KAZAKHSTAN STOCK EXCHANGE (KASE)

February 1, 2009

COEVAL OF TENGE …

KASE was established on November 17, 1993 under the name of Kazakh Inter-bank Currency Exchange – two days after Tenge (the new national currency of Kazakhstan) had been introduced on November 15, 1993.

Currently, November 15 is observed as the official "Day of National Currency".

"New" tenge (since 2006)

"Old" tenge (1993–2006)

NOW COMMERCIAL

KASE is a commercial joint-stock company with 71 shareholders (as of February 1, 2009).

Regional Financial Center of Almaty JSC is the largest shareholder. Shareholders include banks, brokerage firms, asset management companies, pension funds and other professional financial institutions.

Voting method: one share – one vote.

THE SIZE MATTERS

As of February 1, 2009

own capital $11.0 m

paid up charter capital $1.4 m

authorized shares 5,000,000

outstanding shares 450,000

share balance value 2,732 tenge($22.9 )

SO DOES THE PROFIT

assetsnet

profitreturn

on assetsreturn

on equity

2007 $11.9 m. $1.8 m. 17.8 % 20.2 %

2006 $8.3 m. $2.2 m. 32.5 % 34.3 %

2005 $5.2 m. $1.3 m. 29.0 % 30.4 %

The total of members – 98 of which:

WE ARE BIG IN NUMBERS

Category "A" (with the right to trade in all financial instruments circulating on the special trading floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty) – 52;

Category "B" (with the right to trade in foreign currency) – 30;

Category "C" (with the right to trade in futures) – 6;

Category "K" (with the right to trade in government securities) – 86;

Category "P" (with the right to trade in corporate serial securities listing on KASE) – 86;

Category "H" (with the right to trade in corporate serial securities admitted to circulation (trading) in sector “Unlisted securities" of the KASE Trading system, and state-owned shareholding of organizations being privatized) – 50.

WE MAKE THE HISTORY (1)

1993 – first trades in foreign currency (US dollars)

1995 – first trades in T-bills

1996 – first trades in derivatives (KZT/USD exchange rate futures)

1997 – first trades in listed shares

1997 – first trades in state-owned shareholding

1997 – first trades in unlisted corporate securities

1998 – launch of KASE "nego" deals system (substitution of over-the-counter securities market )

1998 – first trades in euro bonds of Kazakhstan

1999 – first trades in listed bonds

WE MAKE THE HISTORY (2)

1999 – first trades in municipal bonds (such bonds were prohibited for issue in 2005)

1999 – launch of "nego" repo market

2001 – launch of "automatic" repo market (currently most massive and active sector of KASE market)

2006 – first trades in foreign corporate bonds (JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch)

2006 – IPO of KazMunaiGas Exploration Production shares using KASE settlement system

2006 – KAZAKHMYS PLC (UK) secondary share offering by subscription through KASE

WE MAKE THE HISTORY (3)

2007 – special trading floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty city established on the base of KASE (to attract foreign issuers and investors)

2007 – launch of new share market index – KASE Index, continuing numerical series of KASE_Shares Index

2007 – KASE commercialization

2008 – implementation of new listing rules, reconstruction of unity through integration of MTF KASE and STF RFCA

2008 – first trades in affined ingot gold futures

2008 – launch of currency swap transactions market

KASE – UNIVERSAL MARKET (1)

Repo (money) market constitutes for 54.8 % of KASE trade volume

40.9 %

6.1 %

44.8 % January 2009

19,435.1USD m.

Auto repo in government securities,

USD8,707.4 m.

Nego repo in corporate securities, USD729.6 m. (3.8 %)

Nego repo with government securities, USD41.7 m. (0.2 %)

Auto repo with corporate securities, USD1,179.9 m.

Currency,USD7,956.9 m.

Government securities, USD343.2 m. (1.8 %)

Corporate bonds,USD317.0 m. (1.6 %)

Aggregate exchange (calculated) turnoverreached USD322.5 bn. in 2007USD371.1 bn. in 2008

Shares, USD159.6 (0.8 %)

Repo (money) market constitutes for 54.8 % of KASE trade volume

40.9 %

6.1 %

44.8 % January 2009

19,435.1USD m.

Auto repo in government securities,

USD8,707.4 m.

Nego repo in corporate securities, USD729.6 m. (3.8 %)

Nego repo with government securities, USD41.7 m. (0.2 %)

Auto repo with corporate securities, USD1,179.9 m.

Currency,USD7,956.9 m.

Government securities, USD343.2 m. (1.8 %)

Corporate bonds,USD317.0 m. (1.6 %)

Aggregate exchange (calculated) turnoverreached USD322.5 bn. in 2007USD371.1 bn. in 2008

Shares, USD159.6 (0.8 %)

KASE serves a wide range of markets: "nego" and "automatic" repo with government and corporate

securities foreign currency (US dollar, euro, Russian ruble)government securities issued by the National Bank, Ministry of

Finance (including Kazakhstan international bonds) and local district authorities of Republic of Kazakhstan

IFO bonds and foreign government securitiespromissory notesequities corporate bonds

KASE – UNIVERSAL MARKET (2)

"regular" domestic bonds (nominated in tenge or foreign currency, discount or coupon, with fixed or floating interest)

international bonds of Kazakhstan issuersagency bonds (with tax regime same as that for government

securities) infrastructural bonds (collateralized by government guarantee)bonds of foreign issuers (prior registered outside Kazakhstan)

A GREAT VARIETY OF BONDS

TRADE VOLUME AND EXCHANGE TURNOVER DYNAMICS

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50

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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

371.

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322.

5 263.

2

217.

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19.4

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371.

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322.

5 263.

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217.

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Turn

over

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371.

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322.

5 263.

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217.

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RepoCorporate securitiesPublic securitiesDerivativesCurrencies

Turn

over

, USD

, bn.

TRADE VOLUME AND GDP

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KASE, USD bn.

% to GDP

GDP, USD bn.

207.6 %

199.9 %

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KASE, USD bn.

% to GDP

GDP, USD bn.

207.6 %

199.9 %

MARKET CAPITALIZATION

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Corporate bonds

as of February 1, 2009 –USD26.7 bn.

as of February 1, 2009 –USD12.7 bn.

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Shares

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Corporate bonds

as of February 1, 2009 –USD26.7 bn.

as of February 1, 2009 –USD12.7 bn.

LISTED COMPANIES

17 2332

4968

7994

114126

145144

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

TOTAL

17 1721

54

62

8585

69

25

40

68

100101

89

1

78564545

36

1122

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Shares

Corporate bonds as ofFebruary 1

as ofFebruary 1

17 2332

4968

7994

114126

145144

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

TOTAL

17 1721

54

62

8585

69

25

40

68

100101

89

1

78564545

36

1122

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Shares

Corporate bonds as ofFebruary 1

as ofFebruary 1

SECURITIES OF OFFICIAL LIST

29 40 5788

129174

235

295

378376

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

TOTALas of

February 1

9078

112112

4261

93

332728

266264

1

202

145

9668

4613 24

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Shares

Debt securities

as of

February 1

29 40 5788

129174

235

295

378376

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

TOTALas of

February 1

9078

112112

4261

93

332728

266264

1

202

145

9668

4613 24

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Shares

Debt securities

as of

February 1

OFFICIAL LIST INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE

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TelecommunicationservicesRaw materials sector

Industry

Main consumer sector

Public sector

Information technology

Health protection

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Shares

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Corporate bonds

Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) of S&P has been used

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Health protection

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Shares

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Corporate bonds

Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) of S&P has been used

SHARE AND BOND LIQUIDITY PARAMETERS

KASE total turnover in January 2009 in shares – USD159.6 m.,in corporate bonds – USD317.0 m.

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3.64.1

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KASE total turnover in January 2009 in shares – USD159.6 m.,in corporate bonds – USD317.0 m.

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SHARE AND BOND LIQUIDITY PARAMETERS

KASE average daily turnover in January of 2009 in shares – USD8.4 m.,in corporate bonds – USD16.7 m.

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KASE average daily turnover in January of 2009 in shares – USD8.4 m.,in corporate bonds – USD16.7 m.

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MAIN CHALLENGES OF THE MARKET

• lack of free-float equities (the heritage of case-by-case privatization)

• conservative policy of the main domestic investors ("buy bonds and hold till maturity")

KASE INDEX

622

(30.01.09)

2,856

(19.07.07)

2,387

(20.08.07)

1,589

(05.06.06)

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(12.02.07)2,394

(19.04.06)

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KASE Index

Market share deals volume, USD m.

682.0

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KASE uses its own trading platform:

"Server – Client" electronic trading system

remote access

electronic signature and electronic document circulation

traffic encryption

on-line data preservation

OUR TECHNOLOGIES

KASE CONTACT DETAILS

Internet: www.kase.kz

E-mail: kase@kase.kz

Phone: (+7 727) 237 53 00, 237 53 11, 272 98 98

Fax: (+7 727) 296 64 02, 272 09 25

Address: 291/3a, Dostyk ave, 050020, Almaty, Kazakhstan