Ministry of Finance intends to offer MEOKAM-36 on February 18

/IRBIS, Feb 15, 02/ - The Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan plans to conduct one GS offering auction for next week (February 18 - 24): MEOKAM-36. Below are the announced parameters of issues: ------------------------------------------------------ Type of security МЕОКАМ-36 KASE trade code MОM036.044 Face value, KZT 1,000.00 Auction date Feb 18,02 Payment date Feb 19,02 Circulation starting date Feb 20,02 Maturity date (nominal /actual) Feb 18,05 / Feb 18,05 Circulation term, days 1,095 Coupons (structure / actual) 1 Aug 20,02 / Aug 20,02 2 Feb 19,03 / Feb 19,03 3 Aug 20,03 / Aug 20,03 4 Feb 19,04 / Feb 19,04 5 Aug 19,04 / Aug 19,04 6 Feb 18,05 / Feb 18,05 Announced issue volume, KZT m 1,000.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Restriction for noncompetitive bids is 30%. Coupon bonds are calculated on the basis of actual/365. Servicing volume (maturity is not taken into account) of domestic GS of the Ministry of Finance next week (February 18 - 24) is estimated by IRBIS at KZT134.1m. Total maturity and servicing volume of all Kazakhstan GS from February 18 -24, 2002 is estimated by IRBIS at KZT1,356.7m.