KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (Kazakhstan) buys back 37,843 GDR at London Stock Exchange on July 13, 2012

/KASE, July 16, 12/ - JSC "KazMunaiGas Exploration Production" (Astana), whose shares are officially listed at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided to KASE the following press release of July 16, 2012: quote JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production ("the Company" or "KMG EP") announces that pursuant to the Share Buy Back Programme commenced on 11 October, 2011, on 13 July 2012 the Company acquired 37 843 of its global depositary receipts ("GDRs") (LSE:KMG) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of US$18.13 per GDR. Since the start of the Share Buy Back Programme, the Company has purchased in aggregate 8 373 003 GDRs and 16 965 ordinary shares. Contacts: KMG EP, Public relations (+7 7172 97 7887) Bakdaulet Tolegen e-mail: pr@kmgep.kz KMG EP Investor Relations (+7 7172 97 5433) Assel Kalieva e-mail: ir@kmgep.kz Pelham Bell Pottinger (+44 207 861 3147) Elena Dobson e-mail: edobson@pelhambellpottinger.co.uk unquote [2012-07-16]