OREANDA-NEWS. On April 04, 2008 Vernyi Capital JSC (Almaty), the authorized broker of Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG (Vienna) on repurchase of shares of ATFBank JSC (Almaty), provided Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) with information on the offer on purchasing shares of ATFBank JSC, reported the press-centre of KASE:

With the reference to the offer, made by Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, a legal entity, established and operating in compliance with the legislation of Austria, located at Vordere Zollamtsstrasse 13, 1030 Vienna, Austria, registered in the Trading Register of the Economic Court of Vienna with number FN 150714 p. ("Buyer"), to the rest of the owners of common and/or preferred shares in the authorized capital of ATFBank JSC, a joint-stock company, established in compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and located at:

100, Furmanov str., Medeu district, Almaty, 050000, Republic of Kazakhstan ("ATFBank"), on purchasing their respective shareholding in the authorized capital of "ATFBank", of which the publications in Kazakhstanskya Pravda (in Russian) and Egemen Kazakhstan (in Kazakh) were made November 16, 2007 ("Offer"):

The offer was made in compliance with item 3 of article 25 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Joint-Stock Companies" (May 13, 2003).

In accordance with the initial terms of the Offer, it has become effective November 17, 2007 at 00:00 and had to remain effective within the thirty (30) day term set by the law, which means until 23:59 December 17, 2007. And due to the fact that December 17 and 18, 2007 were declared as non-working days in Kazakhstan, the Offer must remain effective till 23:59 December 19, 2007.

Taking into consideration that termination of the Offer validity term did not occur December 19, 2007 due to the court ban, which is removed by now, HEREWITH THE BUYER announces that the last day of the Offer validity term is April 10, 2008, and the Offer will remain effective till 23:59 April 10, 2008.

Detailed information on the sale of shares on the basis of the Offer is available in the Information Memorandum, placed at the sections of the official Internet page of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange:

- http://www.kase.kz/emitters/scan/atfb/atfb_infomemo_shares_rus.pdf - in Russian;

- http://www.kase.kz/emitters/scan/atfb/atfb_infomemo_shares_eng.pdf - in English,

or by contacting Vernyi Capital JSC (117/6, Dostyk ave., Almaty, Telephone: +7 7272 95 26 30, Fax: +7 7272 95 26 37).