30th Dec 2005 10:00
Kazakhmys PLC30 December 2005 30 December 2005 Kazakhmys PLC - Issue of new shares The board announces that application is being made for the admission of 2,000new ordinary shares of 20p each (the "New Shares") in Kazakhmys PLC (the "Company") to be admitted to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. The New Shares were allotted and issued on 29 December 2005 following completionof the necessary formalities in relation to a valid acceptance in connectionwith the share exchange offer made by the Company to shareholders in itssubsidiary LLC Kazakhmys Corporation in November 2004, as described in theprospectus issued by the Company on 26 September 2005 in connection with itslisting on the London Stock Exchange. As a result, the number of ordinary shares in issue increases to 467,474,200 shares. For further information please contact: Jinsoo Yang, Head of IR Tel: +44 20 8636 7900Sergei Stephantsov, Deputy Head of IRKazakhmys PLC Andrew Mitchell Tel: +44 20 7251 3801Finsbury Notes to Editor The Group's principal business is the mining, processing, smelting, refining andsale of copper and copper products, including copper cathode and copper rod, andis carried on by the Company's main subsidiary LLC Kazakhmys Corporation("Kazakhmys"). Based on 2004 production, the Group is the 10th largest producerof copper cathode and mined copper in the world. The Group's operations arevertically integrated. Kazakhmys operates 16 open pit and underground mines andtwo smelting and refining complexes in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazakhmysalso owns significant rail infrastructure in Kazakhstan and MKM, a copperproducts fabrication company in Germany. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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