OREANDA-NEWS. March 28, 2012. KAZAKHMYS PLС, shares of which are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided to KASE the following information message, reported the press-centre of KASE:

Kazakhmys PLC announces that on 21 March 2012 it purchased from J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. 106,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 937.8094 pence per share. The highest price paid was 953.0 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 925.5 pence per share.

The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above  purchase, Kazakhmys PLC holds 7,411,503 ordinary shares in treasury  and has 528,006,458 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).