Primary placement auctions of Latvian Government debt securities


In order to place Latvian Government Treasury short and medium term debt        
securities competitive multi-price auctions will be run on NASDAQ OMX Riga on   
February 24, 2010.                                                              
Non-competitive fixed rate auctions will be run on NASDAQ OMX Riga on February  
25, 2010; the fixed rate set by State Treasury will be published on NASDAQ OMX  
Riga webpage after the competitive auctions.                                    

Latvian Government short term debt securities:                                  
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| ISIN       | Order book   | Orderboo | Maturity | Competiti | Non-competitiv |
|            |              | k id.    | date     | ve        | e auction      |
|            |              |          |          | auction   | Total value to |
|            |              |          |          | Total     | be placed      |
|            |              |          |          | value to  | (LVL)          |
|            |              |          |          | be placed |                |
|            |              |          |          | (LVL)     |                |
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|  LV00005   | LVGA000010I2 | 73084    | 27.08.20 | 8 000 000 | 2 000 000      |
|   32679    |              |          |   10.    |           |                |
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|  LV00005   | LVGA000011H  | 73085    | 25.02.20 | 8 000 000 | 2 000 000      |
|   41357    |              |          |   11.    |           |                |
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Latvian Government medium term debt securities:                                 
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| ISIN    | Order     | Orderb | Maturi | Fixed    | Competitiv | Non-competit |
|         | book      | ook    | ty     | income   | e auction  | ive auction  |
|         |           | id.    | date   | coupon   |   Total    | Total value  |
|         |           |        |        | dates    |  value to  | to be placed |
|         |           |        |        |          | be placed  |    (LVL)     |
|         |           |        |        |          |   (LVL)    |              |
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| LV00005 | LVGAUNKN1 | 73086  | 26.02. | 26.02.20 | 8 000 000  | 2 000 000    |
|  50093  | 2A        |        | 2012.  |    11    |            |              |
|         |           |        |        | 26.02.20 |            |              |
|         |           |        |        |    12    |            |              |
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The settlement date for both (competitive and non-competitive) auctions is on   
February 26, 2010.                                                              
The nominal value of one security is LVL 100.                                   

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