In order to place Latvian Government Treasury short term debt securities competitive multi-price auctions will be run on NASDAQ OMX Riga on May 19, 2010. Non-competitive fixed rate auctions will be run on NASDAQ OMX Riga on May 20, 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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) | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | LV00005 | LVGA000010P2 | 73971 | 17.11.20 | 4 000 000 | 1 000 000 | | 32745 | | | 10. | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | LV00005 | LVGA000011P | 73972 | 20.05.20 | 8 000 000 | 2 000 000 | | 41431 | | | 11. | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The settlement date for both (competitive and non-competitive) auctions is on May 21, 2010. The nominal value of one security is LVL 100. NASDAQ OMX Riga Market services +371 67 212 431