Primary placement auctions of Latvian Government debt securities


In order to place Latvian Government Treasury short term debt securities        
competitive multi-price auctions will be run on NASDAQ OMX Riga on November 3,  
2010.                                                                           
Non-competitive fixed rate auctions will be run on NASDAQ OMX Riga on November  
4, 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   | LVGA000011W  | 75116    | 06.05.20 | 8 000 000 |   2 000 000    |
|   32794    |              |          |   11.    |           |                |
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The settlement date for both (competitive and non-competitive) auctions is on   
November 5, 2010.                                                               
The nominal value of one security is LVL 100.                                   

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