Trading in ETFs of eight names will be suspended on KASE as of August 18

/KASE, August 15, 2025/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces that as of August 18, 2025, trading in the following ETFs on KASE for repo transactions in trading modes involving the central counterparty will be suspended: 1) US81369Y3080 (sector "KASE Global", XLP_KZ) of The Select Sector SPDR Trust with settlement dates falling on September 22, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on September 24, 2025; 2) US81369Y8865 (sector "KASE Global", XLU_KZ) of The Select Sector SPDR Trust with settlement dates falling on September 22, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on September 24, 2025; 3) US78462F1030 (sector "KASE Global", SPY_KZ) of SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST with settlement dates falling on September 19, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on September 22, 2025; 4) US4642872422 (sector "KASE Global", LQD_KZ) of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETFs with settlement dates falling on September 2, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on September 4, 2025; 5) US4642885135 (sector "KASE Global", HYG_KZ) of iShares​ iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETFs with settlement dates falling on September 2, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on September 4, 2025; 6) US4642895118 (sector "KASE Global", IGLB_KZ) of iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETFs with settlement dates falling on September 2, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on September 4, 2025; 7) US78468R6633 (sector "KASE Global", BIL_KZ) of SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETFs with settlement dates falling on September 2, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on September 4, 2025; 8) US74347G4405 (sector "KASE Global", BITO_KZ) of ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETFs with settlement dates falling on September 2, 2025 and subsequent dates; trading will resume on September 4, 2025; Trading has been suspended in accordance with subitem 12) of item 1 of Article 13 of KASE's internal document "Rules for execution of exchange activities" due to the fact that KASE has information about the record date of the specified securities. [2025-08-15]