OREANDA-NEWS. November 11, 2009. As previously informed, by Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) Council decision of July 30, 2009 were approved main KASE internal documents, regulating KASE trading floor activities as the Special Trading Floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty (STF RFCA), reported the press-centre of KASE:

- Rules of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Trading Floor Functioning as the Special Trading Floor of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty (Rules of Trading Floor Functioning);                       

- Listing Rules new version.

Mentioned internal documents were submitted to the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations (AFS) and the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation of Activities of the Regional Financial Center of Almaty (ARA RFCA) for approval.

Rules of Trading Floor Functioning were agreed on with ARA RFCA on August 18 and September 3, 2009 accordingly.

Listing Rules in approved by the Exchange Council on July 30 version were not approved by AFS due to the need in bringing them into line with the AFS Board Resolution "On Making Changes and Additions to Certain Legal Acts of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations on Financial Instruments Listing" of July 7, 2009 # 136 in terms of the order of securities transfer to the buffer category, including a voting procedure on transfer to the buffer category.

KASE took into account AFS comments and made corresponding amendments to Rules.

On November 5, 2009, the Exchange Council approved Listing Rules new version. On the same day Listing Rules were agreed on with AFS and ARA RFCA.

Approved Listing Rules represent the principally new version, which considers all last changes in the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning listing requirements and generalize the KASE listing procedures practice.

The principal innovation of Listing Rules is the use of by the exchange of credit ratings as the criteria of debt securities and their issuers compliance with listing requirements, and KASE requirements to rating agencies, whose ratings will be used during listing procedures.

Reference: according to AFS Board Resolution "On Requirements for Issuers and their Securities, Admitted (Admissible) to Circulation on the Stock Exchange, and certain Stock Exchange list categories" of May 26, 2008 # 77 from January 1, 2010 inclusion of debt securities to the exchange official list requires the rating existence.

Mentioned internal documents are effective from November 9, 2009.

Rules of Trading Floor Functioning are published on KASE website at
http://www.kase.kz/files/normative_base/kase_rfca_rules_eng.pdf

Listing Rules are published on KASE website at
http://www.kase.kz/files/normative_base/listing_rules.pdf

From November 9, 2009 - the date of mentioned internal documents effect – the following documents are recognized invalid:

- Listing Rules, approved by the decision of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange CJSC categories "K", "P", "H" members meeting of February 6, 2002;

- Listing Requirements to Foreign Securities and Kazakhstan Depository Receipts, approved by the decision of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange CJSC members general meeting of July 4, 2003;

- Rules on Organization and Operation of Special Trading Floor of Regional Financial Center of Almaty, approved by the Exchange Council decision of December 28, 2006.