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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BA N K O F NEW YO R K
Fiscal Agent of the United States
rCircular No. 5 7 7 4 1
L February 9, 1966 J

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$1,300,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated November 18,1965, Due May 19, 1966
(To Be Issued February 17, 1966)
$1,000,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated February 17, 1966, Due August 18, 1966
T o A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal R eserve D istrict:

Following is the text o f a notice issued by
Eastern Standard tim e:

th e

Treasury Department, released for publication today at

T h e T reasury D ep artm en t, by this public notice, invites
tenders for tw o series of T reasu ry bills to the aggregate
am ount of $2,300,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in e x­
change for T reasury bills m aturing February 17, 1966, in the
am ount of $2,201,653,000, as fo llo w s:
91-day bills (to m aturity date) to be issued February 17,
1966, in the am ou nt of $1,300,000,000, or thereabouts,
representing an additional am ount of bills dated
N o ve m b e r 18, 1965, and to mature M a y 19, 1966,
originally issued in the am ount of $1,000,958,000, the
additional and original bills to be freely interchange­
able.
182-day bills, for $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, to be
dated February 17, 1966, and to m ature A u g u st 18,
1966.
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 m aturity their face am ount will be payable
without interest. T h e y will be issued in bearer form only, and
in denom inations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000, $100,000,
$500,000 and $1,000,000 (m atu rity va lu e).
Tenders will be received at Federal R eserve B anks and
Branches up to the closin g hour, one-thirty p.m ., E astern
Standard tim e, M on d ay , February 14, 1966.
T enders will
not be received at the T reasu ry D epartm ent, W a s h in g to n .
E ach tender m ust be for an even m ultiple of $1,000, and in the
case of com petitive tenders the price offered m ust be expressed
on the basis of 100, with 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 which will be supplied by Federal R eserve B anks or
Branches on application therefor.
B anking institutions generally m a y submit tenders for
account of custom ers, provided the nam es of the custom ers are
set forth in such tenders.
O th ers than banking institutions
will not be perm itted to subm it tenders except for their ow n
account. T en ders will be received w ithout deposit from in­
corporated banks and trust com panies 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 by an express guaranty of paym ent b y an
incorporated bank or trust com p an y.
Im m ediately after the closin g hour, tenders w ill be opened
at the Federal R eserve B anks and Branches, follow in g w hich

4 p .m .,

public announcem ent will be m ade by the T reasury D epartm ent
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 reasu ry expressly reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in w hole or in part,
and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject to
these reservations, noncom petitive tenders for each issue for
$200,000 or less w ithout 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. Settlem ent
for accepted tenders in accordance with the bids m ust be made
or com pleted at the Federal R eserve B ank on F ebruary 17,
1966, in cash or other im m ediately available funds or in a like
face am ount of T re asu ry bills m aturing February 17, 1966.
Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treatm ent. Cash
adjustm ents will be m ade for differences betw een the par value
o f m aturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price of
the new bills.
T h e incom e derived from T reasu ry bills, w hether 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 of T reasu ry bills does not have any special treat­
ment, as such, under the Internal R evenue Code of 1954. T h e
bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise
taxes, whether Federal or State, but are exem p t from all taxa­
tion now or hereafter im posed on the principal or interest
thereof by any State, or any of the p ossessions of the U nited
States, or by any local taxing authority. F or purposes of
taxation the am ount of discount at which T reasu ry bills are
originally sold by the U nited States is considered to be inter­
est.
U n d 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 c c o rd ­
ingly, the ow ner of T reasu ry bills (other than life insurance
com 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 year for w hich the return is made,
as ordinary gain or loss.
T reasu ry D epartm ent Circular N o . 418 (current revision)
and this notice prescribe the term s of the T re asu ry bills and
govern the conditions of their issue. Copies o f the circular
m ay be obtained from any Federal R eserve Bank or Branch.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, February 14, 1966,
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 fo r the Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the Treasury Tax end
Loan Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately available funds or in maturing Treasury bills.
Results of the last weekly offering of Treasury bills (91-day bills to be issued February 10, 1966, representing an
additional amount of bills dated November 12, 1965, maturing May 12, 1966; and 182-day bills dated February 10,
1966, maturing August 11, 1966) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.




A lfred

H ayes,

President.
( over)

RESULTS OF LAST W EEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TW O SERIES
TO BE ISSUED FEBRUARY 10, 1966)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids

91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing M ay 12,1966

Price

High

.

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 11,1966

A p p ro x . equiv.
annual rate

Price

A pprox. equiv.
annual rate

98.83 l a

4.625%

97.593

4.761%

..

98.822

4.660%

97.582

4.783%

Average

98.825

4 .65 0% 1

97.586

4 .77 4% !

Low

a E xcep tin g one tender of $1,600,000.
1 I hese rates are on a bank discount basis.
4.96 percent for the 182-day bills.

T h e equivalent coupon issue yields are 4.77 percent for the 91-d a y bills, and

(69 percent o f the amount o f 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(74 percent o f the amount o f 182-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing M ay 12,1966
District

Boston

Applied fo r

............................ .........

$

21,849,000

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing August 11,1966
Applied fo r

Accepted

$

11,849,000

$

25,529,000

Accepted

$

15,529,000

New Y ork ..................... ........

1,686,839,000

838,699,000

1,368,013,000

651,533,000

................. ........

27,044,000

20,044,000

20,327,000

7,327,000

Cleveland ....................... .........

44,683,000

39,683,000

68,953,000

44,758,000

Richmond

..................... ........

16,858,000

16,358,000

5,745,000

5,645,000

Atlanta ............................ .........

43,190,000

29,804,000

28,588,000

14,280,000

.......................... .........

325,553,000

156,622,000

285,285,000

125,643,000

St. Louis ....................... ........

54,848,000

33,193,000

23,111,000

9,659,000

Minneapolis ................... ........

18,717,000

15,407,000

10,596,000

9,096,000

Kansas C i t y ................... ........

26,680,000

24,310,000

14,436,000

13,936,000

Dallas .............................. .........

27,701,000

20,391,000

12,884,000

11,624,000

San Francisco ............... ........

105,510,000

95,720,000

146,188,000

Philadelphia

Chicago

T otal

............................

$2,399,472,000

$1,302,080,000b

$2,009,655,000

b Includes $252,819,000 noncom petitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.825.
c Includes $111,366,000 noncom petitive tenders accepted at the average price of 97.586.




91,684,000
$1,000,714,000^