LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BTA Bank, one of the leading banks in Kazakhstan, will host a conference call with investors and creditors to discuss its 2008 preliminary financial results on Thursday, June 4 2009. The results will be presented by Mr. Anvar Saidenov, Chairman of the Management Board of BTA Bank. The call will also update investors on the current status of BTA's financial restructuring.

At present the conference call is preliminarily scheduled for a time to be confirmed in the afternoon (London time) of Thursday, June 4 2009. The full details and timing of the conference call will be made available to investors and creditors on or prior to Wednesday, 3 June 2009.

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BTA Group is a leading banking network in the CIS. The network of BTA’s partner banks extends to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. BTA’s representative offices operate in Russia, Ukraine, China, UAE and the UK.

The bank has one of the largest branch networks in Kazakhstan (22 branches with 279 service locations) along with an extensive chain of ATMs (787) and self-service terminals (160). BTA serves about 1.3 million retail and 150,000 corporate customers.