OREANDA-NEWS. Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) informs that based on the Committee on Indices and Securities Valuation decision of October 15, 2015 in compliance with the KASE internal documents "Methodology of Stock Market Indices Calculation" (the Methodology) the representative list of shares for KASE index calculation from November 1, 2015 was determined.

In accordance with this decision from November 1, 2015 for purposes of KASE index calculation common shares KZ1C00400016 (KZ000A0JC858, KASE official list, second category, KKGB) of Kazkommertsbank JSC (Almaty) will be excluded from the representative list of shares due to a significant reduction in liquidity in the last two quarters.

Thus, from November 1, 2015 the following shares' parameters will be used for KASE index calculation:

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No. Code    NIN or ISIN  Issuer                    Fi        Ri Stake
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 1  CCBN    KZ1C36280010 Bank CenterCredit       23.5 1.0000000   3.4
 2  GB_KZMS GB00B0HZPV38 KAZ Minerals PLC       103.9 0.1907918  15.0
 3  HSBK    KZ1C33870011 Halyk Savings          103.9 0.2302837  15.0
                         Bank of Kazakhstan                          
 4  KCEL    KZ1C59150017 Kcell                  103.9 0.3917421  15.0
 5  KEGC    KZ1C34930012 KEGOC JSC (KEGC)        59.8 1.0000000   8.6
 6  KZTK    KZ1C12280018 Kazakhtelecom           89.9 1.0000000  13.0
 7  KZTO    KZ1C29950017 KazTransOil            103.9 0.8654003  15.0
 8  RDGZ    KZ1C51460018 KazMunaiGas            103.9 0.1046000  15.0
                         Exploration Production                      
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NOTES TO TABLE

NIN or ISIN – share national or international identification number.

Issuer – share issuer short name.

Fi – parameter, product of free floating shares as of July 1, 2015, price of the last deal registered on KASE on July 14, 2015, and Ri, which is restricting stake of share influence on to the index value. It is expressed in USD m. After the Risk committee decision is effective, i.e. as of beginning of August 1, 2015, Fi value will change as Ri values will be adjusted in accordance with current share prices.

Ri – restrictive coefficient – parameter limiting the stake of share influence on the index value down to 0.15 (15 %), calcualtion order is regulated by the KASE internal document "Methodology of Stock Market Indicators Calculation".

Stake – share of aggregate market cost of a stock in the aggregate market value of all stocks listed on the KASE Index representative list. It is expressed in per cent.

The Methodology is available on KASE website at http://www.kase.kz/files/normative_base/indicators_met_eng.pdf