KASE AWARDED MOST DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE EXCHANGE BASED ON RESULTS OF 2024

/KASE, February 18, 2025/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that the annual awards ceremony for the most outstanding KASE members in 2024 was held on February 14, 2025. The "Underwriter of the Year" nomination featured: - Subsidiary of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan "Halyk Finance" JSC (Halyk Finance JSC), BCC Invest JSC (Subsidiary of Bank CenterCredit JSC) (BCC Invest JSC), First Heartland Jusan Invest JSC, SkyBridge Invest JSC – on the stock market; - Halyk Finance JSC and First Heartland Jusan Invest JSC – in the corporate bonds market; - First Heartland Jusan Invest JSC and Tengri Partners Investment Banking (Kazakhstan) JSC – in the bond market of international financial organizations. The "Market Leader" nomination featured: - Freedom Finance JSC, Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, Halyk Finance JSC and First Heartland Jusan Invest JSC – on the stock market; - Freedom Finance JSC, Freedom Finance Global PLC and First Heartland Jusan Invest JSC – in the corporate bonds market; - Freedom Finance Global PLC, Freedom Finance JSC and ForteBank JSC – on the government securities market; - Citibank Kazakhstan JSC, Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC and Bank CenterCredit JSC – in the foreign currency market. In the nomination "Market Maker of the Year" Freedom Finance JSC, Halyk Finance JSC and BCC Invest JSC were rewarded in the stock and corporate bond markets, Freedom Finance JSC, Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC and Bank CenterCredit JSC were rewarded in the government securities market, and Freedom Finance JSC was rewarded in the KASE Global sector. The winners in the following nominations were: - For contribution to the development of exchange initiatives – SQIF Capital JSC and NGDEM Finance JSC; - For significant contribution to attracting investors – Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, First Heartland Jusan Invest JSC and Bank CenterCredit JSC; - Best Financial Consultant – Teniz Capital Investment Banking JSC, Halyk Finance JSC and Freedom Finance JSC; - For contribution to the development of the Chinese yuan exchange market – Subsidiary Bank "Bank of China in Kazakhstan" JSC; - For organizing the first issue of bonds with settlements in digital tenge – SkyBridge Invest JSC; - For the greatest contribution to improving the financial literacy of the public – Investment Company Standard JSC and Kazpost JSC; - For the contribution of brokerage organizations to the development of the foreign exchange market – Tansar Capital JSC, Teniz Capital Investment Banking JSC and Investment Company Standard JSC. Press release in Kazakh – https://kase.kz/files/press/kz/17_02_2025_awards_kaz.pdf Press release in Russian – https://kase.kz/files/press/ru/17_02_2025_awards_ru.pdf Press release in English – https://kase.kz/files/press/en/17_02_2025_awards_eng.pdf The rules for the annual reward of members of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC are published at https://kase.kz/files/normative_base/rules_annual_reward.pdf KASE held the first award ceremony for the most distinguished members of the Exchange based on the results of 2002. Information about the winners of the nominations of previous years can be found on KASE's Internet resource – http://kase.kz/ru/members _ diplomas/ [2025-02-18]