Announcement on the results of government debt securities primary placement auctions


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| ISIN code of the security               |  LV00005 32323  |  LV00005 41050   |
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| Date of competitive multi-price auction |   18.02.2009    |    18.02.2009    |
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| Settlement date                         |   20.02.2009    |    20.02.2009    |
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| Maturity date                           |   21.08.2009    |    19.02.2010    |
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| Supply value for competitive            |   16 000 000    |    32 000 000    |
| multi-price auction (LVL)               |                 |                  |
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| Total value bid at competitive          |   12 390 000    |    1 450 000     |
| multi-price auction (LVL)               |                 |                  |
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| Total value placed via competitive      |   12 050 000    |    1 450 000     |
| multi-price auction (LVL)               |                 |                  |
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| Number of participants at competitive   |        6        |        2         |
| multi-price auction                     |                 |                  |
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| Top admissible yield as specified by    |      7.00       |       7.12       |
| State Treasury (%)                      |                 |                  |
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| Average volume-weighted and top bid     |   7.000 % and   |   7.120 % and    |
| yield in executed bids (%)              |     7.000 %     |     7.120 %      |
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