Announcement on the results of government debt securities primary placement auction


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| ISIN code of the    |   LV00005   |   LV00005   |   LV00005   |   LV00005    |
| security:           |    13208    |    23140    |    32380    |    41118     |
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| Date of competitive | 19.05.2009  | 19.05.2009  | 19.05.2009  |  19.05.2009  |
| multi-price         |             |             |             |              |
| auction:            |             |             |             |              |
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| Date of             | 20.05.2009  | 20.05.2009  | 20.05.2009  |  20.05.2009  |
| tap issues:         |             |             |             |              |
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| Settlement date:    | 22.05.2009  | 22.05.2009  | 22.05.2009  |  22.05.2009  |
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| Maturity date:      | 19.06.2009  | 21.08.2009  | 20.11.2009  |  21.05.2010  |
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| Supply value for    | 20 000 000  | 10 000 000  | 10 000 000  |  10 000 000  |
| competitive         |             |             |             |              |
| multi-price auction |             |             |             |              |
| (LVL):              |             |             |             |              |
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| Total value bid at  | 11 200 000  |  6 100 000  | 10 000 000  |  17 770 000  |
| competitive         |             |             |             |              |
| multi-price auction |             |             |             |              |
| (LVL):              |             |             |             |              |
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| Total value placed  | 10 000 000  |  2 100 000  |  3 000 000  |  8 070 000   |
| via competitive     |             |             |             |              |
| multi-price auction |             |             |             |              |
| (LVL):              |             |             |             |              |
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| Number of           |      2      |      3      |      1      |      3       |
| participants at     |             |             |             |              |
| competitive         |             |             |             |              |
| multi-price         |             |             |             |              |
| auction:            |             |             |             |              |
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| Average             |    10.00    |    11.75    |    12.25    |    12.50     |
| volume-weighted and |             |             |             |              |
| top bid yield in    |             |             |             |              |
| executed bids (%):  |             |             |             |              |
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| Top admissible      | 9.800 % and |  11.598 %   |  12.100 %   | 12.364 % and |
| yield as specified  |   9.900 %   | and 11.700  | and 12.200  |   12.500 %   |
| by State Treasury:  |             |      %      |      %      |              |
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| Supply value for    | 20 000 000  | 10 000 000  | 10 000 000  |  10 000 000  |
| tap issues (LVL):   |             |             |             |              |
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| Total value bid at  |  4 200 000  |  4 600 000  |  7 880 000  |  10 000 000  |
| tap issues (LVL):   |             |             |             |              |
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| Total value placed  |  4 200 000  |  4 600 000  |  7 880 000  |  10 000 000  |
| via tap issues      |             |             |             |              |
| (LVL):              |             |             |             |              |
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| Number of           |      2      |      2      |      5      |      2       |
| participants at tap |             |             |             |              |
| issues:             |             |             |             |              |
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