Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan intends to offer MEOKAM-48 on September 16

/IRBIS, September 13, 02/ - The Ministry of Finance plans to float MEOKAM- 48 on September 9. Following is the announced issue parameters: ------------------------------------------------------------- Type of the securities МЕОКАМ-48 KASE trade code MОM048.025 Par value, KZT 1,000.00 Day of auction Sep 16, 02 Payment day Sep 17, 02 Circulation start date Sep 18, 02 Maturity date (planned / actual) 16.09.06 / 18.09.06 Circulation term 1460 days Coupon payments dates 1 March 18, 03 / March 18, 03 2 Sep 17, 03 / Sep 17, 03 3 March 17, 04 / March 17, 04 4 Sep 16, 04 / Sep 16, 04 5 March 18, 05 / March 18, 05 6 Sep 16, 05 / Sep 16, 05 7 March 17, 06 / March 17, 06 8 Sep 16, 06 / Sep 18, 06 Authorized issue volume, KZT m 800.0 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (September 16 - 22) is evaluated by IRBIS at KZT132.8m. Total volume of domestic GS settlement and serving for the period of September 16 - 22 is estimated by IRBIS at KZT3,810.3m. [2002-09-13]