders in the voting ballot. Pursuant to paragraph 2, Article 44 of the Law "On Joint-Stock Companies", information on the candidate for the position of a member of the Board of Directors should include: 1) name, surname and patronymic, if desired; 2) information on education; 3) information on affiliation with the Exchange; 4) Information on the places of work and positions held during the last three years; 5) other information confirming the qualification, work experience of the candidates. Candidates for the position of a member of the Board of Directors - an independent director of the Exchange shall meet the requirements for senior executives specified in Article 54 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Securities Market", including the requirements of subparagraph 20) of Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Joint Stock Companies". The letter with the information on the candidate for the position of a member of the Board of Directors or an independent director should be sent no later than the specified date located to the following address: 8th floor, 280 Baizakov St., Northern Tower of the Almaty Towers multifunctional complex, 050040, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan Full text of the meeting notice is available at the Exchange’s website – https://kase.kz/files/for_shareholders/meeting_111220.pdf [2020-10-29]