Financial  and  Capital Market Commission (FCMC), pursuant to Item 1.10

of  FCMC "Regulations on buyout of shares", hereby advises that a share

buyout   offer   was   received   on  10.11.2003  from  Rurgas  Energie

Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft  (registered  at Essen Court Commercial

Register, #HRB 10974) offering to buy out JSC "Latvijas Gāze" shares at

LVL    5.50    per    share.   The   offer   is   on   Rurgas   Energie

Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft own behalf, as well as on behalf of   E

.ON  Energie  AG  (registered at Munich Court Commercial Register, #HRB

132000).



Shareholders  may  respond to the offer within four weeks starting from

the  next  business day after the advertisement on the share buyout has

been published in the newspaper "Latvijas Vēstnesis".



Share  buyout  comes into effect only after it has been approved by the

Financial and Capital Market Commission.