Zerde JSC (Kazakhstan) provided KASE with the extract from shareholders register's system as of January 1, 2006

/KASE, March 21, 06/ - Zerde JSC (Almaty), whose shares are included in Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) official "B" listing category, provided KASE with the extract from shareholders register's system as of January 1, 2006. The company's register holder is Registration System of Securities JSC (Almaty). According to the extract total number of announced common shares of Zerde JSC KZ1C43150016 as of the above date was 1,500,0 m., out of them 210,0 m. shares are floated. As of January 1, 2006 207,587,089 shares of Zerde JSC (98.85% from total number of floated shares) were nominal holding of Central securities depositary JSC (Almaty), according to his information sole holder of five and more percents from total number of floated shares of Zerde JSC was Almaty Business Group JSC, in whose ownership was 162,613,740 shares or 77.44% from total number of floated shares of Zerde JSC. [2006-03-21]