Finance Ministry of Kazakhstan floated MEKKAM-12 of the 83rd issue for amount of KZT16.0 bn at 2.94 - 3.50% APR

30.03.05 11:08
/KASE, March 30, 05/ - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) informs that on March 30, 2005 in trade system of KASE specialized trades on floatation of government short-term treasury bonds of the Finance Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MEKKAM) of 83rd issue were held. Following is the main parameters of the floatation (discount bonds, Almaty time). ISSUE TERMS: ------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Type of security: MEKKAM-12 National identification number: KZK1KM120836 Number of the issue: 83 KASE trade code: MKM012_0083 Face value, KZT: 100.00 Временная база: actual/actual Flotation start date: Mar 30, 2005 Circulation start day: Mar 30, 2005 Circulation end day: Mar 29, 2006 Maturity: Mar 30, 2006 Term of circulation: 1 year (365 days) ------------------------------------------- ---------------------- TERMS OF ISSUE: ------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Announced volume, KZT m: 16,000.0 Trades object: price Bids submission method: closed Time for bids submission: 09:00 - 11:00 Time for bids confirmation: 09:00 - 11:30 (Т+0) Time for cut-off: until 15:00 (Т+0) Method of bids satisfaction: at submitted price Share of market bids satisfaction, %: 10 Payment date: Mar 30, 05 Payment time: until 15:00 (Т+0) ------------------------------------------- ---------------------- DEMAND PARAMETERS: ------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Number of participants - prime dealers: 22 Number of bids submitted (total / active*): 91 / 83 including limited: 72 / 66 Including market: 19 / 17 Volume of active bids, KZT m / securities: 26,473.7 / 270,480,000 including limited: 17,343.7 / 179,180,000 Including market: 9,130.0 / 91,300,000 Bid to ask, %: 165.5 incl. limited to limit, %: 120.4 incl. market to limit, %: 570.6 Price in limited bids, KZT (all/ active): minimal: 94.5000 / 94.5000 maximum: 97.1440 / 97.1440 weighted-average: 96.7738 / 96.7947 Yield to maturity on lim. bids, % APR. (all / active): minimal: 2.94 / 2.94 maximum: 5.82 / 5.82 weighted-average: 3.33 / 3.31 ------------------------------------------- ---------------------- * active bids- bids not annulled by trades participants by the moment when deadline for bids acceptance has passed, including those, confirmed by the participants of the System of confirmation FLOATATION RESULTS ------------------------------------------------------- Volume of satisfied bids, KZT: 15,999,999,938.23 Voluem of satisfied bids, bonds: 165,060,928 Price in satisfied bids, KZT: minimal (cut off): 96.6184 maximal: 97.1440 weighted-average: 96.9339 Yield-to-maturity, % APR: minimal: 2.94 maximal: 3.50 weighted-average: 3.16 ------------------------------------------------------- In total volume of active bids 38.6 percent fall at stake of pension market entities, 60.2% - Kazakhstan banks, its clients - 1.14%, broker-dealer companies - 0.04%. By results of bids satisfaction 41.05% ob bonds in face value expression must be purchased by pension market participants, 57.81% - Kazakhstan banks, 1.06% - its clients, 0.08 - broker-dealer companies. MEKKAMs are issued in compliance with Rules of issue, floatation, servicing and maturity of state treasury obligations of the Republic of Kazakhstan (http://www.kase.kz/mix/newgko.pdf), approved by the Resolution of the Government of Kazakhstan dated September 8, 2004 #941, and were placed in accordance with Rules of floatation of government treasury bonds of the Republic of Kazakhstan (http://www.kase.kz/geninfo/normbase/mekam_placement.pdf) approved by the decision of the Exchange Council of KASE dated December 29, 2004. MEKKAM sold by Ministry of Finance are automatically admitted to circulation at secondary market of KASE under trade code mentioned in the table. [2005-03-30]