OREANDA-NEWS. On April 18, 2008 ATFBank JSC (Almaty, hereinafter - the bank), securities of which are traded in the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) category "A" official list, notified KASE by the official letter that on April 14, 2008 the bank's Board of Directors decided to place common shares KZ1C35970017 through exercising shareholders first option rights, reported the press-centre of KASE.

The number of being placed common shares of the bank - 2 261 250 units. The placement price on one share is determined in the amount of KZT8 000.00. The ration of the number of placed (after deduction of re-purchased by the bank) common shares to the number of being placed shares – 9,62325.

According to the message the bank proposed to its shareholders to exercise the first option right based on the following terms:

- the list of shareholders, having the first option right of being placed common shares, is developed by the bank registrar as of the date of making by the Board of Director of the decision of shares placement;

- a shareholder during thirty days from the date of the last posting in the mass media of the notification on common shares placement, has the right to submit the common shares purchase order in compliance with the first option right. Given this, the shareholder, having the bank's common shares has the first option right for common shares or other securities, convertible into the bank's common shares, and the shareholder, having the bank's preferred shares, has the first option right for preferred shares.

The purchase orders for the mentioned bank's shares will be accepted at address: Almaty, 100, Furmanov St., Department of Transactions in Capital, tel.: (727) 258 30 42, 258 30 00, ext. 1268, 1382 from 09:00 to 18:00 with the break for lunch from 13:00 to 14:00.

In addition, by the mentioned Board of Directors decision were approved materials of the annual general meeting of the bank's shareholders, appointed for April 25, 2008.