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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK F iscal A gen t of the U n ited States rCircular No. 5 4 ! ) “IT L May 13, 1964 J OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS $1,200,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated February 20, 1964, Due August 20, 1964 (To Be Issued May 21, 1964) $900,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated May 21, 1964, Due November 19, 1964 To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District: F ollow in g is the tex t of a notice issued by the T reasury D epartm ent, released for publication today at 4 p.m., E astern D ayligh t Saving tim e: The Treasury Department, by this public notice, invites tenders for two series of Treasury bills to the aggregate amount of $2,100,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in ex change for Treasury bills maturing May 21, 1964, in the amount of $2,001,448,000, as follows: 91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued May 21, 1964, in the amount of $1,200,000,000, or thereabouts, repre senting an additional amount of bills dated February 20, 1964, and to mature August 20, 1964, originally issued in the amount of $900,955,000, the additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable. 182-day bills, for $900,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated May 21, 1964, and to mature November 19, 1964. The bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis under competitive and noncompetitive bidding as hereinafter provided, and at maturity their face amount will be payable without interest. They will be issued in bearer form only, and in denominations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000, $100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 (maturity value). Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches up to the closing hour, one-thirty p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time, Monday, May 18, 1964. Tenders will not be received at the Treasury Department, Washington. Each tender must be for an even multiple of $1,000, and in the case of competitive tenders the price offered must be expressed on the basis of 100, with not more than three decimals, e.g., 99.925. Fractions may not be used. It is urged that tenders be made on the printed forms and forwarded in the special envelopes which will be supplied by Federal Reserve Banks or Branches on application therefor. Banking institutions generally may submit tenders for ac count of customers, provided the names of the customers are set forth in such tenders. Others than banking institutions will not be permitted to submit tenders except for their own account. Tenders will be received without deposit from incor porated banks and trust companies and from responsible and recognized dealers in investment securities. Tenders from others must be accompanied by payment of 2 percent of the face amount of Treasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty of payment by an incorporated bank or trust company. Immediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened at the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, following which public announcement will be made by the Treasury Depart ment of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Those submitting tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejec tion thereof. The Secretary of the Treasury expressly 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, noncompetitive tenders for $200,000 or less for the additional bills dated February 20, 1964 (91 days remaining until maturity date on August 20, 1964) and noncom petitive 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 decimals) of accepted competitive bids for the respective issues. Settlement for accepted tenders in accordance with the bids must be made or completed at the federal Reserve Bank on May 21, 1964, in cash or other im mediately available funds or in a like face amount of Treasury bills maturing May 21, 1964. Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treatment. Cash adjustments will be made for differences between the par value of maturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price of 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 exemption, as such, and loss from the sale or other disposition of Treasury bills does not have any special treat ment, as such, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise taxes, whether Federal or State, but are exempt from all taxa tion now or hereafter imposed on the principal or interest thereof by any State, or any of the possessions of the United States, or by any local taxing authority. For purposes of taxa tion the amount of discount at which Treasury bills are originally sold by the United States is considered to be interest. Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the amount of discount at which bills issued hereunder are sold is not considered to accrue until such bills are sold, redeemed or otherwise disposed of, and such bills are excluded from consideration as capital assets. Accordingly, the owner of Treasury bills (other than life insurance com panies) issued hereunder need include in his income tax return only the difference between the price paid for such bills, whether on original issue or on subsequent purchase, and the amount actually received either upon sale or redemption at maturity during the taxable year for which the return is made, as ordinary gain or loss. Treasury Department Circular No. 418 (current revision) and this notice prescribe the terms of the Treasury bills and govern the conditions of their issue. Copies of the circular may be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch. T h is Bank w ill receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., E astern D ayligh t S aving time, M onday, M ay 18, 1964, at the Securities Departm ent of its H ead Office and at its Buffalo Branch. T ender form s for the respective series are enclosed. P lease use the appropriate form s to subm it tenders and return them in an envelope marked “Tender for Treasury B ills.” T enders may be subm itted by telegraph, subject to w ritten confirm ation; they may not be subm itted by telephone. Paym ent for the Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the Treasury Tax and Loan Account. Treasury bills. Settlem ent m ust be made in cash or other immediately available funds or in maturing R esults of the last offering of Treasury bills (91-d ay bills to be issued M ay 14, 1964, representing an additional am ount of bills dated February 13, 1964, and m aturing A ugu st 13, 1964; and 182-day bills dated M ay 14, 1964, m aturing N ovem ber 12, 1964) are shown on the reverse side of this circular. 19 14 A lf r e d H ayes, President. ( over) FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 19 6 4 R E SU LTS OF L A S T O FFE R IN G OF T R E A S U R Y B ILLS (T W O SERIES TO BE ISSUED M A Y 14, 1964) Range of Accepted Competitive Bids 91-Day Treasury Bills Maturing August 13, 1964 182-Day Treasury Bills Maturing November 12, 1964 Price Approx. equiv. annual rate High .. 99.121 3.477% 98.174 3.612% Low .. 99.115 3.501% 98.166 3.628% Average 99.118 3.491 % x 98.168 3.625 % x Price Approx. equiv. annual rate 1 On a coupon issue of the same length and for the same amount invested, the return on these bills would provide yields of 3.57 percent for the 91-day bills, and 3.74 percent for the 182-day bills. Interest rates on bills are quoted in terms of 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 of days related to a 360-day year. In contrast, yields on certificates, notes, and bonds are computed in terms of interest on the amount invested, and relate the number of days remaining in an interest payment period to the actual number of days in the period, with semiannual compounding if more than one coupon period is involved. (5 percent of the amount of 91-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) (63 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 Bills Maturing August 13,1964 District Boston $ 40,457,000 Applied for Accepted Applied for .......................... ........ 182-Day Treasury Bills Maturing November 12, 1964 $ 20,457,000 $ 2,997,000 Accepted $ 2,797,000 New Y o r k .................... ........ 1,549,248,000 764,306,000 1,488,284,000 744,973,000 Philadelphia.................. ........ 30,037,000 15,037,000 9,834,000 4,784,000 Cleveland ...................... ........ 25,957,000 25,957,000 15,344,000 13,995,000 Richmond .................... ........ 16,617,000 16,617,000 3,481,000 3,352,000 Atlanta .......................... ........ 28,943,000 23,508,000 19,231,000 7,803,000 ........................ ........ 178,800,000 114,687,000 145,817,000 63,622,000 St. Louis ...................... ........ 32,657,000 25,517,000 11,366,000 8,896,000 Minneapolis .................. ........ 20,358,000 13,983,000 7,203,000 4,303,000 Kansas C i t y .................. ........ 26,885,000 24,935,000 11,472,000 9,063,000 Dallas ............................ ........ 32,686,000 18,461,000 10,608,000 5,212,000 189,868,000 136,968,000 111,751,000 31,658,000 Chicago San F ra n cisco.............. T otal ..................... ........ $2,172,513,000 $1,200,433,000“ a Includes $237,165,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 99.118. b Includes $76,285,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.168. $1,837,388,000 $900,458,000b