OREANDA-NEWS. March 12, 2010. Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan (Almaty, hereafter - the bank), listing on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), informed KASE the annual general meeting of shareholders will be held April 23, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. with the agenda, reported the press-centre of KASE:

- approval of JSC Halyk Bank's annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009;

- approval of distribution of JSC Halyk Bank's net income for the year 2009. Adoption of a resolution on the payment of dividends on JSC Halyk Bank's common shares. Approval of the amount of dividend per common share of JSC Halyk Bank;

- increase of the number of authorized shares of JSC Halyk Bank;

- approval of amendments to the Charter of JSC Halyk Bank;

- informing shareholders on the amount and structure of remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the Management Board of JSC Halyk Bank;

- consideration of shareholders' appeals to actions of JSC Halyk Bank and its officials and the results of such consideration;

- approval of audit company conducting audit of JSC Halyk Bank;

- approval of the number of members and term of the Counting Board of JSC Halyk Bank, election of members to the Counting Board of JSC Halyk Bank.

Registration of participants at the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting will proceed from 10.00 a.m. to 10.45 a.m. Almaty time at the venue of the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting.

The list of shareholders entitled to participate at the General Shareholders' Meeting of JSC Halyk Bank will be determined based on the shareholder register of JSC Halyk Bank as at 23 March 2010.

In the absence of a quorum, the Annual General Shareholders' meeting shall reconvene on 26 April 2010 at 11.00 a.m. Almaty time at: "Assembly Hall", room #503, 109 "v", Abay Ave., Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan.

For any further information and materials related to the agenda and other details of the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting, please contact: for Russian speakers +7 (727) 259 07 77 / 259 00 00; for English speakers +7 (727) 259 04 30 / 259 07 96.

Companies must present a statement of compliance with the first part of item 5 of article 17 of the Law of Kazakhstan "On banks and banking activity in Kazakhstan" regarding shareholder registration. The statement form is available at http://www/halykbank.kz/