Stabilisation Notice

KazakhGold Group Ltd 23 December 2005 ING Bank N.V., London Branch 23 December 2005 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN OR TO A RESIDENT, NATIONAL OR CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN 23 December 2005 Stabilisation Notice ING Bank N.V., London Branch (contact: Sadiq Razak; telephone: +44 (0) 20 7767 8283) announces, in connection with the global offering of Global Depositary Receipts (the 'Global Offer' and the 'GDRs') of KazakhGold Group Limited ('KazakhGold' or the 'Company') that the stabilisation period has now ended and that no stabilisation was undertaken by the Stabilising Manager named below in relation to the offer of the following securities. Issuer KazakhGold Group Limited No. of securities sold 13,100,000 GDRs, including 1,400,000 GDRs sold following exercise of the over-allotment arrangements Security Identifier ISIN US48667H1059 Sedol B0R9139 Stabilising Manager ING Bank N.V., London Branch Stabilisation period Commencement: 25 November 2005 End: 23 December 2005 Offer Price $15 per GDR As announced on 29 November 2005, the Stabilisation Manager gave notice of its intention to exercise the over-allotment arrangements in respect of 1,400,000 GDRs (representing 1,400,000 existing ordinary shares of KazakhGold Group Limited) on 28 November 2005. The contents of this announcement, which have been prepared by and are the sole responsibility of KazakhGold have been approved solely for the purposes of Section 21 (2) (b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by ING Bank N.V., London Branch of 60 London Wall, London EC2M 5TQ. ING Bank N.V., London Branch, or its nominated affiliates, is acting exclusively for KazakhGold and no one else in connection with the proposed listing and offering of ordinary shares of KazakhGold in the form of global depositary receipts ('GDRs' and the 'Global Offer', respectively) and will not be responsible to anyone other than KazakhGold for providing the protections afforded to clients of ING Bank N.V., London Branch, nor for providing advice in relation to the Global Offer, the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer of securities or constitute an invitation or solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities of KazakhGold and any acquisition of or application for GDRs in the Global Offer should be made solely on the basis of the information contained in the prospectus issued in connection with the Global Offer and any supplement or amendment thereto. The prospectus contains certain detailed information about KazakhGold and its management, as well as financial statements and other financial data. This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan or to a resident, national or citizen of the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan. This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in any jurisdiction, including the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the 'Securities Act'), and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless they are registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption therefrom. No public offering of securities of KazakhGold is being made in the United States. The distribution of the documents or other information contained herein and the Global Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. No action has been taken by KazakhGold or ING Bank N.V., London Branch that would permit an offer of any of the GDRs or possession or distribution of any of the documents or other information contained herein or any other Global Offer or publicity material relating to the GDRs in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than to certain investors in the United Kingdom. Persons into whose possession any of the documents or other information contained herein comes are required by KazakhGold to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. This document is not a prospectus but an advertisement. Investors should not subscribe for any transferable securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus. Copies of the prospectus are available from ING Bank N.V., London Branch at 60 London Wall, London EC2M 5TQ, England. In connection with the Global Offer, ING Bank N.V., London Branch as stabilising manager (the 'Stabilising Manager') may effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the GDRs at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. Such transactions may commence on or after the publication of the Offer Price and will end no later than 30 days thereafter. However, there is no obligation on the Stabilising Manager to do this. Such transactions may be effected on the London Stock Exchange, the over the counter market or otherwise. There is no assurance that such transactions will be undertaken and, if commenced, they may be discontinued at any time. Save as required by law, the Stabilising Manager does not intend to disclose the extent of any over-allotments and/or stabilisation transactions under the Global Offer. 23 December 2005 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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