Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan intends to offer MEOKAM-48 on August 12

/IRBIS, August 09, 02/ - The Ministry of Finance plans to float MEOKAM-48 on August 12. Following is the announced issue parameters: --------------------------------------------------------------- Type of the securities МЕОКАМ-48 KASE trade code MОM048.022 Par value, KZT 1,000.00 Day of auction 12.08.02 Payment day 13.08.02 Circulation start date 14.08.02 Maturity date 12.08.06 / 14.08.06 Circulation term 1460 days Coupon payments dates (structure/actual) 1 11.02.03 / 11.02.03 2 13.08.03 / 13.08.03 3 11.02.04 / 11.02.04 4 12.08.04 / 12.08.04 5 10.02.05 / 10.02.05 6 12.08.05 / 12.08.05 Authorized issue volume, KZT m 1,200.0 --------------------------------------------------------------- Limitation for noncompetitive applications is 30%. Coupon bonds are calculated under actual/365 base. Volume of GS settlement and serving of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan for the next week (August 12 - 18) is estimated by IRBIS at KZT498.3m. Total volume of domestic GS settlement and serving for the period from August 12 - 18 is estimated by IRBIS at KZT5,652.2m. [2002-08-09]