on March 12, Finance Ministry of Kazakhstan floated 245,182.0 th. units of MEKKAM-12 of the 87th issue (KZK1KY010877) on KASE for amount of KZT22,710.2 m. at 7.50-7.97 % APR

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/KASE, March 12, 08/ - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) informs that on March 12, 2008, in trade system of KASE, the 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-12 National identification number: KZK1KY010877 Number of the issue: 87/12 KASE trade code: MKM012_0087 Face value, KZT: 100.00 Flotation start date: March 12, 2008 Circulation start day: March 12, 2008 Circulation end day: March 11, 2009 Date of maturity: March 12, 2009 Term of circulation: 366 days Time base: actual/actual ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ TERMS OF FLOATATION: ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Floatation volume, KZT m: 11,000.0 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 (noncompetitive) bids at weighted average price Share of market bids 70 satisfaction, %: Payment date: March 12, 08 Payment time: until 3:00 p.m. (Т+0) ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ DEMAND PARAMETERS: ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Number of participants - prime dealers: 18 Number of bids submitted (total / active*): 83 / 66 including limited: 70 / 56 Including market: 13 / 10 Volume of active bids, KZT m.: 36,790.1 Bid to ask, %: 363.9 Price in limited bids, % (all/ active): minimal: 90.0901 / 90.0901 maximum: 93.0200 / 93.0200 weighted average: 91.9098 / 91.8965 Yield to maturity on limited bids, % APR. (all / active): minimal: 7.5038 / 7.5038 maximum: 11.0000 / 11.0000 weighted-average: 8.8023 / 8.8180 ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ * 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: 245,182,000 Volume of satisfied bids, KZT: 22,710,180,840.00 Volume of satisfied bids, % to plan: 222.9 Price in satisfied bids, KZT: minimal (cut off): 92.6200 maximal: 93.0200 weighted-average: 92.6258 Yield-to-maturity, % APR: minimal: 7.5038 maximal: 7.9680 weighted-average: 7.9613 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In total volume of active bids, 7.5% of all at stake are pension market entities, 80.2 % - second tier banks (STB), 9.5% - clients of STB, 2.8% - brokerage-dealership companies. According to the data of Central securities depositary JSC (Almaty) all deals on floatation of MEKKAM-12 of 87th issue are executed by the moment when calculations were completed by the results of trades. Along with this 85.7% of floated bonds were purchased by STB, 14.4 % - 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. [2008-03-12]