Since January 2023, amendments to the Law on Banks and Banking Activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan have been introduced, whereby to which persons with the status of an (indirect) major participant in a bank require permission from the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market to obtain this status. According to information published on the official website of the ARDFM of the Republic of Kazakhstan on June 7, 2024, the Agency's Board adopted regulation on issuing consent to acquire the status of an (indirect) major participant in the Joint Stock Company "Altyn Bank" (SB China Citic Bank Corporation Limited) to the Joint Stock Company "Holding Group ALMEX”, Timur Askarovich Kulibaev and Dinara Nursultanovna Kulibaeva, who have the status of a major participant in "Halyk Bank" JSC. Thus, legal requirements met. Obtaining this consent does not imply any changes in the composition of the shareholders of Altyn Bank JSC.

The composition of shareholders of Altyn Bank JSC, as well as their share of ownership, have not changed:

• China CITIC Bank Corporation Ltd. - 50,1%
• Halyk Bank - 40%
• China Shuangwei Investment Co., Ltd - 9,9%