Alliance Bank JSC (Kazakhstan) about dividends payment on preferred shares for 2004

/KASE, March 15, 05/ - Alliance Bank JSC (Almaty), whose shares and bonds are traded in Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) highest listing category, has presented to KASE information about paid dividends on privileged shares for 2004. According to bank's data the dividend per preferred share amounted KZT1,200 or 12% APR per share. In total the bank placed 50,000 of preferred shares. The total amount of dividends including income tax amounted KZT60,000,000.00. Dividend payment start date - 18 February of the current year. The payment was made by transferring funds to accounts of shareholders in accordance with the data provided by the registrar as of February 1, 2005. [2005-03-15]