KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (Kazakhstan) buys back 150,122 GDR on London Stock Exchange on October 4, 2012

/KASE, October 8, 12/ - KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (Astana), shares of which are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided to KASE the following press release of October 5, 2012 quotation JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production ("the Company" or "KMG EP") announces that pursuant to the Share Buy Back Programme commenced on 11 October, 2011, on 4 October 2012 the Company acquired 150,122 of its global depositary receipts ("GDRs") (LSE:KMG) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of US$18.65 per GDR. Since the start of the Share Buy Back Programme, the Company has purchased in aggregate 11,046,579 GDRs and 17 095 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 ends [2012-10-08]