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Please see excerpt from Temirbank website: The worsening financial position of JSC Temirbank led to JSC Temirbank defaulting on Friday 6th November 2009 on the payment of KZT 5,8 bln (including interest and principal amount), as well as on Monday 9th November 2009 on the payment of KZT 1.9 bln due to its major shareholder JSC BTA Bank under deposit agreements between JSC Temirbank and JSC BTA Bank and will mean that Temir Capital B.V. will not be able to pay (i) the US$23.6 mln of interest due on 23rd November 2009 on the senior notes issued pursuant to its US$1,200,000,000 Global Medium Term Notes Issuance Programme (the "MTN Notes") or (ii) the US$12.6 mln of interest due on the 24th November 2009 on the US$300,000,000 9 per cent Senior Notes due 2011 (the "Standalone Notes"). No payments of interest (including default interest) or any principal due in relation to the debt that is to be restructured will be made from today's date. Interest accruing between today's date and the restructuring date will be part of the restructuring. Please see details of the Failure to Pay from a press release on the Temirbank website. http://en.temirbank.kz/ennews/2009/11/23/ennews_129.html