During the auction of EUR 1,000 mln of 13W T-Bills conducted today, the total bids reached EUR 1,730 mln and the amount finally accepted was EUR 1,300 mln.

On top of that, Primary Dealers can additionally submit non-competitive bids up to 30% of the amount initially auctioned until December 20, 2012 (12 p.m local time)

Settlement date is December 21, 2012.  The results of the auction are as follows:

  

                                                                           AUCTION   RESULTS

A U C T I O N

Today

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13W T – BILLS

December 18, 2012 (amounts in mln euro)

November 13, 2012 (amounts in mln euro)

1.- Amount Auctioned

1,000

1,000

2.- Total amount offered

1,730

1,660

3.- Coverage ratio

1.73

1.66

4.- Amount Accepted

1,300

1,300

5.- Uniform yield

4.11%

4.20%

6.- Cut-off  price

98.972

98.949

7.- Cut – off ratio

100%

100%