OREANDA-NEWS. On April 17, 2008 Astana-Finance JSC (Astana, further - the company), a listing company of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), notified KASE in its official letter that the Board of Directors of the Company made a decision to hold the annual general meeting of shareholders May 29, 2008 at15:00 p.m. of Astana time, with the agenda as follows, reported the press-centre of KASE:

- determination of quantitative composition and term of office of counting commission, election of its members;

- approval of annual financial statements of the company;

- approval of the order of distribution of the net income of the company for 2007 financial year, making a decision on payment of dividends on common stock and approval of the dividend for one voting share;

- composition of the Board of Directors of the Company;

- approval of internal documents of the company;

- information on shareholders appealing actions of the company and its officials and the results after consideration of those;

- information on the size and composition of remuneration of Directors and Management Board members.

The venue of the meeting is at the address: 12, Bigeldinov str., Astana.

In case of absence of quorum the recurrent meeting to beheld May 30, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the address as above.

The shareholders may familiarize themselves with the materials concerned with the agenda from May 18-28, 2008 at a corporate secretary at the address: 414 room, 12, Bigeldinov str., Astana.