Shareholders of Exploration Extraction KazMunayGas JSC (Kazakhstan) decided to increase number of announced shares by 27,169,803 units

/KASE, August 9, 05/ - Exploration Extraction KazMunayGas JSC (Astana, the company), whose common shares are circulating in Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) official "A" listing category, provided KASE with a copy of the minutes of prescheduled general shareholders meeting, which was held on July 11 of 2005. In accordance with the agenda shareholders have taken following decisions (quotations from the minutes are given below): 1. "Increase the number of announced common shares by 27,169,803 unites having determined the number of the Company's announced shares 74,357,042 shares". 2. "Zh. Marabayev the Company's General director in legislative order should: 1. make state registration of the Company's announced share issue. 2. include corresponding changes and additions in specification of the Company's share issue." 3."Confirm the changes and additions in the Company's Charter". 4. "Authorize Zh. Marabayev the Company's General director with signing the confirmed changes and additions in the Company's Charter." 5. " Zh. Marabayev the Company's General director must notify justice departments about the included changes and additions in the Company's Charter." 6. "Confirm decisions of the Board of directors about making deals, which the Company is interested in (the list of deals is attached)". Company's primary activities - exploration and survey works, development of oil, gas and gas-condensate fields; production and transportation of oil and gas; initial oil preparation and gas refining, sale of hydrocarbon raw stuff and products of its refining. [2005-08-09]