SPONSORSHIP

The CAIC-2008 steering committee extends an invitation to national and international companies to become sponsors of the 2nd Central Asian Investment Conference.

For more information please contact:

In London, UKMr Arthur PoliakovTel: +44 (0)207 520 9341Fax: +44 (0)207 520 9342Email: arthur.p@caic2008.com

In Almaty, KazakhstanMs Elena VazhinskayaTel: +7 (727) 2-444-333 (ext. 1025/26)Fax: +7 (727) 2-444-333 (ext. 1028)Email: elena@aim.kz

CONFIRMED SPONSORS

• ENRC (Lead sponsor)
• Ernst & Young (Gold sponsor)
• Private Equity Group (Gold sponsor)
• The Bank of New York Mellon (Silver sponsor)
• Herbert Smith (Silver sponsor)
• Eurasia Capital Management (Silver sponsor)
• Delta Invest (Corporate sponsor)
• Centras Securities (Corporate sponsor)

LEAD SPONSOR

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC is a leading diversified natural resources Group with integrated mining, processing, energy, logistical, and marketing operations. It is one of the world’s largest producers of ferrochrome, the sixth largest exporter of iron ore and the fifth largest supplier of traded alumina. The Group’s revenues were US$3,256 million for the year ended 31 December 2006 and US$1,856 million for the six months ended 30 June 2007. EBITDA (pre exceptional items) was US$1,256 million for the year ended 31 December 2006 and US$797 million for the six months ended 30 June 2007. The Group’s shares were admitted to trading on the Main List of the London Stock Exchange in December 2007, and at close of 10 March 2008 it had a market capitalization of £12.97bn.

ENRC is a FSTE 100 company.

GOLD SPONSORS

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax & legal, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 130,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve potential.

 

Ernst & Young expands its services and resources in accordance with clients’ needs throughout the CIS. Over 3,500 professionals work at 15 offices throughout the CIS in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Togliatti, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Baku, Kyiv, Donetsk, Tashkent, Tbilisi, and Minsk.

For more information, please refer to http://www.ey.com/kazakhstan.

Private Equity Group – is a young and dynamically growing consultancy company, which provides financial PR, management and corporate structuring services for the companies from the Emerging Markets, that wish to come onto the international financial markets.

PEG consists of a group of independent consultants, who have experience in sourcing and developing potential projects from Emerging Markets.

The Group participated in past projects and is constantly working with such institutions as: Credit Suisse, UBS, Dresdner Bank, Standard Bank, EFG, Ruegg & Co, Nabarro Wells, London Stock Exchange, Westwind, Cannacord Adams.

SILVER SPONSORS

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets worldwide. The company is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. The company’s depositary receipt services have assisted many Kazakh entities seeking to raise capital in overseas markets.

Herbert Smith is a leading international law firm with a 1,200-lawyer network across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

We have a long-standing reputation for advice on mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers as well as all forms of financing.

The firm also enjoys a formidable reputation for its expertise in both domestic and international litigation and arbitration. Its competition, energy and intellectual property practices are rated in the top tier.

Our capital markets practice provides international legal advice to corporates, investment banks and other financial institutions on capital markets work originating from Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Chambers Global 2008.

It is the breadth of the firm's practice that distinguishes Herbert Smith from its competitors. The firm aims to add value to its clients’ business, seeking commercial solutions rather than focusing on the narrow legal issues that may arise.

The Eurasia Capital Management is the leading emerging markets fund management firm focused on investing in Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia and Mongolia.

Together with international partners, ECM is currently managing and co-managing eight investment funds: ECM Greater Russia Fund, ECM Global Atlas Fund, ECM Ukraine Value Catalyst Fund, Central Asia Opportunity Fund, Eurasia Financial Institutions Fund, Central Asia Real Estate Fund, Mongolia Discovery Fund, and Uzbekistan Development Investment Fund.

ECM invests in countries in Eurasia across various industries (oil and gas, mining, banking, telecom, energy / infrastructure) and asset classes (public securities, private equity and property). ECM has five offices in Eurasia (Moscow, Kiev, Almaty, Tashkent and Ulan-Bator) and three international offices (Singapore, London and Zurich).

CORPORATE SPONSORS

DELTA INVEST Asset Management, JSC - independent, dynamically-developing company, that works in asset management market of the Republic of Kazakhstan since September, 2005.

The company proves itself as a reliable and effective financial service supplier and takes leading positions in the sphere of asset management in financial market of Kazakhstan.

One of the most important assets of the company is its people - the team of competent, high qualified professionals, who can easily adapt to new trends and currents.

Business strategy of “Delta Invest" implies the abeyance to the legislation, keeping business ethics and market laws. Our work experience shows, that building honest relationships with clients and partners is a pledge of good financial results.

Among company’s primary interests there is direct participation in new investment projects.

"Centras Securities", JSC is a dynamic Kazakh investment company which specializes in providing non-banking alternative financial services.

The main purpose of the Centras Group is to implement the world experience and practice into local business.

The Centras Group includes the principal company "Centras Securities", JSC rendering full package of financial services in Kazakhstan, "Centras-Capital", CJSC, a Moscow based investment company and an insurance company “Centras Insurance”.

The strong professional team of Centras renders a wide range of financial and investment services, in particular:

• Debt and Equity Financing. Advisory on local bonds, stocks, promissory notes issue and placement. Track record includes projects with such companies as Kazakhtelecom, Kazakhaltyn, Heidelberg Vostok Cement, Tsesnabank, Kazneftehim, etc
• Asset Management: 5 Investment Funds, specializing in different markets – local, global, Russian, venture capital and private equity. Establishment of the Centras Private Equity Funds with EBRD’s core participation in January 2007 emphasizes new strategic direction for Centras
• Brokerage: wide range of financial instruments for investing in: securities, derivative financial instruments, payment instruments and money market instruments. Centras intends to actively work on RFCA through specially incorporated company Centras Financial
• Non-life insurance: strong team with aggressive policy to emerge from corporate insurance to wide retail insurance implementing integrated insurance solutions.

Strong team of specialists, led by innovative leader has an extensive experience on financial markets, wide range of services, efficiency of rendering these services and individual approach to each client – main fundamentals of success for Centras.