<html><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dear colleagues</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,</span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Technical Regulation and Metrology Committee of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (CTRM) </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">takes this opportunity to express its assurances of the highest consideration. CTRM participates in the implementation of strategic functions of the Ministry in the areas of technical regulation and Metrology.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CTRM informs that</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 19, 2024 No. 20, <b>amendments have been made</b> to the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 23, 2000 No. 1749 «On the procedure for calculating time on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan»</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> (</span></span><a style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline" href="https://zan.gov.kz/client/#!/doc/192700/rus"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://zan.gov.kz/client/#!/doc/192700/rus</span></span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">),</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> which provides, among other things, for the Akimats of the cities of Astana, Almaty, Shymkent, Akmola, Almaty, Zhambyl, Karaganda, Kostanay, Pavlodar, North Kazakhstan, Turkestan, East Kazakhstan regions and Abay, Zhetisu, Ulytau regions, </span></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">on the night of February 29, 2024 to March 1, 2024 (Astana time, 12:00 a.m.), to transfer local time back 1 hour </span></span></b></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Information that the Republic of Kazakhstan is switching to Single Time Zone (UTC+05:00) is sent for accounting in work when interacting with government agencies and organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please find the attached letter.</span></span></i></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sincerely, </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mr. Kuanysh Yelikbayev</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chairman </span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /> </html>