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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K O F NEW Y O R K Fiscal A gen t o f the U nited States rCircular No. 5 5 9 4 1 December 29, 1964 J 1» OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS $1,100,000,000 o f 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated October 8, 1964, Due April 8, 1965 (T o Be Issued January 7, 1965) $1,000,000,000 o f 182-Day Bills, Dated January 7, 1965, Due July 8, 1965 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 Standard time: The tenders amount change amount Treasury Department, by this public notice, invites for two series of Treasury bills to the aggregate of $2,100,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in ex for Treasury bills maturing January 7, 1965, in the of $2,100,338,000, as follows: 91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued January 7, 1965, in the amount of $1,100,000,000, or thereabouts, representing an additional amount of bills dated October 8, 1964, and to mature April 8, 1965, originally issued in the amount of $901,176,000, the additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable. 182-day bills, for $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated January 7, 1965, and to mature July 8, 1965. 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 Standard time, Monday, January 4, 1965. 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 account of customers, provided the names of the customers are set forth in such tenders. Others than banking institu tions will not be permitted to submit tenders except for their own account. Tenders will be received without deposit from incorporated 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 re serves 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 each issue for $200,000 or less 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 accord ance with the bids must be made or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank on January 7, 1965, in cash or other im mediately available funds or in a like face amount of Treasury bills maturing January 7, 1965. Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treatment. Cash adjustments will be made for differences between the par value of maturing bills ac cepted 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 taxation 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 taxation the amount of discount at which Treasury bills are originally sold by the United States is considered to be inter est. Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Rev enue 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 companies) 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. This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, January 4, 1965, at the Securities Department of 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. P aym ent for the Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the Treasury T ax and Loan Account. Settlem ent must be made in cash or other im m ediately available funds or in maturing Treasury bills. Results of the last weekly offering of Treasury bills (91-day bills to be issued December 31, 1964, representing an additional amount of bills dated October 1, 1964, and maturing April 1, 1965; and 182-day bills dated December 31, 1964, maturing July 1, 1965) are shown on the reverse side of this circular. 19 14 A lfred H ayes, President. (over) F I F T I E T H A N N I V E R S A R Y 1 9 6 4 RESULTS OF LAST W E E K L Y OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TW O SERIES TO BE ISSUED DECEMBER 31, 1964) Range of Accepted Competitive Bids 91-D ay Treasury Bills M aturing A p ril 1, 1965 Approx. equiv. annual rate Price High 182-D ay Treasury Bills M aturing July 1 ,1 9 6 5 .............................. Price Approx. equiv. annual rate 3.853% 98.004 3.948% Low ................................ ................... 99.021 3.873% 97.998 3.960% Average 99.023 3.867% 1 97.999 3.957% x ........................ ................... 1 On a coupon issue of the same length and for the same amount invested, the return on these bills would provide yields of 3.96 percent for the 91-day bills, and 4.09 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. (76 percent of the amount of 91-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) (95 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-D ay Treasury Bills M aturing A p ril 1, 1965 District Accepted Applied for Boston ........................ ......... $ 35,987,000 182-Day Treasury Bills M aturing July 1, 1965 $ 33,497,000 Accepted Applied for $ 10,096,000 $ 4,096,000 New Y o r k ................. ......... 1,607,174,000 776,186,000 1,585,753,000 800,701,000 Philadelphia ............. ......... 26,284,000 11,284,000 9,851,000 4,851,000 ................. ......... 27,115,000 27,115,000 58,283,000 22,083,000 Richmond ................. ......... 22,077,000 19,837,000 16,275,000 6,225,000 Atlanta ..................... ......... 44,043,000 35,909,000 33,443,000 25,846,000 Chicago ....................... ........ 288,254,000 135,574,000 193,428,000 57,408,000 St. L o u is ..................... ........ 42,847,000 35,779,000 16,535,000 14,535,000 Minneapolis ............... ........ 17,922,000 13,442,000 7,994,000 5,319,000 Kansas City ............... ____ 24,530,000 22,530,000 18,681,000 15,874,000 D allas............................ ____ 41,231,000 23,511,000 21,135,000 7,735,000 San Francisco ........... 87,583,000 66,015,000 67,239,000 37,301,000 Cleveland Total ........... . . . . $2,265,047,000 $1,200,679,000* a Includes $233,521,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 99.023. b Includes $97,594,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 97.999. $2,038,713,000 $1,001,974,000b