SPECIALIZED TRADES ON PRIMARY FLOATATION OF EAST- KAZAKHSTAN OBLAST BONDS OF THE THIRD ISSUE WILL BE HELD AT KASE ON AUGUST 15

12.08.02 00:00
/KASE, August 12, 02/ - Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) informs that on August 15, 2002 the specialized trades on primary floatation of East Kazakhstan oblast bonds of the third issue will be held in the trade system of KASE. Issuer of securities is the local executive body (akimat) of East Kazakhstan oblast. Financial consultant of the issuer - TuranAlem Securities LLP (Almaty). Legal advisor of the issues and the issuer - White&Case LLP (Almaty). Financial agent of the issuer - Kazakhstan stock exchange CJSC (Almaty). Register maintenance on bonds is carried out by Central depositary of securities CJSC (Almaty). Market-maker status of bonds at KASE was given to TuranAlem Securities LLP. On the date of bonds floatation the issuer and its securities have no credit ratings of the world rating agencies. Bonds have been admitted to circulation at the Exchange by the decision of KASE Board dated July 22, 2002 on the grounds of the Stock exchange Council decision dated July 19, 2002. Following are issue parameters, announced by the issuer and its financial consultants, and also main floatation parameters. As dates of bonds circulation starting, coupon payments and redemption were attached by issue terms to the date of primary floatation conducting, parameters announced at public offering on August 07 have been annulled by the issuer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type of securities Inscribed coupon bond, indexed to fluctuations of KZT rate to USD Issue ordinal number 3 NSIN KZF2KY070035 KASE trade code VKU084.003 Issue currency Kazakhstan tenge Servicing currency Kazakhstan tenge Type of indexation Par value at tenge rate of exchange to US dollar of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Par value KZT15,410 - $100 at the rate of the National Bank of Kazakhstan on the date of primary floatation Circulation start date August 17, 02 Maturity date (planned/actual) August 14, 09 Days in circulation 2,555 (7 years) Type of coupon Semiannual Coupon rate is a subject of trade Coupon payments dates (planned/actual) 1 Feb 14, 03 / Feb 14, 03 2 Aug 16, 03 / Aug 18, 03 3 Feb 14, 04 / Feb 16, 04 4 Aug 15, 04 / Aug 16, 04 5 Feb 13, 05 / Feb 14, 05 6 Aug 15, 05 / Aug 15, 05 7 Feb 13, 06 / Feb 13, 06 8 Aug 15, 06 / Aug 15, 06 9 Feb 13, 07 / Feb 13, 07 10 Aug 15, 07 / Aug 15, 07 11 Feb 13, 08 / Feb 13, 08 12 Aug 14, 08 / Aug 14, 08 13 Feb 12, 09 / Feb 12, 09 14 Aug 14, 09 / Aug 14, 09 Register fixation term (coupon, repayment) 3 working days Authorized issue volume, KZT 2,000,000,000.00 Calculation basis actual/365 ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- Date of specialized trades conducting August 15, 02 Time for applications presenting 9:00 - 13:00 AM ALT Payment date (till 4:00 PM ALT) August 16, 02 Offering volume, KZT 310,000,000.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indexed par value is calculated as a product of face value, mentioned in the table (in KZT) and devaluation/revaluation temp coefficient (Kd), which, in its turn, is calculated as a ratio of dollar official rate, determined by the National Bank of Kazakhstan in tenge (Xt) on the current date to a similar rate (Xo) on the date of circulation start (Kd=Xt/Xo, Хо=154,05). Interest accrual on bonds begins from the day next to the date of money transfer by financial agent and is made during the whole circulation period, including maturity day. The issuer has a right to execute the prescheduled bonds redemption with payment of interest for the time of actual presence in circulation in the next period of the interest accrual. The bonds are offered by an auction at par value. The subject of the trade is coupon rate, which enters KASE trade system as a price in percentage to par value in the annual expression. Number of bonds is stated in their par value and must be divisible to KZT15,410. Satisfaction of applications on bonds acquisition is carried out by results of specialized trades after making a procedure of cutting with one-hundredth step of rate figure. Those applications are cut, whose yield exceeds the rate, chosen by the issuer as a cut-off rate. All applications submitted at the rate equal or less than cut-off rate will be satisfied at one yield, which is equal to cut-off rate. The issuer may satisfy all or a part of applications, whose rates are equal to cut-off rate. In this case the applications are satisfied in the submitted order. Only limited (competitive) applications are allowed to participate during the specialized trades. Applications can be submitted only by KASE members of "K": category (the right to participate in trades in government securities, admitted to circulation at KASE). Investors can present applications through broker dealer companies, which are KASE members of this category. A complete list of "K" category KASE members is shown in the Exchange site in Internet (http://www.kase.kz/kasemembers/). Municipal promissory notes can be purchased by pension assets management companies (PAMC) at the expense of pension funds accounts only with presence of corresponding permission of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, which is given for each issue. By the moment KASE has no appropriate document regarding East Kazakhstan oblast's bonds of the second and the third issues. The decision of the National Bank of Kazakhstan regarding it will be announced later. Planned floatation is the third attempt of the oblast to sell its seven-year bonds. The first floatation was held in the trade system of KASE on July 24 of the current year. Bid exceeded offer more than twice, however the issuer refused to float due to unacceptable price terms, stated by participants and their clients. The second try was made on August 07. Demand exceeded offer by KZT410.8 th. The issuer saw no possibility to close the deal even at the minimum rate of 9.00% APR and refused to float at suggested price parameters. 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