26 May 2010 08:25
PRESS- RELEASE
Announcement on the results of the Annual General Meeting of
KMG EP's Shareholders
Astana, 26 May 2010. JSC KazMunaiGas EP ("KMG EP" or "The Company") held an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
The shareholders approved the Financial Statements and the Annual Report for 2009. They also approved the dividend for 2009 in the amount of 704 Tenge (including taxes to be withheld in accordance with the legislation of Kazakhstan) per one ordinary and one preferred share of KMG EP. The total volume of the dividend pay for 2009 will be 50.9 billion Tenge (approx. US$ 346.4 million)[1]. The payment of the annual dividend for 2009 will be made to shareholders of the Company as per share register at 0:00, June 7, 2010 and will commence on July 12, 2010.
The shareholders elected Philip John Dayer as an independent director of KMG EP.
Notes to Editors
Members of the Board of Directors of KMG EP:
Askar Balzhanov, Managing Director on Exploration and Production of NC KMG
Tolegen Bozzhanov, Managing Director for Corporate Center of NC KMG
Yerzhan Zhangaulov, General Manager on Legal Support of NC KMG
Kenzhebek Ibrashev, General Director, Chairman of the Management Board of KMG EP
Assiya Syrgabekova, Finance Director of NC KMG
Paul Manduca, Independent Director of the Company
Edward Walshe, Independent Director of the Company
Philip John Dayer, Independent Director of the Company
Philip Dayer LLB FCA qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG and then pursued a career for 25 years in investment banking, specialising in advising UK listed companies. He gained extensive experience working for companies such as Barclays de Zoete Wedd and Citicorp. He retired from ABN AMRO Hoare Govett in 2005. Since then he has acted as an adviser to Rosneft on their successful flotation in 2006 and currently sits on a number of boards, including Dana Petroleum and AVEVA Group, as an independent director.
Notes:
- current directorships: Dana Petroleum plc, AVEVA Group plc, Cadogan Petroleum plc, Navigators Underwriting Agency Limited, IP Plus plc and Arden Partners plc
- former directorships: Baltic Oil Terminals PLC
- No further information is required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 R
KMG EP is among the top three Kazakh oil and gas producers. The overall production in 2009 was 11.5mmt (an average of 232kbopd) of crude oil, including the Company's share in Kazgermunai and CCEL. The volume of proved and probable reserves (2P) of KMG EP as at the end of 2009 was 234mmt (1.7bn barrels); while including the share of reserves from associates and joint ventures, preliminary about 2.2 bn barrels. The Company's shares are listed on 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. In July 2009 International rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) confirmed KMG EP's "BB+" corporate credit rating and assigned the Company "GAMMA-6" level.
For further details please contact us at:
«KMG EP». Public Relations (+7 7172 97 7600)
Daulet Zhumadil
E-mail: pr@kmgep.kz
«KMG EP». Investor Relations (+7 7172 97 5433)
Asel Kaliyeva
E-mail: ir@kmgep.kz
Pelham PR (+44 207 861 3147)
Elena Dobson
E-mail: Elena.dobson@pelhampr.com
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[1] Using the exchange rate as of dividend declaration date 147.03 KZT/USD