31 May 2024

Results of 2024 AGM

Air Astana Joint Stock Company (the "Company") announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at its Annual General Meeting on 30 May 2024. 

1. To elect the counting commission of Air Astana JSC as follows:

(i)   to determine that the number of members of the counting commission of Air Astana JSC shall be 6 (six) persons; and

(ii)   to elect the following persons as members of the counting commission of Air Astana JSC for the period ending 1 June 2025:

1.   Irina Martinez, Head of Investor Relations, Air Astana JSC;

2.   Altynay Turebekova, Senior Manager, Investor Relations, Air Astana JSC;

3.   Zhanar Naizabekova, Vice President on Legal Affairs / General Legal Counsel, Air Astana JSC;

4.   Zhanat Zhandossov, Manager on Government and Corporate issues, Air Astana JSC;

5.   Tatyana Kotenyova, Senior Manager on Corporate Governance and Reporting, Air Astana JSC;

6.   Aliya Zhumagulova, Manager, Board of Directors, Air Astana JSC.

2. To approve the consolidated and separate annual financial statements of Air Astana JSC for the year ended 31 December 2023.

3.1 To pay no dividends on Air Astana JSC shares for the year 2023.

3.2 To keep at Air Astana JSC disposal thirty billion seven hundred and thirty nine million seventy four thousand tenge or 100% of the net income of Air Astana JSC for the year 2023.

3.3 The Сhief Executive Officer of Air Astana JSC to take in the established order all required measures for implementation of the present decision.

4.1 To take into consideration the resignation of Mr. Myles St John Westcott, the member of the Board of Directors of the Company, representative of shareholder BAE Systems (Kazakhstan) Limited, effective from 30 May 2024.

4.2 To elect Mr. Assanov Diyas as the member of the Board of Directors - Independent Director of the Company effective from 31 May 2024.

4.3 The term of office of Mr. Assanov Diyas as the member of the Board of Directors - Independent Director of the Company shall expire concurrently with that of the Board of Directors of the Company elected by the decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company dated 09 February 2024 (Minutes №195).

4.4 To establish the amount and terms of remuneration and compensations to the member of the Board of Directors - Independent Director Assanov Diyas, as adopted by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company on 09 February 2024 (Minutes No.195).

4.5 The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company to sign, in an established manner, the contract with the Independent Director of the Company Mr. Assanov Diyas from 31 May 2024 till the election of the next composition of the Board of Directors of the Company by the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company.

5. To take into account the information that in 2023 the Company did not receive shareholders' appeals against the actions of Air Astana JSC and its officers.

6. To take into account the information about the amount and composition of the remuneration for the members of the Board of Directors and Executive Body of Air Astana JSC.

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About the Company

The Company is the largest airline group in Central Asia and the Caucasus regions by revenue and fleet size. The Company operates a fleet of 51 aircraft split between Air Astana, its full-service airline that operated its inaugural flight in 2002, and FlyArystan, its low-cost airline established in 2019. The Company provides scheduled, point-to-point and transit, short-haul and long-haul air travel and cargo on domestic, regional and international routes across Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Far East, the Middle East, India and Europe. In 2023, Air Astana was recognised eleven times in a row as the "Best Airline in Central Asia and CIS" at the Skytrax World Airline Awards and received a five-star rating in the major airline category by the APEX. FlyArystan was also awarded the Skytrax Award for "Best low-cost carrier in Central Asia and CIS" for the first time, and is one of the twelve Skytrax 4-Star low-cost airlines globally. The Company is listed on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, Astana International Exchange and London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: AIRA).