Announcement for shareholders in relation to EGM.

20 November 2012

Joint Stock Company 'Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan'

Announcement for shareholders in relation to the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on 6 December 2012

The Board of Directors of JSC Halyk Bank (LSE: HSBK) hereby announces that in accordance with the second part of Article 43.1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Joint Stock Companies" the agenda of the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of JSC Halyk Bank to be held on 6 December 2012 (published in "Egemen Kazakhstan" and "Kazakhstanskaya Pravda" newspapers and on the London Stock Exchange website on 23 October 2012) was supplemented with the following item:

"1-1. Election to the Board of Directors of JSC "Halyk Bank".

This item was included to the agenda after the item "1. Approval of the agenda of the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of JSC Halyk Bank as of 6 December 2012".

Shareholders of JSC Halyk Bank are invited to participate at the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on 6 December 2012 at 11.00 a.m. Almaty time at the following address: "Conference Hall", 109 "V", Abay Ave., Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan.

For any further information and materials related to the agenda and other details of the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting, please contact: for Russian speakers +7 (727) 259 07 77 / 8-8000 8000 59; for English speakers +7 (727) 259 04 30.

In the absence of a quorum, the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting shall reconvene on 7 December 2012 at 11.00 a.m. Almaty time at: "Conference Hall", 109 "V", Abay Ave., Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Special note to the holders of Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs)

intending to vote at the general shareholders' meeting

Details of the procedure for voting of shares represented by GDRs are specified in Article 12 of the Terms and Conditions of the GDRs. Copy of the Terms and Conditions on the GDRs is available on the website of JSC Halyk Bank and also from Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 60 Wall Street, New York NY, 10005 U.S.A. (the "Depositary").

Supporting materials and voting instructions will be provided through the Depositary in due course.

For further information please contact:

Depositary

Ms. Beverly George

Telephone: +1 212 250 1504 Fax: +1 732 544 6346E-mail: [email protected] 

Ms. Duewa T BrooksTelephone: +1 212 250 1305 Fax: +1 212 797 0327E-mail: [email protected] 

JSC Halyk Bank

Financial InstitutionsFax: + 7 (727) 259 02 71Telephone: +7 (727) 259 04 30

E-mail: [email protected]