During the auction of EUR 625 mln of 26W T-Bills conducted today, the total bids reached EUR 1,288 mln and the amount finally accepted was EUR 812.5 mln.

On top of that, Primary Dealers can additionally submit non-competitive bids up to 30% of the amount initially auctioned until August 9, 2012 (12 p.m local time).

Settlement date is August 10, 2012.  The results of the auction are as follows:

AUCTION   RESULTS

A U C T I O N

Today

Previous

26W T – BILLS

August 7, 2012

 (amounts in mln euro)

July 10, 2012

 (amounts in mln euro)

1.-Amount Auctioned

625

1,250

2.-Total amount offered

1,288

2,697

3.-Coverage ratio

2.06

2.16

4.-Amount Accepted

812.5

1,625

5.- Uniform yield

4.68%

4.70%

6.- Cut-off  price

97.688

97.679

7.- Cut – off ratio

100.00%

100.00%