OREANDA-NEWS. April 23, 2015. JSC Astana Finance (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the New Claimants' Meeting was held on 21 April 2015 and that the votes cast at the New Claimants' Meeting in favour of the Restructuring Plan represented 69.98 per cent. of the Designated Financial Indebtedness by value. Accordingly, the Restructuring Plan has been approved by more than two-thirds by value of the creditors affected as required by the Restructuring Law and the Company will promptly submit the Restructuring Plan to the NBK and to the Specialised Inter-district Economic Court of Almaty for their approval. The Company would like to thank all Claimants for their participation in the New Claimants' Meeting.

The full text of the English translation of the minutes of the New Claimants' Meeting is available for viewing at:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0052L_-2015-4-22.pdf

Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the Information Memorandum dated 6 March 2015.

No securities have been or will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or any U.S. state securities laws and the securities may not be offered, sold, resold or otherwise transferred within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. Persons" (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act), except in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Any offer of securities referred to in this announcement is not being made, and will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America or to, for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.