OREANDA-NEWS. Bank of Astana JSC (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release:

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Bank of Astana JSC announces completion of withdrawal of Astana Finance JSC (hereinafter - Astana-Finance) from shareholders of the Bank.

As of July 10, 2015 the Bank's shareholders are businessmen Olzhas Tokhtarov and Kenes Rakishev. Mr. Tokhtarov concurrently is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of Astana.

The chosen direction and business strategy of the Bank of Astana allowed for better performance and the year-end active growth rate of our business.

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The full version of the press release is available on KASE website in Russian at http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/ABBN/abbn_reliz_130715.pdf