Extraordinary general meeting of BTA Bank shareholders scheduled for December 26, 2014

/KASE, November 26, 14/ – BTA Bank JSC (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has by an official letter informed KASE of the following: quote The Board of Directors of BTA Bank ("the Bank") decided at its meeting at Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty city, 050051, "Samal-2" mcrd., Zholdasbekov st., 97, on the 26th November 2014 that it will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on 26 December 2014 at 11.00 am (Almaty time), at 34 Al Farabi Avenue, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Shareholder registration will commence at 10.30am on the 26 December 2014. In case of cancellation, the EGM will be rearranged for 1100 hours on 27 December 2014 at 34 Al Farabi Avenue, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The list of shareholders eligible to take part in the EGM will be based on the Bank's shareholder register as of 26 November 2014. Agenda: 1. Approval of the Agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting; 2. Approval of the targeted operations model and integration terms for JSC Kazkommertsbank and JSC BTA Bank; 3. Decision on voluntary delisting JSC BTA Bank GDRs with basic asset being common shares of JSC BTA Bank listed at Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LSE); 4. Approval of recommendation to the Board of Directors on approval of terms and procedure for buyback of common shares of JSC BTA Bank. Shareholders may familiarize themselves with the materials presented for discussion at the EGM by contacting the Bank no later than 10 days before the meeting: phone # 00 +7 (727) 2 66 72 54 and mail - Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty city, 050051, "Samal-2" mcrd., Zholdasbekov st., 97. The shareholders that hold depositary receipts should provide the following data to The Bank of New York before 19 December 2014 to participate in the EGM: Name of the shareholder; Citizenship / Origin of the shareholder, type of document used to identify the owner and document entries; Number of shares held by the owner, and Letter of Attorney for their representative at The Bank of New York to authorize that representative to take part and vote in the general shareholders' meeting The Bank would like to remind the shareholders that: 1) The shares held by nominees need to be registered with the Central Depository of Kazakhstan to be eligible to vote according to the Law on Joint Stock Companies; According to the clauses 5 and 5-1 of Article 17 of the Law on Banks and Banking Activities in Kazakhstan, the legal entities registered in offshore zones or having affiliates registered in the offshore zones or 2) the individuals, which are participants (founders, shareholders) of the legal entities registered in the offshore zones, included in the list of offshore zones for the purposes of the banking, insurance, brokerage activities and other licensed types of capital markets, pension funds and joint investment funds activity, approved by the Decree of the Financial Supervision Agency #145 as of 2nd October 2008, cannot participate at the shareholders Annual General meetings. Enquiries: Sakhilzhan Dugashev, Corporate Secretary tel. +7 (727) 2 66-72-54, E-mail: sdugashev@bta.kz Olga Pitulova, Corporate Secretary Assistant tel. +7 (727) 2 66-72-54, E-mail: opitulova@bta.kz Summary of agenda items: First agenda item: it is proposed to approve the Agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting, which was approved by the Board of Directors of the Bank. Second agenda item: materials will be provided upon request for the shareholders, within a defined time period, at Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty city, 050051, "Samal-2" mcrd., Zholdasbekov st., 97, phone # 00 7 7272 66 72 54. Third agenda item: materials will be provided upon request for the shareholders, within a defined time period, at Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty city, 050051, "Samal-2" mcrd., Zholdasbekov st., 97, phone # 00 7 7272 66 72 54. Fourth agenda item: materials will be provided upon request for the shareholders, within a defined time period, at Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty city, 050051, "Samal-2" mcrd., Zholdasbekov st., 97, phone # 00 7 7272 66 72 54. The Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders vote "For" all agenda item. unquote [2014-11-26]