Ministry of Finance intends to offer MEKKAM-3 and MEIKAM-36 on January 28 and 30

/IRBIS, Jan 25, 02/ - The Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan plans to conduct two GS offering auctions for next week (January 28 - February 03): MEKKAM-3 and MEIKAM-36. Below are the announced parameters of issues: -------------------------------------------------------- Type of security МЕKКАМ-3 МЕIКАМ-36 KASE trade code MКM003.292 MIM036.003 Face value, KZT 100.00 1,000.00 Auction date Jan 28,02 Jan 30,02 Payment date Jan 29,02 Jan 31,02 Circulation starting date Jan 30,02 Feb 01,02 Maturity date (nominal /actual) Apr 30,02 Jan 30,05 Circulation term, days 91 1,095 Coupon dates (nominal /actual) 1 - Feb 01,02 2 - May 07,02 3 - Jul 07,02 4 - Nov 07,02 5 - Feb 07,03 6 - May 07,03 7 - Aug 07,03 8 - Nov 07,03 9 - Feb 06,04 10 - May 07,04 11 - Aug 06,04 12 - Nov 05,04 13 - Feb 07,05 Announced issue volume, KZT m 100.0 600.0 -------------------------------------------------------- Restriction on noncompetitive applications - 30%. Coupon bonds are calculated according to actual/365 time basis. Servicing and maturity volume of domestic bonds of the Ministry of Finance next week (January 28 - February 03) is estimated by IRBIS at KZT139.6m. Total maturity and servicing volume of all Kazakhstan GS from January 28 - February 03 is estimated by IRBIS at KZT2,007.7m.