Announcement on the results of government debt securities primary placement auctions


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| ISIN code of the security               |  LV00005 32331  |  LV00005 41068   |
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| Date of competitive multi-price auction |   18.03.2009    |    18.03.2009    |
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| Settlement date                         |   20.03.2009    |    20.03.2009    |
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| Maturity date                           |   18.09.2009    |    19.03.2010    |
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| Supply value for competitive            |    5 000 000    |    15 000 000    |
| multi-price auction (LVL)               |                 |                  |
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| Total value bid at competitive          |    7 400 000    |    6 000 000     |
| multi-price auction (LVL)               |                 |                  |
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| Total value placed via competitive      |    5 000 000    |    4 000 000     |
| multi-price auction (LVL)               |                 |                  |
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| Number of participants at competitive   |        4        |        2         |
| multi-price auction                     |                 |                  |
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| Top admissible yield as specified by    |      8.10       |       8.30       |
| State Treasury (%)                      |                 |                  |
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| Average volume-weighted and top bid     |   8.090 % and   |   8.275 % and    |
| yield in executed bids (%)              |     8.100 %     |     8.300 %      |
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