REG - JSC NAC Kazatomprom - Notice of EGM

NAK Kazatomprom AOAnnouncement

19/12/2022 08:15

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RNS Number : 1344K  JSC National Atomic Co. Kazatomprom  19 December 2022

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19 December 2022, Astana, Kazakhstan
Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

National Atomic Company Kazatomprom Joint Stock Company ("the Company",
"Kazatomprom" or "NAC Kazatomprom JSC"), located at 17/12, Syganak street,
Astana, Z05T1X3, the Republic of Kazakhstan, hereby notifies its shareholders
of an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of NAC Kazatomprom JSC
("the Meeting") to be held in absentia in accordance with Articles 35-41,
43-47, 49-52 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, dated 13 May 2003 No.
415-II "On Joint Stock Companies" (hereinafter - the "Law On Joint Stock
Companies"). The initiator of the Meeting is the majority shareholder
Samruk-Kazyna JSC that owns 194,517,456 ordinary shares of the Company
(decision of Samruk-Kazyna Management Board No. 63/22 dated 11 November 2022).

Agenda of the extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

1. On the composition of the Board of Directors of NAC Kazatomprom JSC.

At the initiative of the majority shareholder, Samruk-Kazyna JSC, the issue of
electing Mr. Armanbai Zhubayev as an independent director of the Company, for
a period expiring upon the full term of office of Kazatomprom's Board of
Directors ("the Board"), is being submitted to the Meeting for consideration.

If shareholders approve Mr. Zhubayev as a Company director, the number of
directors on the Board will increase from seven to eight, including an
increase in independent directors from three to four.

Start date of the provision of ballots for counting the results of absentee
voting is 26 January 2023.

Closing date for accepting ballots for counting the results of absentee voting
is 2 February 2023, until 18:00 (Astana city time).

The date of counting the results of absentee voting is 3 February 2023, until
18:00 (Astana city time).

The date and time of drawing up the list of shareholders entitled to
participate in the extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the
Company is 4 January 2023 at 00:00 (Astana city time).

Materials on the agenda of the extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
of the Company will be ready and available to shareholders no later than 10
(ten) days before the date of the extraordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders of the Company in the office of NAC Kazatomprom JSC at: Office
11, 18(th) floor, 17/12, Syganak street, Yessil district, Astana, Z05T1X3, the
Republic of Kazakhstan, on business days from 9:00 to 18:00 (Astana time). If
there is a request from a shareholder of the Company, the materials on the
agenda of the extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company
will be sent to this shareholder within three (3) working days from the date
of receipt of the request, while the costs for making copies of documents and
their delivery are borne by the shareholder. Shareholders' requests are
accepted at the actual address of the Company in accordance with the procedure
established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The notice of the upcoming Meeting, as well as the ballot for absentee voting
will be available on the Company's web site in accordance with the law "On
Joint Stock Companies" and the Company's Charter.

We hereby invite shareholders to familiarize themselves with the following
procedure for holding the Meeting:

·      Shareholders voting by sending a ballot for absentee voting must
indicate the surname, first name, father's name/name of the legal entity, the
number of voting shares and choose one of the voting options.

·      An absentee ballot shall be signed by a shareholder - an
individual (a representative of a shareholder - an individual), who shall
indicate his/her identity document (ID / passport number, date of issue,
issuing authority, and individual identification number (IIN)). A shareholder
shall also provide a copy of his/her identity document.

·      Absentee voting ballot of a shareholder - a legal entity shall be
signed by its CEO (a representative of a shareholder- legal entity).

·      A ballot not signed by a shareholder - an individual, or the CEO
of a shareholder - a legal entity or a representative of a shareholder - an
individual, or a representative of a shareholder - legal entity shall be
deemed invalid.

·      Only one voting option shall be marked in the ballot.

·      The ballot for absentee voting must be received by the Company or
provided on a hard copy to the office of NAC Kazatomprom JSC at: 17/12,
Syganak Street, Yessil district, Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, Z05T1X3, by
18:00 (Astana time), on 2 February 2023.

·      In case of signing a ballot for absentee voting by a
representative of a shareholder, the ballot for absentee voting is followed by
the copy of power of attorney or other document confirming the powers of the
shareholder's representative.

·      For votes counting, only those votes on the agenda items are
counted where a shareholder (a representative of a shareholder) followed the
voting procedure prescribed in the ballot, and only one of the voting options
was marked.

·      The General Meeting of Shareholders of NAC Kazatomprom JSC may
consider and make decisions on the agenda items only if the shareholders
(representatives of shareholders), included in the list of shareholders
entitled to participate and vote, and owning in total fifty or more percent of
voting shares of the Company, were registered as of the period or on the
closing date for submission of ballots.

·      The list of Kazatomprom's shareholders entitled to participate
and vote at the extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of NAC
Kazatomprom JSC is compiled by the Central Securities Depository JSC based on
the data of Kazatomprom's shareholders register system.

·      If, after compiling a list of shareholders entitled to
participate and vote at the General Meeting of Shareholders, a person included
in such a list alienated his/her voting shares of the Company, the right to
participate in the General Meeting of Shareholders is transferred to a new
shareholder. In this case, documents confirming the ownership of shares shall
be submitted.

·      Kazatomprom's majority shareholder has the right to participate
in the management of the Company in accordance with the procedure provided for
by the Law "On Joint Stock Companies" and (or) the Company's Charter.

·      Holders of Global Depositary Receipts have the right to vote at
the General Meetings of Shareholders of NAC Kazatomprom JSC on behalf of the
beneficiary owners with respect to the deposited shares, given that the
identification and other information required by applicable Kazakhstan
legislation, in relation to the beneficial owners in the Central Securities
Depository JSC is provided through the Depositary (Citibank N.A.).

For more information, please contact:

Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Inquiries

Assem Mukhamedyarova, Corporate Secretary

Tel.: +7 7172 45 81 63

Email: amukhamedyarova@kazatomprom.kz

Kazatomprom Investor Relations Inquiries

Yerlan Magzumov, Director, Investor Relations

Cory Kos, International Adviser, Investor Relations

Tel.: +7 7172 45 81 80 / 69

Email: ir@kazatomprom.kz

Kazatomprom Public Relations and Media Inquiries

Sabina Kumurbekova, Director, Government and Public Relations

Gazhaiyp Kumisbek, Chief Expert, Government and Public Relations

Tel.: +7 7172 45 80 22

Email: pr@kazatomprom.kz

A copy of this announcement is available at www.kazatomprom.kz.

About Kazatomprom

Kazatomprom is the largest uranium producer in the world with natural uranium
production in proportion to the Company's participatory interest in the amount
of about 24% of the total global primary uranium production in 2021. The group
has the largest uranium reserve base in the industry. Kazatomprom, together
with subsidiaries, affiliates and joint organizations, is developing 26
deposits combined into 14 uranium-mining enterprises. All uranium mining
enterprises are located on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and
when mine uranium use in-situ recovery technology, paying particular attention
to best HSE practices and means (ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certified).

Kazatomprom's securities are listed on the London Stock Exchange, the Astana
International Exchange and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange. Kazatomprom is the
National Atomic Company of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the main customers
of the group are operators of nuclear generating capacities, and the main
export markets for products are China, South and East Asia, North America and
Europe. The Group sells uranium and uranium products under long-term and
short-term contracts, as well as on the spot market directly from its
corporate centre in Astana, Kazakhstan, as well as through a trading
subsidiary in Switzerland, Trading House KazakAtom (THK).

For more information, please, visit our website http://www.kazatomprom.kz

Forward Looking Information

All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this
message or document are statements regarding the future. Statements regarding
the future reflect the Company's current expectations and estimates regarding
its financial condition, results of operations, plans, goals, future results
and activities. Such statements may include, but are not limited to,
statements before which, after which or where words such as "goal", "believe",
"expect", "intend", "possibly", "anticipate", "evaluate", "plan", "project",
"will", "may", "probably", "should", "may" and other words and terms of a
similar meaning or their negative forms are used.

Such statements regarding the future include known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other important factors beyond the control of the Company,
which may lead to the fact that the actual results, indicators or achievements
of the Company will significantly differ from the expected results, indicators
or achievements expressed or implied by such statements regarding the future.
Such statements regarding the future are based on numerous assumptions
regarding the current and future business strategy of the Company and the
conditions in which it will operate in the future.

INFORMATION ON THE ESTIMATES CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE BASED ON SEVERAL
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC AND
COMPETITIVE UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER CONVENTIONALITIES, NONE OF WHICH CAN NOT
BE PREDICTED WITH CERTAINTY AND SOME OF WHICH ARE OUTSIDE OF THE COMPANY'S
CONTROL. THERE CAN NOT BE ANY WARRANTY THAT THE ESTIMATES WILL BE REALIZED AND
THE ACTUAL RESULTS MAY BE ABOVE OR BELOW THAN SPECIFIED. NONE OF THE COMPANY -
NO SHAREHOLDERS, NO DIRECTORS, NO OFFICERS, NO EMPLOYEES, NO CONSULTANTS, NO
AFFILIATES NOR ANY REPRESENTATIVES OR AFFILIATES LISTED ABOVE BEAR
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OF THE ESTIMATES PRESENTED IN THIS DOCUMENT.

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limited to, statements regarding the future, is applicable only as of the date
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