On September 30, informational and explanatory meetings with the population on the privatization program and the IPO of Samruk-Kazyna JSC in the northern regions of the country were completed.  

A group of speakers of the Samruk-Kazyna Fund, JSC NC KazMunayGas, Kazpost JSC, AIX and KASE stock exchanges, as well as representatives of Kazakhstani broker-dealer organizations visited regional centers such as Pavlodar, Kokshetau, Kostanay, Petropavlovsk and many other small ones from September 19 to 30, 2022. 

They held meetings with the public, business representatives, teachers, medical workers, production teams of Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant LLP, JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, GRES-2, Kazaktelecom JSC, JSC NC QazaqGaz, ERG, etc. 

The experts presented to the participants of the meetings the implementation of the Samruk-Kazyna privatization program and the IPO of portfolio companies, including key information about the first IPO candidate - the company JSC NC KazMunayGas. Experts and representatives of brokerage organizations spoke about the specifics of the Fund’s current IPO program. 

Thus, both citizens and residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as institutional and international investors can participate in the program. They also provided answers to questions about how and through which brokerage companies it is better to purchase shares and how to protect yourself from the actions of scammers. 

“Another stone in the foundation of investment literacy of the population is the result of the information and educational program on privatization, possible IPO and investments in stocks that took place throughout Kazakhstan. The interest of the population, involvement, questions from inexperienced citizens inspired the team of speakers to find the right answers to sometimes uncomfortable questions, to teach how to navigate the flow of information correctly, what is required to know about the attractiveness and risks of investments,”- Sholpan Ainabayeva said, the CEO of SkyBridge Invest JSC. 

According to Kanat Abrakhmanov, the Senior Manager of the Financial and Economic Asset Management Strategy Department of Samruk-Kazyna JSC, explanatory events in the northern regions of the country aroused quite a wide interest of various segments of the population. 

“The most active participants were both young people in the face of students and young workers who are already thinking about their future, and representatives of the older generation of 50+, who asked questions about the possibility of transferring shares by inheritance to grandchildren or children. I believe that this information campaign is very useful for improving financial literacy and developing the investment culture of the population,” - he shared his opinion. 

Recall that informational and explanatory meetings with the population, company employees and employees of production facilities were held in more than 60 cities across the country from September 16 to 30, 2022. To learn more about the IPO and the privatization program of the Fund as a whole is possible on a specialized Internet resource ipo.sk.kz.

For information: 

By 2025, 7 large assets of Samruk-Kazyna JSC will be partially transferred to the competitive environment, 6 of which - through IPO. The IPO of KazMunayGas is scheduled for this year. The placement will be on the AIX and KASE platforms.