Results of the split of common shares

17 December 2012

Press Release

Results of the split of common shares

of JSC Halyk Bank (the "Bank") and change in GDR ratio

The Bank informs that on 14 December 2012 ithas increased the total number of its authorized shares by way of a split of its common shares in the proportion of one common share to ten common shares (the "Split") according to the decision adopted at its Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting held on 6 December 2012.

As a result of the split the total number of authorized shares is 24,000,000,000 shares, out of which 13,084,159,600 are issued shares.

On 14 December 2012, as a result of the split the number of the Bank's common shares represented by each Global Depositary Receipt was changed. Starting from 17 December 2012 each Global Depositary Receipt represents 40 (forty) common shares of the Bank.

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JSC "Halyk Bank" is the leading financial services group and the leading retail bank in Kazakhstan with the largest customer base and the broadest branch network. Halyk Bank is developing as a universal financial services group rendering a wide range of services (banking services, pension asset management, insurance, leasing, brokerage services and asset management) to its retail, SME and corporate clients. Halyk Bank is also conducting business in Russia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan.

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