By decision of the Management Board of Central Securities Depository JSC (the Central Securities Depository), which met on August 27, 2026, a new edition of the Forms of documents for establishing and maintaining business relationships with Central Securities Depository JSC (the Forms of documents) was approved.

The following changes are provided in the Forms of documents:

the inclusion of additional fields and explanations requiring more in-depth information about the applicant and its beneficial owners in order to comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on combating the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and the financing of terrorism;

the inclusion of information specified in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Rules for establishing, maintaining, and terminating business relationships, as well as eliminating the requirement to provide information about the date of issue of documents, taking into account the specifics of the legislation of other countries;

clarifications and additions to enable the account operator to provide a notarized card(s) with signature samples to indicate individuals authorized to sign transaction documents for the purpose of receiving services provided by the Central Securities Depository for the depositor's relevant personal and/or bank account.

The Forms of documents for establishing and maintaining business relations with Central Securities Depository JSC will come into effect on August 28, 2026.

The text of the Forms of documents for establishing and maintaining business relations with Central Securities Depository JSC is published in the [Current Version] tab of the [Establishment, Maintenance, and Termination of Business Relationships] subsection of the [Rules] section of the Central Securities Depository's website.