OREANDA-NEWS. The Board of Directors of Kazkommertsbank (“the Bank”) decided at its meeting on the 17th April 2012 that it will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 18 May 2012 at 11.00 am (Almaty time) at 34 Al-Farabi avenue, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Shareholder registration will commence at 10.30am on the 18 May 2012, reported the press-centre of Kazkommertsbank.     

In case of cancellation, the AGM will be rearranged for 11.00 am on the 21 May 2012 at 34 Al-Farabi avenue, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The list of shareholders eligible to take part in the AGM will be based on the Bank’s shareholder register as of 18 April 2012.

Agenda:

1. Approval of the Agenda of the Annual General Meeting;

2. The Management Board’s report on the Bank’s activities in 2011;

3. Approval of the 2011 audited annual financial statements of the Bank;

4. Approval of the date of payment of dividends on preference shares of the Bank;

5. Net profit distribution for 2011:

5.1. dividends on common shares of the Bank;

5.2. reserve capital of the Bank;

5.3. 2011 net profit distribution.

6. Approval of the independent auditor of the Bank for 2012;

7. Changes to the composition of the Board of Directors of the Bank:

7.1. Early termination of authorities of the member of the Board of Directors – Independent Director;

7.2. Election of new member of the Board of Directors – Independent Director.

8. Approval of the remuneration of the new member of the Board of Directors – Independent Director;

9. Information to shareholders on the amount and structure of the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and Management Board of the Bank in 2011;

10. Approval of the new edition of the Charter of Kazkommertsbank JSC;

11. Approval of the amendments #1 to the Regulations on the Board of Directors of Kazkommertsbank JSC;

12. Consideration of any shareholders’ appeals to the Bank regarding its actions in 2011, and the results of such consideration.

Shareholders may familiarize themselves with the materials presented for discussion at the AGM by contacting the Bank no later than 10 days before the meeting: phone # 00 7 7272 585 221 and address: Room 313, 34 Al-Farabi avenue, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The shareholders that hold depositary receipts should provide the following data to The Bank of New York before 11 May 2012 to participate in the AGM:

Name of the shareholder;

Citizenship / Origin of the shareholder, type of document used to identify the owner and document entries;

Number of shares held by the owner, and

Letter of Attorney for their representative at The Bank of New York to authorize that representative to take part and vote in the general shareholders’ meeting.

The Bank would like to remind the shareholders that:

(1) The shares held by nominees need to be registered with the Central Depository of Kazakhstan to be eligible to vote according to the Law on Joint Stock Companies;

(2) According to the clauses 5 and 5-1 of Article 17 of the Law on Banks and Banking Activities in Kazakhstan, the legal entities registered in offshore zones or having affiliates registered in the offshore zones or the individuals, which are participants (founders, shareholders) of the legal entities registered in the offshore zones, included in the list of offshore zones for the purposes of the banking, insurance, brokerage activities and other licensed types of capital markets, pension funds and joint investment funds activity, approved by the Decree of the Financial Supervision Agency #145 as of 2nd October 2008, cannot participate at the shareholders Annual General meetings.