By resolution of the Board of Directors of Central Securities Depository JSC (the Central Securities Depository), adopted by absentee voting held on 28 October 2026, Amendments No. 11 to the Rules for Registrar and Depository Activities (Special Part) were approved.

The draft provides for:
–    bringing the time limit for registration of the cancellation of an issue of financial instruments into line with the provisions of paragraph 45 of Rules No. 210*;
–    establishing the procedure for registering a purchase and sale transaction concluded upon the placement of short-term notes issued by the National Bank;
–    clarifying the procedure for registering a purchase and sale transaction concluded upon the placement of municipal bonds of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
–    establishing the procedure for registering an exchange-traded purchase and sale transaction involving units of a unit investment fund concluded upon their placement, the recording of which in the Code of Rules is provided for in paragraph 37 of Rules No. 210*;
–    clarifying the procedure for registering the placement of units of a unit investment fund on the unorganized market;
–    clarifying the procedure for registering the transfer of financial instruments into the Central Securities Depository’s nominee holding and the withdrawal of financial instruments from the Central Securities Depository’s nominee holding, including the establishment of time limits for the Central Securities Depository to perform certain actions in connection with such registration.

The amendments shall enter into force on 23 November 2026.

Amendments No. 11 to the Rules for Registrar and Depository Activities (Special Part) have been published under the [Amendments and Supplements] tab in the [Registrar and Depository Activities] subsection of the [Rules] section of the Central Securities Depository’s website.

The text of the Rules for Registrar and Depository Activities (Special Part), updated to reflect the amendments, will be published under the [Current Version] tab in the [Registrar and Depository Activities] subsection of the [Rules] section of the Central Securities Depository’s website.

*Rules for Registration of Transactions with Equity Securities, Assignment of Claims under Issuers’ Obligations in Respect of Equity Securities in the Nominee Holding Accounting System and the Securities Holders Register System, Provision of Statements from Personal Accounts of Registered Persons in the Central Depository Accounting System and/or the Nominee Holding Accounting System, and Provision by Nominee Holders of Information on Clients Whose Securities Are Held in Nominee Holding at the Request of the Central Depository and the Issuer, approved by Resolution No. 210 of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22 October 2014.