Announcement of the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders in Kazkommertsbank
09.10.2008
The Board of Directors of the Joint Stock Company Kazkommertsbank (hereinafter The Bank), located at 135zh, Gagarin St., Almaty, Kazakhstan, on October 08, 2008, decided to announce the call for an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of the Bank.
The extraordinary shareholders’ meeting will take place at 1100 hours (Almaty time) on 10 November 2008 at 135zh, Gagarin St., Almaty, Kazakhstan. Shareholders’ registration will commence at 1030 hours on 10 November 2008.
In case of cancellation of the general shareholders meeting, it will be repeated at 1100 hours on 11 November 2008 at 135zh, Gagarin St., Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The completion date for the list of shareholders, eligible to take part in the extraordinary shareholder meeting is set for 10 October 2008.
Agenda:
(1) On the approval of the payment day of dividends on the preference shares of the Bank.
Shareholder may familiarize themselves with the materials presented for the discussion at the general shareholders meeting by applying not later than 10 days before extraordinary shareholders meeting to: phone # 00 7 3272 585 221 and mail – room 104, 135zh, Gagarin St., Almaty, Kazakhstan, 050060.
Shareholders, holding depositary receipts for which the shares of the Bank are an underlying asset, should provide the following data to The Bank of New York before 03 November 2008 to take part in the general shareholders meeting:
1) Name of the shareholder;
2) Citizenship / Origin of the shareholder, type of the document to identify owner and document entries;
3) National identification number of shares (ISIN);
4) Number of shares held by owner
and a Letter of Attorney for their representative to The Bank of New York to authorize the representative to take part and vote in the general shareholders meeting.
and a Letter of Attorney for their representative to The Bank of New York to authorize the representative to take part and vote in the general shareholders meeting.
The Bank would like to inform that according to the Law “On Joint Stock Companies” the shares in the nominal holding and shares, for the owner of which there is no information with the Central Depository of Kazakhstan, are not eligible to vote.
Brief information on the agenda topic:
Regarding the payment of the dividends of preference shares: Each year the general shareholders’ meeting of the Bank announces the effective date for payment of dividends on preference shares of the Bank. According to the Shares Emission Prospectus, the dividends on preference shares of the Bank are fixed in amount of 0.04 USD per one preference share. It is proposed to set December 12, 2008 as a start date for the payment of dividends on preference shares. The completion date for the list of shareholders, eligible for payment of dividends on preference shareholders is November 12, 2008.
The Board of Directors of the Bank recommends the shareholders of the Bank to vote for acceptance of proposal on the agenda.
For contacts:
Mayra Saburova, Corporate Secretary
Aliya Nursipatova, Head, Investor Relations
Tel.: +7 (727) 258-51-25, E-mail: investor_relations@kkb.kz
Larissa Kokovinets, Director, Public Relations
Tel.: +7 (727) 258-54-56, E-mail: pr@kkb.kz
Tel.: +7 (727) 258-54-56, E-mail: pr@kkb.kz