Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan intends to offer MEOKAM-48 on August 19

/IRBIS, August 16, 02/ - The Ministry of Finance plans to float MEOKAM-48 on August 19. Following is the announced issue parameters: ------------------------------------------------------- Type of the securities МЕОКАМ-48 KASE trade code MОM048.023 Par value, KZT 1,000.00 Day of auction Aug 19, 02 Payment day Aug 20, 02 Circulation start date Aug 21, 02 Maturity date (planned / actual) Aug 19, 06/Aug 21, 06 Circulation term 1460 days Coupon payments dates 1 Feb 18, 03/Feb 18, 03 2 Aug 20, 03/Aug 20,03 3 Feb 18, 04/Feb 18, 04 4 Aug 19, 04/Aug 19, 04 5 Feb 17, 05/Feb 17, 05 6 Aug 19, 05/Aug 19, 05 7 Feb 17, 06/Feb 17, 06 8 Aug 19, 06/Aug 21, 06 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 19 - 25) is evaluated by IRBIS at KZT175.6m. Total volume of domestic GS settlement and serving for the period from August 19 - 25 is estimated by IRBIS at KZT3,170.6m. [2002-08-16]