OREANDA-NEWS. January 27, 2009. As informed previously, by the decision of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) Council of January 8, 2009 were approved changes and additions # 9 to the KASE internal document "Rules of Exchange Securities Trading" (Trading Rules), which were given effect from January 25, 2009 - simultaneously with resolution # 170 of the Board of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations (AFS) "On Approval of Rules of Activities Implementation of Trades Organizers in Securities and other Financial Instruments" of October 29, 2008, reported the press-centre of KASE.

The mentioned amendments were approved by AFS on January 23, 2009.

The mentioned amendments were made to bring Trading Rules in line with Rules of Activities Implementation of Trades Organizers in Securities and other Financial Instruments, approved by the mentioned resolution.

In compliance with the mentioned amendments the section "Emergency Measures" of Trading Rules has been renamed into "Critical Events" and is stated in the new revision for account of:

- renaming of article 12 "Emergency Measures" to "General; Provisions of Critical Events" and the new revision o this article;

- inclusion of the new article 12-1 "Critical Events, Entailing Authorized Body Preventive Notice";

- inclusion of the new article 12-2 " Critical Events, which Entail or may Entail Trades Suspension".

Trading Rules revised version is published on KASE website at the address http://www.kase.kz/files//normative_base/rules.pdf