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Artounoa Holdings Limited, Republic of Cyprus

Proceeds of Crime Warning Notice

Described assets

Company number HE208091

This is a public notice advising any interested person to exercize extreme caution when
acquiring any asset or receiving any funds from Artounoa Holdings Limited, a company
incorporated in Cyprus, company number HE208091.
Any property or funds received from this entity may be proceeds of crime and be related to
embezzlement of assets from BTA Bank, Kazakhstan prior to 2010 and the subsequent
laundering of such assets or the proceeds of their sale.
In accordance with the announcement by BTA Bank / the law firm of Hogan Lovells on the
website of BTA Bank (http://bta.kz/files/AssetslistnewBTAsite.pdf), this company was
identified as being a nominee holding entity for Mukhtar Ablyazov who is currently wanted
by the UK, Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan and subject to arrest warrants issued by those
countries.

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