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FEDERAL RESERVE

B A N K OF DALLAS

F IS C A L A G E N T O F T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S
D A L L A S ,T E X A S

75222

Circular No. 72-159
July 26, 1972

To All Banking Institutions and Others Concerned
in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District:
There is quoted "below the text of a press statement issued by the
Treasury Department today in regard to current financing:

TREASURY ANNOUNCES REFUNDING
The Treasury today announced that it is offering holders
of notes and bonds maturing during the remainder of 1972 an op­
portunity to exchange their holdings for 3-year 6 -month 5 -7/8$
rotes, priced to yield 5 .96$, 7 -year 6 -1 /bio notes, or 12 -year
6 -3/8% bonds, priced to yield 6 .^5$•
The public holds $8.6 billion of these securities maturing
on August 15, September 15, November 15, and December 15, 1972.
In addition, about $2.2 billion is held by Federal Reserve
Banks and Government accounts.
The 7-year notes and 12-year bonds are also being made
available to holders of securities maturing in November 197*+
and February 1975. The public holds $11.1 billion of such
securities. The 3-year 6 -month notes are not being offered
to these holders.
Details showing cash and interest adjustments applying to
securities due subsequent to August 15, 1972, appear in the
table at the end of this release. A cash payment will be made
to holders exchanging securities maturing August 15, 1972, for
the 3-year 6 -month notes and the bonds.
The bonds are also being offered for cash subscription to
individuals in amounts not to exceed $1 0 ,0 0 0 for any one person,
at 99*^0. Cash subscriptions for the notes will not be accepted.
The securities eligible for exchange for either the notes
or bonds are as follows (in multiples of $1 ,0 0 0 ):
5$ Treasury Notes of Series E-1972, maturing
August 15, 1972
bio Treasury Bonds of 1972, maturing August 15,

1972

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2-1/2$ Treasury Bonds of 1967-72; maturing
September 15, 1972
6$ Treasury Notes of Series F-1972, maturing
November 1 5 , 1972
2-l/2$ Treasury Bonds of 1967-7 2 , maturing
December 15, 1972
The securities eligible for exchange for the 7-year notes
and bonds only are as follows (in multiples of $1 ,0 0 0 ):
5-3/*+$ Treasury Notes of Series A-197*+? matur­
ing November 15, 197*+
3-7/8% Treasury Bonds of 197*+? maturing
November 15, 197*+
5-3/bio Treasury Notes of Series A-1975?
maturing February 15, 1975
5-7/8$ Treasury Notes of Series E-1975?
maturing February 15, 1975
The securities being offered in exchange are:
5-7/8$ Treasury Notes of Series F-1976, dated
August 15, 1972, due February 15, 1976 (Cusip
No. 912827 CS9), at 99.75 to yield 5.9Gf>
6-1
/bio Treasury Notes of Series A-1979? dated
August 15, 1972, due August 15, 1979 (Cusip
No. 912827 CT7), at par
6-3/8$ Treasury Bonds of 198*+, dated August 15,
1972, due August 15, 198*+ (Cusip No. 912810 BM9)
at 99**+0 to yield 6 .*+5$
Subscription books for the offering will be open until
5:00 p.m., local time, Wednesday, August 2, 1972. To be timely
subscriptions MUST BE RECEIVED by a Federal Reserve Bank or
Branch or by the Office of the Treasurer of the United States
by such time, except that subscriptions addressed to a Federal
Reserve Bank or Branch or the Office of the Treasurer of the
United States postmarked before midnight, Tuesday, August 1,
1972, will be deemed to be timely. In addition, subscriptions
from individuals exchanging registered securities or subscrib­
ing for cash will be received until 5 :0 0 p.m., local time,
Friday, August b , 1972; such subscriptions will be deemed to be
timely if postmarked before midnight, Thursday, August 3? 1972.
The notes and bonds will be made available in registered
as well as bearer form in denominations of $1 ,0 0 0 , $5 ,0 0 0 ,
$10,000, $100,000, and $1,000,000. All subscribers requesting
registered securities will be required to furnish appropriate

-3identifying numbers as required on tax returns and other docu­
ments submitted to the Internal Revenue Service.
Any coupons dated August 15, 1972, on notes and bonds ten­
dered in exchange should be detached and cashed when due. The
August 15, 1972, interest due on registered notes and bonds will
be paid by issue of interest checks in regular course to holders
of record on July 1^, 1972, the date the transfer books closed.
All coupons dated subsequent to August 15, 1972, must be attached
to surrendered notes and bonds. Interest will be adjusted as of
August 15, 1972, for the securities due subsequent to that date.
Subscriptions for cash must be accompanied by payment of
1C% of the amount of bonds applied for. Payment in full must
be completed by Tuesday, August 15, 1972, In cash or other
funds immediately available to the Treasury by that date. The
Treasury will construe as timely payment any check payable to
a Federal Reserve Bank or the Treasurer of the United States
that Is received by Wednesday, August 9? 1972, provided the
check is drawn on a bank in the Federal Reserve District in
which the subscription was submitted.
Banking institutions in submitting cash subscriptions for
customers will be required to certify that they have no bene­
ficial Interest in any of the subscriptions they enter.
Subscribers exchanging securities due in 197*+ and 1975 inay
elect, for Federal income tax purposes, to recognize gain or
loss on account of the exchange either in the taxable year of
the exchange or (except to the extent that cash is received)
in the taxable year of disposition or redemption of the securi­
ties received in the exchange. Any gain to the extent that
cash is received by the subscriber (other than as an interest
adjustment) must be recognized in the year of the exchange.
Subscribers exchanging securities due in 1972 must recognize
gain or loss on account of the exchange in the taxable year of
the exchange.
The payment and delivery date for the securities will be
August 15. Interest on the notes and bonds will be payable
semiannually on February 15 and August 15 in each year until
maturity.
The official circulars and subscription forms for the new issues will
be mailed in time to reach you by Monday, July 31; however, should you not re­
ceive the forms by Tuesday, August 1, subscriptions may be entered by mail or
telegram, subject to confirmation on official subscription blanks.
Yours very truly,
P. E. Coldwell
President

TABLE OF PAYMENTS TO OR BY SUBSCRIBERS
(in Dollars Per $1,000 Face Value)

Securities to be Exchanged.

Payment to
or by (-)
Subscriber
to Adjust
Exchange
Values

Payment to
Subscriber
for Accrued
Interest to
August 15,
1972, on
Securities
Exchanged

Net Amount to be Paid
To Subscriber By Subscriber

5-7/8 $ Notes of Series F-1976
2-1/2$ Bond of 9/15/72

1.37780

10.39402

11 .7 7 1 8 2

6$ Note of 11/15/72

6 .7 0 8 3 8

1 5 .0 0 0 0 0

2 1 .70838

-3.50915

4 .16667

.65752

2-1/2$ Bond of 12/15/72

6-1/4 $ Notes of Series A-1979
-1 .1 2 2 2 0

10.39402

9 .2 7 1 8 2

4.20838

1 5 .0 0 0 0 0

1 9 .2 0 8 3 8

2-1/2$ Bond of 12/15/72

-6.00 9 1 5

4 .1 6 6 6 7

5-3/4$ Note of 11/15/74

6 .1 0 8 8 0

14.37500

3-7/8$ Bond of 11/15/74

-30.23856

9.68750

2-1/2$ Bond of 9/15/72

6$ Note of 11/15/72

1.84248
20.48390
20.5 5106

5-3/4$ Note of 2/15/75

3 .0 6 1 3 6

3 .0 6 1 3 6

5-7/8$ Note of 2/15/75

5.81659

5 .8 1 6 5 9

6-3/8 $ Bonds of 1984
4.87780

10.39402

15.27182

1 0 .2 0 8 3 8

1 5 .0 0 0 0 0

2 5 .20838

2-1/2$ Bond of 12/15/72

-.00915

4.16667

4.15752

5-3/4$ Note of 11/15/74

1 2 .10880

14.37500

26.48380

3-7/8$ Bond of 11/15/74

-24.23856

9.68750

2-1/2$ Bond of 9/15/72
6$ Note of 11/15/72

1^.55106

5-3/4$ Note of 2/15/75

9 .0 6 1 3 6

9.06136

5-7/8$ Note of 2/15/75

11.81659

11.81659