Kazkommertsbank JSC (Kazakhstan) provides KASE with extract from shareholders register as of January 1 of 2004

/KASE, April 15, 04/ - Kazkommertsbank JSC (Almaty), whose shares and bonds are in Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) official "A" listing category, has presented to KASE the extract from securities holders register as of January 1 of 2004. Bank's register holder is REGISTER-SERVICE LLP (Almaty). In accordance with the extract authorized capital of Kazkommertsbank JSC as of January 1 of 2004 was KZT4,019,044,420.00. Total number of issued common shares KZ1C00400016 (seventh issue) was 294,220,069, privileged KZ1P00400815 (eighth issue) - 125,000,000, common KZ1C00400016 (ninth issue) - 80,779,931. Face value of one share is KZT10.00. There were 58,986,845 privileged shares of the eighth issue and 28,858,742 common shares of the ninth issue on the bank's issue account Following persons owned stake exceeding 5% of the paid authorized capital: --------------------------------------------------------------- Stake in Shareholder or nominal Number of floated holder, address shares, units shares, % --------------------------------------------------------------- Seventh issue --------------------------------------------------------------- Central-Asian Investment company OJSC (Almaty, Kazakhstan) 134,552,945 33.48 The Bank of New York (New York, USA)* 94,414,710 23.49 Central depository of securities CJSC (Almaty, Kazakhstan)* 52,585,616 13.08 --------------------------------------------------------------- Eighth issue --------------------------------------------------------------- Central depository of securities CJSC (Almaty, Kazakhstan)* 65,998,065 13.87 ------------------------------------- ------------- --------- Ninth issue --------------------------------------------------------------- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (London, Great Britain) 51,921,189 12.92 --------------------------------------------------------------- * nominal holder [2004-04-15]