Trading in securities ETF US4642867075 (EWQ_KZ) of iShares MSCI France ETF suspended on KASE since December 21

/KASE, December 21, 2023/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that since December 21, 2023, trading in securities ETF US4642867075 ("KASE Global" sector, EWQ_KZ) of iShares MSCI France ETF has been suspended on KASE on repo transactions for which KASE acts as the central counterparty and the settlement date of which falls on December 21, 2023 and subsequent dates. Trading has been suspended in accordance with sub-item 10) of item 1 of Article 11-2 of KASE's internal document "Rules for execution of exchange activities" due to receipt by KASE of information that the record date for the said securities will be December 21, 2023. Trading in these securities on KASE will be resumed from December 25, 2023. [2023-12-21]