OREANDA-NEWS. August 29, 2012. Please be advised that on August 22, 2012 Moscow Exchange will hold an auction to place Russian Federation government bonds (OFZ), issue No 26208RMFS, for a total volume of RUB15 billion.

Parameters of the issue No 26208RMFS are as follows:

state registration number - 26208RMFS;

issue volume - RUB150,000 million;

issue form – documentary, subject to mandatory centralized custody;

par value of one bond - RUB1,000;

commencement date of the placement: March 07, 2012;

completion date of the placement: December 21, 2012;

volume of non-competitive bids: no more than 25% of the total volume of bids submitted by the dealer;

term to maturity: 2,380 days;

coupon payment days: September 5, 2012; March 6, 2013; September 4, 2013; March 5, 2014; September 3, 2014; March 04, 2015, September 2, 2015, March 02, 2016, August 31, 2016, March 01, 2017; August 30, 2017, February 28, 2018, August 29, 2018, February 27, 2019;

term to first coupon payment: 14 days;

coupon rate: 7.50% per annum;

coupon income: for the first-fourteenth coupons – 37 (thirty seven) rubles 40 kopecks each;

accumulated income from the beginning of the coupon period: 34 rubles 52 kopecks;

maturity date: February 27, 2019.

Prospective holders of the bonds that will be offered at the auction: residents and non-residents.

The auction's settlement code determined in accordance with an instruction of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation is S0.

Constant coupon Russian Federation government bonds will be sold/purchased via officially registered dealers of the Moscow Exchange Government Securities Market.

The Bank of Russia has established the following auction schedule:

11.00-11.30 – submission of bids for the bonds

12.30 – announcement of the cut-off price for the bonds