Meeting of the BoD of KMG EP

PRESS-RELEASE

Meeting of the Board of Directors of KMG EP.

Astana, 30 January 2013. JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production ("KMG EP" or "the Company") held a regular meeting of the Board of Directors yesterday.

At the meeting the members of the Board discussed preliminary financial and operational results for 2012.

The Board of Directors has decided to call an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of shareholders of the Company on 19 March 2013 with the agenda including election of a new Board of Directors. The current Board of Directors was elected on 26 March 2010 for a period of three years, which expires on 25 March 2013.

NOTES TO EDITORS

KMG EP is among the top three Kazakh oil and gas producers. The overall production in 2012 was 12.2mt (an average of 247 kbopd) of crude oil, including the Company's share in Kazgermunai, CCEL and PKI. The total volume of proved and probable reserves, as at the end of 2011 was 226mt (1.7bn bbl), including shares in the associates of about 2.1 bn barrels. The Company's shares are listed on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and the GDRs are listed on The London Stock Exchange. The Company raised over US$2bn in its IPO in September 2006. The International rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) confirmed KMG EP's "BBB-" corporate credit rating in December 2011.

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