Auction for placement of Russian Federation government bonds No 26208RМFS announced

In accordance with the resolution of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, an auction for placement of constant coupon Federal bonds, issue No 26208RМFS, for a total of RUB10 billion will be run on April 18, 2012 in OJSC MICEX-RTS.      

Parameters of the issue No 26208RМFS:

• State registration number: 26208RМFS;
• Issue volume: RUB150,000 million;
• Category: documentary, subject to mandatory centralized  custody;
• Par value of a bond in the issue: RUB1,000;
• Date of placement commencement: March 7, 2012;
• Date of placement completion: December 21, 2012;
• Share of non-competitive bids: no more than 25% from a total bid volume submitted by a dealer;
• Days to redemption: 2506;
• Coupon is paid on: September 5, 2012, March 6, 2013; September 4, 2013, March 5, 2014; September 3, 2014; March 4, 2015; September 2, 2015; March 2, 2016; August 31, 2016; March 1, 2017; August 30, 2017, February 28, 2018, August 29, 2018, February 27, 2019;
• Days to the first payment of coupon: 140;
• Coupon rate: 7.50% per annum;
• Coupon payments: the 1st-14th coupon payments – 37 (thirty seven) rubles 40 kopecks each;
• Accrued income from the beginning of the coupon period : 8 rubles 63 kopecks;
• Maturity date: February 27, 2019.

Potential holders of the indicated securities are determined as residents and non-residents.

Auction's settlement code is S0.

Procedure for running the auction:

• 11:00 - 11:30 – submitting bids;
• 12:30 - announcement of the cut-off price.

For further information, please contact the Public Relations Department at (495) 363-3232.