OREANDA-NEWS. November 16, 2011. BTA Bank Joint-Stock Company located at: 97, Zholdasbekov str., Samal-2 mcrd., Almaty, 050051, Republic of Kazakhstan, kindly informs the shareholders on amending the agenda of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of BTA Bank JSC, appointed on November 29, 2011, in accordance with Resolution of the Board of Directors No.45 dated November 4, 2011.

Amending the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders appointed on November 29, 2011, is initiated by the Board of Directors of BTA Bank JSC.

According to the abovementioned resolution of the Board of Directors, the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of BTA Bank JSC is supplemented by the fourth issue: "On purchase/acceptance onto books of the following securities: Recovery Units, NIN XS 0532995049, and Senior Notes, NIN XS0532988770". This issue is introduced into agenda of the meeting of the shareholders due to the fact that the abovementioned securities were not realized through auction held within the frameworks of bankruptcy of one of the borrowers of BTA Bank JSC.

As previously mentioned, the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of BTA Bank JSC will be held on November 29, 2011 at 11:00 a.m at: 2nd floor, Conference Hall, A2 Unit, 97, Zholdasbekov str., Samal-2 mcrd., Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. Registration of shareholders will start at 9.30 a.m.

List of shareholders eligible to participate in the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of BTA Bank JSC is to be executed as of October 29, 2011.

Taking into account the additionally included issue, agenda of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of BTA Bank JSC contains the following issues:

On changes in the membership of the Tabulation Commission of BTA Bank JSC;

On making amendments and supplements into internal normative document fixing value of remuneration, conditions of payments and reimbursement of expenses to the Members of the Board of Directors of BTA Bank JSC;

On changes in the membership of the Board of Directors of BTA Bank JSC;

On purchase/acceptance onto books of the following securities: Recovery Units, NIN XS 0532995049, and Senior Notes, NIN XS0532988770.

We kindly request shareholders of BTA Bank JSC to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. The Shareholders can get all information and materials related to agenda and holding of the general meeting of shareholders by: +7 (727) 2 66 72 54; +7 (727) 2 66 72 69, e-mail: o_pitulova@bta.kz

In case of no quorum, the second general meeting of shareholders will be held on November 30, 2011 at 11:00 a.m at: 2nd floor, Conference Hall, A2 Unit, 97, Zholdasbekov str., Samal-2 mcrd., Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. Registration of shareholders will start at 9.30 a.m..

In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Joint-Stock Companies” shareholders whose shares are in nominal holding and owned by a holder information on whom is not available with the central depositary accounting system will not be eligible for voting at the general meeting of shareholders.

Shareholders being individual persons need to have an ID document.

Shareholders’ representatives (both legal entities and individual persons) shall provide notarized power of attorney duly sealed by the legal entity being shareholder or the notary and executed in compliance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and such representative’s ID document.

Shareholders being legal entities, pursuant to the provisions of part 1 of clause 5 of article 17 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Banks and Banking Activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan” and “GDR Program” section of the Information Memorandum approved by the General Meeting of Steering Committee dated May 28, 2010, shall provide statement on performance of the above requirement of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Banks and banking activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan”.