OREANDA-NEWS. By the decision of the Board of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) beginning December 2, 2008 Halyk Finance (Almaty) was released of exercising KASE market maker duties on the following securities of KazTransCom (Almaty), reported the press-centre of KASE:

- common shares KZ1C11750011 (KASE official list, second category, KZTC);

- preferred shares KZ1P11750117 (KASE official list, second category, KZTCp);

- bonds KZ2CKY07A834 (KASE official list, first subcategory of the Non-rated debt securities category, KZTCb1; KZT1, KZT3.0 bn.; 25.07.03 - 25.07.10, semiannual coupon 8.00 % APR).

This decision has been made in accordance with item 16 of article 5 of the KASE internal document "Rules on Market Maker Activity" on the basis of market maker application.