NOTICE: On holding Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange by absentee voting on May 31, 2021

02.04.21 23:08
/KASE, April 2, 2021/ – Joint-stock company "Kazakhstan Stock Exchange" (hereinafter, the Exchange), the executive body (Management Board) of which is located at the following address: 8th floor, 280 Baizakov St., Northern Tower of the "Almaty Towers" multifunctional complex, Almaty 050040, Republic of Kazakhstan, notifies its shareholders about the holding of the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Exchange on May 31, 2021 in accordance with the decision (at the initiative) of the Exchange's Board of Directors (minutes of the meeting dated March 30, 2020 No. 18). The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Exchange will be held by absentee voting of shareholders of the Exchange without holding a meeting of the general meeting of shareholders (hereinafter – the Meeting). Meeting agenda: 1.On approval of the agenda of the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Exchange. 2.On the activities of the Exchange in 2020. 3.On approval of the annual financial statements of the Exchange for 2020. 4.On approval of the order of distribution of the Exchange's net income for 2020. 5.On the determining of an audit organization for the purpose of auditing the annual financial statements of the Exchange for 2021. 6.On appeals from shareholders over the actions of the Exchange and its executives in 2020, as well as the results of their consideration. 7.Information on the amount and composition of remuneration to members of the Board of Directors and the Management Board of the Exchange for 2020. 8.On remuneration of members of the Board of Directors for 2020. 9.On determining the number of members, the term of office of the members of the Board of Directors, on the election of the members of the Board of Directors. The starting date for submitting ballots is April 30, 2021. The deadline for submitting ballots for calculating the results of absentee voting is May 30, 2021. Date of calculation of the results of absentee voting – May 31, 2021. When summarizing the results of voting at the meeting, ballots for absentee voting received by the Exchange from its shareholders by 18:00 o'clock (Nur- Sultan time) on May 30, 2021 will be taken into account. The list of the Exchange's shareholders entitled to participate in the Meeting will be compiled on the basis of data from the Exchange's shareholders register system as of April 29, 2021. Materials on the agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders and voting ballots will be available to shareholders no later than thirty days prior to the date of the General Meeting of Shareholders at the location of the Management Board of the Exchange, and will also be sent electronically to shareholders of the Exchange. *** Due to the fact that one of the issues on the agenda of the said meeting is the election of members of the Board of Directors of the Exchange, we ask shareholders, no later than April 23, 2021, to submit to the Exchange candidates for election of members of the Board of Directors of the Exchange in order to include candidates proposed by shareholders of the Exchange in voting ballots. In accordance with item 2 of Article 44 of the Act on Joint-Stock Companies, information on a candidate for the position of a member of the Board of Directors must include: 1) last name, first name, and also, if desired, patronymic; 2) information about education; 3) information about affiliation to the Exchange; 4) information about places of work and positions held for the last three years; 5) other information confirming the qualifications, work experience of candidates. Information about a candidate for the position of a member of the Board of Directors should include information that the proposed candidate is a candidate for the position of an independent director. If a candidate to the Board of Directors is a shareholder or an individual who is not a shareholder of the company and has not been proposed (not recommended) for election to the Board of Directors as a representative of a shareholder, then this information must also be indicated with the inclusion of data on the shareholder's ownership of voting shares of the company as of the date of the formation of the list of shareholders. Candidates for the position of a member of the Board of Directors – an independent director of the Exchange must meet the requirements for executives established by article 54 of the Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Securities Market", also must meet the requirements of subparagraph 20) of article 1 of the Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Joint-Stock Companies". A letter specifying information about the candidate for the position of a member of the Board of Directors must be sent no later than April 23, 2021 to the address: 8th floor, 280 Baizakov St., Northern Tower of the "Almaty" Towers multifunctional complex, Almaty 050040, Republic of Kazakhstan. The full text of the notice of the meeting is available on the website of the Exchange – https://kase.kz/files/for_shareholders/meeting_310521_ru.pdf [2021-04-02]