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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK O F N E W YO R K Fiscal Agent of the United States r L Circular No. 5188 1 M ay 9, 1962 J OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS $1,200,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated February 15,1962, Due August 16,1962 (To Be Issued May 17,1962) $600,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated May 17,1962, Due November 15,1962 To All Incorporated, Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District: Following is the text of a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released for publication today at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time: T h e T reasu ry D epartm ent, b y this public notice, invites tenders for two series o f Treasury bills to the aggregate amount of $1,800,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for T reasu ry bills m aturing M a y 17, 1962, in the am ount of $1,800,406,000, as follow s: 91-day bills (to m aturity date) to be issued M a y 17, 1962, in the am ount of $1,200,000,000, or thereabouts, repre senting an additional am ount of bills dated February 15, 1962, and to mature A u g u st 16, 1962, originally issued in the am ount of $600,423,000, the additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable. 182-day bills, for $600,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated M a y 17, 1962, and to mature N o v e m b e r 15, 1962. T h e bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis under com petitive and noncom petitive bidding as hereinafter provided, and at maturity their face amount will be payable w ithout interest. T h e y will be issued in bearer form only, and in denominations o f $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000, $100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 (maturity value). T en ders will be received at Federal R eserve B anks and Branches up to the closing hour, one-thirty p.m ., Eastern D a y light S aving tim e, M on d ay , M a y 14, 1962. T enders will not be received at the T reasury D epartm ent, W a sh in g to n . E ach tender m ust be for an even m ultiple of $1,000, and in the case of competitive tenders the price offered must be expressed on the basis of 100, w ith not m ore than three decim als, e.g., 99.925. Fractions m ay not be used. It is urged that tenders be m ade on the printed form s and forw arded in the special envelopes w hich will be supplied by Federal R eserve Banks or Branches on application therefor. B anking institutions generally m ay subm it tenders for ac count of custom ers, provided the nam es of the custom ers are set forth in such tenders. O thers than banking institutions will not be permitted to submit tenders except for their own account. T en ders will be received w ithout deposit from incorporated banks and trust companies and from responsible and recognized dealers in investm ent securities. T en ders from others m ust be accom panied by paym ent of 2 percent of the face am ount of T reasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accom panied b y an express guaranty of paym ent b y an incorporated bank or trust com pany. Im m ediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened at the Federal R eserve Banks and Branches, follow ing which public announcement will be made by the Treasury Department of the am ount and price range of accepted bids. T h o se sub m itting tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection thereof. T h e Secretary of the T reasury exp ressly reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in part, and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject to these reservations, noncom petitive tenders for $200,000 or less fo r the additional bills dated February 15, 1962 (91 days re maining until maturity date on August 16, 1962) and noncompeti tive tenders for $100,000 or less for the 182-day bills without stated price from any one bidder will be accepted in full at the average price (in three decim als) of accepted com petitive bids for the respective issues. Settlement for accepted tenders in accordance with the bids m ust be m ade or com pleted at the Federal Reserve Bank on M a y 17, 1962, in cash or other im m ediately available funds or in a like face am ount o f T re asu ry bills m aturing M a y 17, 1962. Cash and exchange tenders w ill re ceive equal treatm ent. Cash adjustm ents will be m ade for differences betw een the par value of m aturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price o f the new bills. The income derived from Treasury bills, whether interest or gain from the sale or other disposition of the bills, does not have any exem ption, as such, and loss from the sale or other disposition o f T reasury bills does not have any special treat m ent, as such, under the Internal Revenue C ode of 1954. T h e bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise taxes, w hether Federal or State, but are exem pt from all taxa tion now or hereafter im posed on the principal or interest thereof by any State, or any o f the possessions o f the United States, or by any local taxing authority. F or purposes of taxa tion the am ount of discount at which T reasu ry bills are originally sold by the U nited States is considered to be interest. U nd er Sections 4 5 4 (b ) and 1 22 1 (5 ) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the am ount of discount at w hich bills issued hereunder are sold is not considered to accrue until such bills are sold, redeem ed or otherw ise disposed of, and such bills are excluded from consideration as capital assets. A cco rd in gly , the ow ner o f T reasury bills (other than life insurance co m panies) issued hereunder need include in his incom e tax return only the difference betw een the price paid for such bills, w hether on original issue or on subsequent purchase, and the am ount actually received either upon sale or redem ption at m aturity during the taxable y ta r for w hich the return is made, as ordinary gain or loss. T reasury D epartm ent Circular N o . 418 (current revision) and this notice prescribe the term s of the T reasury bills and go vern the conditions of their issue. Copies o f the circular m ay be obtained from any Federal R eserve B ank or Branch. This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time, Monday, May 14, 1962, at the Securities Department o f its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tender forms for the respective series are enclosed. Please use the appropriate forms to submit tenders and return them in an envelope marked “ Tender for Treasury Bills.” Tenders may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; they may not be submitted by telephone. Payment for the Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the Treasury Tax and Loan Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately available funds or in maturing Treasury bills. Results of the last offering of Treasury bills (91-day bills to be issued May 10, 1962, representing an additional amount o f bills dated February 8, 1962, and maturing August 9, 1962; and 182-day bills dated May 10, 1962, maturing November 8, 1962) are shown on the reverse side of this circular. A lfred H ay es, President. ( over) RESULTS OF LAST OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TW O SERIES TO BE ISSUED M AY 10, 1962) Range of Accepted Competitive Bids 91-Day Treasury B ills Maturing August 9,1962 Price High ........................ ........ L o w .......................... ........ Average .................. ........ 182-Day Treasury Bills Maturing November 8,1962 Approx. equiv. annual rate Price 2.698% 2.722% 2.720%' 98.585 98.572 98.576 99.318 99.312 99.313 Approx. equiv. annual rate 2.799% 2.825% 2.816%1 1 On a coupon issue o f the same length and for the same amount invested, the return on these bills would provide yields o f 2.78 percent for the 91-day bills, and 2.90 percent for the 182-day bills. Interest rates on bills are quoted in terms o f bank discount, with the return related to the face amount of the bills payable at maturity rather than the amount invested, and their length in actual number o f days related to a 360-day year. In contrast, yields on certificates, notes, and bonds are computed in terms o f interest on the amount invested, and relate the number of days remaining in an interest payment period to the actual number o f days in the period, with semiannual compounding if more than one coupon period is involved. (89 percent o f the amount o f 91-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) (2 percent of the amount of 182-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts) 91-Day Treasury B ills Maturing August 9,1962 Applied for District Boston .......................... ......... $ 23,956,000 182-Day Treasury Bills Maturing November 8,1962 Accepted $ 13,681,000 Applied for $ 7,990,000 Accepted $ 1,490,000 ........ 1,953,157,000 887,666,000 1,101,807,000 503,203,000 Philadelphia.................. ........ 28,917,000 11,894,000 9,587,000 2,393,000 ........ 25,741,000 16,866,000 25,331,000 20,131,000 .................... ........ 14,785,000 8,835,000 7,467,000 2,467,000 ........ 24,767,000 19,179,000 4,364,000 4,059,000 ........ 270,409,000 131,264,000 116,769,000 28,209,000 ........ 27,388,000 19,778,000 6,528,000 4,528,000 ........ 25,115,000 14,540,000 7,630,000 3,730,000 ........ 25,915,000 21,535,000 8,515,000 8,293,000 ........ 19,152,000 13,902,000 8,720,000 3,220,000 San F ra n cisco .............. ........ 84,936,000 44,959,000 47,167,000 19,900,000 ........ $2,524,238,000 $1,351,875,000 $601,623,000' Richmond $1,204,099,000“ a Includes $201,968,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price o f 99.313. b Includes $49,962,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price o f 98.576.
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