PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  April 1, 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 (03/24/05 through 03/30/05)

            Interest Earnings:                  $       1,319,654.84

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:  $ 2,610,897,605.00

            Avg. Yield:    2.636 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (03/24/05 through 03/30/05)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $ 651,316.60

            Number of Accounts Returned:       1,316

Banking Division (03/24/05 through 03/30/05)

            State Receipts:            $ 200,479,142.10

            State Disbursements:   $ 113,864,820.42

            Electronic Transfers:       26,861

            Checks Issued:            95,995

            Checks Cleared:          107,584

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