OREANDA-NEWS. December 28, 2010. As was communicated earlier, based on a decision of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) Board of Directors taken on October 28, 2010, amendments # 5 (Amendments) to KASE internal document "Regulations on Trading Methods" (Regulations) have been approved.

The amendments were approved by the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on  Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations (FSA) on December 23, 2010 and are effective from December 28, 2010.

The Amendments stipulate the following:

- the period for submission of an application for execution of specialized trades   was increased from two to seven working days prior to the trades date in order   to early inform potential participants of specialized trades;

- the guarantee fee size is defined by a seller (buyer) and can not exceed 20 %   from the planned price set forth for a fixed lot size (except for the size of   such guarantee fee, defined in compliance with KASE's other internal    documents) as the full prepayment creates inconveniences for trades    participants.