Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan intends to offer MEOKAM-120 on February 23

/IRBIS, Yelena Korpusenko, February 20, 04/ - The Ministry of Finance plans to hold auction on February 23 for floatation of МЕOКАМ-120. Following is the announced issue parameters: --------------------------------------------------------- Type of the securities МЕОКАМ-120 KASE trade code MОM120_0004 Par value, KZT 1,000.00 Date of auction Feb 23, 04 Payment day Feb 24, 04 Circulation start date Feb 25, 04 Maturity date (planned / actual) Feb 21, 14 / Feb 21, 14 Circulation term 3650 days Coupons (planned / actual) 1 Aug 24, 04 / Aug 24, 04 2 Feb 23, 05 / Feb 23, 05 3 Aug 24, 05 / Aug 24, 05 4 Feb 23, 06 / Feb 23, 06 5 Aug 24, 06 / Aug 24, 06 6 Feb 23, 07 / Feb 23, 07 7 Aug 24, 07 / Aug 24, 07 8 Feb 23, 08 / Feb 25, 08 9 Aug 23, 08 / Aug 25, 08 10 Feb 22, 09 / Feb 23, 09 11 Aug 23, 09 / Aug 24, 09 12 Feb 22, 10 / Feb 22, 10 13 Aug 23, 10 / Aug 23, 10 14 Feb 22, 11 / Feb 22, 11 15 Aug 23, 11 / Aug 23, 11 16 Feb 22, 12 / Feb 22, 12 17 Aug 22, 12 / Aug 22, 12 18 Feb 21, 13 / Feb 21, 13 19 Aug 22, 13 / Aug 22, 13 20 Feb 21, 14 / Feb 21, 14 Authorized issue volume. KZT m 3,000.0 --------------------------------------------------------- Limitation for noncompetitive applications is 30%. Settlement basis is actual/365. [2004-02-20]