The Treasury has announced the issue of €150,000,000 Malta Government Stocks subject to an over-allotment option of an additional sum of €150,000,000 as follows:

Fixed Rate Malta Government Stocks:
(i) 4.25% Malta Government Stock 2017(III) Fungibility Issue, and
(ii) 4.3% Malta Government Stock 2022 (II), and
(iii) 5.2% Malta Government Stock 2031 (I) Fungibility Issue, or
(iv) any combination of the above three Stocks which shall in the aggregate be Euro
150,000,000.

Applications open on Wednesday 1st February, 2012 at 8.30 a.m. and close on the time and dates shown below, or earlier at the discretion of the Accountant General:

- at 5.00 p.m. on Friday 3rd February, 2012 for applications by any single and/or joint applications which in the aggregate do not exceed Euro100,000 per person, and at 12.00 (noon) on Tuesday 7th February, 2012 for applications in the form of sealed bids (auction).

The price for each Stock at (i), (ii) and (iii) above, offered for subscription by members of the public shall be established on Friday 27th January, 2012. Such price shall be announced to the Malta Stock Exchange and published in the daily local newspapers and through a Press Release by the Department of Information (DOI).

The allotment results of each stock to applicants whose applications are in the form of sealed bids (auction) will be determined and announced within two hours immediately after the closing time of applications by auction.

Application forms may be obtained from and lodged at, all members of the Malta Stock Exchange and other authorised Investment Service Providers. Application forms may be downloaded also from the Treasury’s website with effect from Saturday 28th January, 2012.

More information on these stocks can be found in the prospectus which can be downloaded from the Treasury’s website at (www.treasury.gov.mt) as from today.