Egypt to offer bonds worth 5 bln EGP

CAIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Egypt's Ministry of Finance will

offer 5 billion Egyptian pounds ($822.856 million) in

three-year, five-year and ten-year bonds at an auction on Aug.

13, the central bank said on Monday.

It will offer 2 billion pounds in reopened three-year bonds

maturing on July 3, 2015 with a coupon of 16.15 percent, 2

billion pounds in five-year bonds maturing on Aug. 14, 2017 and

1 billion pounds in reopened ten-year bonds maturing on April 3,

2022 with a coupon 17 percent, the bank said.

Settlement for the bonds, which the central bank is selling

on behalf of the ministry, is on Aug. 14.

($1 = 6.0764 Egyptian pounds)

(Reporting by Mohamed Samir)