On January 17 Finance Ministry of Kazakhstan floated on KASE 157 m. of MEKKAM-3 of the 305th issue (KZK1KM033054) to the sum of KZT15,431.5 m. at 6.80 - 7.00% APR

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/KASE, January 17, 08/ - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) informs that on January 17, 2008 in trade system of KASE specialized trades on floatation of government short-term treasury bonds of the Finance Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MEKKAM) were held. Following is the main parameters of the floatation (discount bonds, Almaty time). ISSUE PARAMETERS: ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Type of security: MEKKAM-3 National identification number: KZK1KM033054 Number of the issue: 305/3 KASE trade code: MKM003_0305 Face value, KZT: 100.00 Flotation start date: January 17, 2008 Circulation start day: January 17, 2008 Circulation end day: April 16, 2008 Date of maturity: April 17, 2008 Term of circulation: 91 days Time base: actual/actual ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ TERMS OF FLOATATION: ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Floatation volume, KZT m: 13,000.0 Trades object: price of bonds Bids submission method: closed Time for bids submission: 09:00 - 11:00 a.m. Time for bids confirmation: 09:00 - 11:30 a.m. (Т+0) Time for cut-off: until 3:00 p.m. (Т+0) Method of bids satisfaction: for limited (competitive) bids at declared price for market at weighted (noncompetitive) bids average price Share of market bids satisfaction, %: 70 Payment date: January 17, 08 Payment time: until 3:00 p.m. (Т+0) ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ DEMAND PARAMETERS: ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Number of participants - prime dealers: 14 Number of bids submitted (total / active*): 72/61 including limited: 60/50 Including market: 12/11 Volume of active bids, KZT m.: 69,680.6 Bid to ask, %: 546.5 Price in limited bids, % (all/ active): minimal: 97.3378 / 97.3378 maximum: 98.3374 / 98.3374 weighted average: 98.1437 / 98.0865 Yield to maturity on limited bids, % APR. (all / active): minimal: 6.8000 / 6.8000 maximum: 11.0002 / 11.0002 weighted-average: 7.6074 / 7.8462 ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ * active bids- bids not annulled by trades participants by the moment when deadline for bids acceptance has passed, including those, confirmed by the participants of the System of confirmation FLOATATION RESULTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volume of satisfied bids, securities: 157,000,000 Volume of satisfied bids, KZT: 15,431,480,549.98 Volume of satisfied bids, % to plan: 120.8 Price in satisfied bids, KZT: minimal (cut off): 98.2893 maximal: 98.3374 weighted-average: 98.2897 Yield-to-maturity, % APR: minimal: 6.8000 maximal: 7.0001 weighted-average: 6.9985 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In total volume of active bids, 18.3% of all fell at the stake of pension market entities, 61.2% - second tier banks (STB), their clients - 18.7%, brokerage- dealership companies - 1.8% According to the data of Central securities depositary JSC (Almaty) all deals on floatation of MEKKAM-3 of 305th issue are executed by the moment when calculations were completed by the results of trades. Along with this 97.9% of floated bonds were purchased by STB, 2.1% - by clients of STB. MEKKAMs are issued in compliance with Rules of issue, floatation, servicing and maturity of state treasury obligations of the Republic of Kazakhstan (http://www.kase.kz/mix/newgko.pdf), approved by the Resolution of the Government of Kazakhstan dated September 8, 2004 #941, and were placed in accordance with Rules of floatation of government treasury obligations of the Republic of Kazakhstan (http://www.kase.kz/geninfo/normbase/mekam_placement.pdf) approved by the decision of the Exchange Council of KASE dated December 29, 2004. MEKKAM sold by Ministry of Finance are automatically admitted to circulation at secondary market of KASE under trade code mentioned in the table. [2008-01-17]