Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan intends to offer MEOKAM-72 on August 18

/IRBIS, Yelena Korpusenko, August 13, 04/ - On August 18 of 2004 Ministry of Finance plans to float auction on the next week on floatation of МЕOКАМ-72. Following is the announced issue parameters: --------------------------------------------------------- Type of the securities МЕОКАМ-72 KASE trade code MОM072_0008 Par value, KZT 1,000.00 Date of auction Aug 18, 04 Payment date Aug 19, 04 Circulation start date Aug 20, 04 Maturity date (planned / actual) Aug 18, 10 / Aug 18, 10 Circulation term 2190 days Coupons (planned / actual) 1 17.02.05 / 17.02.05 2 19.08.05 / 19.08.05 3 17.02.06 / 17.02.06 4 19.08.06 / 21.08.06 5 17.02.07 / 19.02.07 6 19.08.07 / 20.08.07 7 17.02.08 / 18.02.08 8 18.08.08 / 18.08.08 9 16.02.09 / 16.02.09 10 18.08.09 / 18.08.09 11 16.02.10 / 16.02.10 12 18.08.10 / 18.08.10 Authorized issue volume, KZT m 5,000.0 --------------------------------------------------------- Limitation for noncompetitive bids is 30%. Settlement basis is actual/365 base. [2004-08-13]