PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  March 18, 2005

State Treasurer Sarah Steelman’s

Weekly Office Performance Report

            JEFFERSON CITY—Below is a weekly accounting of the activities and performance of the three divisions of the Missouri Treasurer’s Office.

Investment Division (03/17/05 through 03/23/05)

            Interest Earnings:                  $       1,420,243.71

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:  $ 2,848,611,414.00

            Avg. Yield:    2.60 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (03/17/05 through 03/23/05)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $ 838,255.72

            Number of Accounts Returned:       1751

Banking Division (03/17/05 through 03/23/05)

            State Receipts:            $ 556,790,144.60

            State Disbursements:   $ 683,956,036.60     Note: On March 17, the state received federal money to fund Medicaid Payments. On March 21, the state made a

                                                                                                          distribution to the schools and payments to Medicaid providers.

            Electronic Transfers:       38,367

            Checks Issued:            109,119

            Checks Cleared:          122,012

Contact: Mark Hughes, director of policy and communications (573) 751-7595

mark.hughes@treasurer.mo.gov.

An electronic version of this release is available at: http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/newsandevents.asp