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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N E W YORK Fiscal Agent of the United States r Circular No. 6 0 6 8 L November 29, 1967 OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS $1,500,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated September 7, 1967, Due March 7 ,1 9 6 8 (To Be Issued December 7, 1967) $1,000,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated December 7, 1967, Due June 6, 1968 To A ll 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 Treasury Department, by this public notice, invites tenders for tw o series o f Treasury bills to the aggregate amount o f $2,500,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for Treasury bills maturing D ecem ber 7, 1967, in the amount of $2,401,536,000, as follow s: 91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued D ecem ber 7, 1967, in the amount of $1,500,000,000, or thereabouts, representing an additional amount of bills dated Sep tember 7, 1967, and to mature March 7, 1968, origi nally issued in the amount o f $1,001,208,000, the addi tional and original bills to be freely interchangeable. 182-day bills, for $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated D ecem ber 7, 1967, and to mature June 6, 1968. The bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis under competitive and noncom petitive bidding as hereinafter provided, and at maturity their face amount will be payable without interest. T h ey 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 Stand ard time, M onday, Decem ber 4, 1967. Tenders will not be received at the Treasury Department, W ashington. Each tender must be for an even multiple of $1,000, and in the case of com petitive tenders the price offered must be expressed on the basis o f 100, with not m ore than three decimals, e.g., 99.925. Fractions may not be used. It is urged that tenders be made on the printed form s 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 o f customers, provided the names o f 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 incorporated banks and trust companies and from responsible and recognized dealers in investment securities. Tenders from others must be accompanied by payment o f 2 percent of the face amount of Treasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty o f payment by an incorporated bank or trust company. Immediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened at the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, follow in g which public announcement will be made by the Treasury Departm ent o f the amount and price range of accepted bids. Those sub mitting tenders will be advised o f the acceptance or rejection thereof. The Secretary o f 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, noncom petitive 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 accordance with the bids must be made or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank on D ecem ber 7, 1967, in cash or other immediately available funds or in a like face amount of Treasury bills maturing D ecem ber 7, 1967. Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treatment. Cash adjustments w ill be made for differences between the par value of maturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price of the new bills. The incom e derived from Treasury bills, whether interest or gain from the sale or other disposition o f the bills, does not have any exemption, as such, and loss from the sale or other disposition o f Treasury bills does not have any special treat ment, as such, under the Internal Revenue Code o f 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 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 o f taxation the amount o f discount at which Treasury bills are originally sold by the United States is considered to be interest. Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) o f the Internal Revenue Code o f 1954, the amount o f discount at which bills issued here under 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. A ccordin gly, the owner o f Treasury bills (other than life insurance com panies) issued hereunder need include in his incom e 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 ordi nary gain or loss. Treasury Department Circular N o. 418 (current revision) and this notice prescribe the terms o f the Treasury bills and govern the conditions o f their issue. Copies o f 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, December 4 1967, 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. 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 weekly offering of Treasury bills (91-day bills to be issued November 30, 1967, representing an additional amount of bills dated February 28, 1967, maturing February 29, 1968; and 183-day bills to be issued November 30, 1967, representing an additional amount of bills dated May 31, 1967, maturing May 31, 1968) are shown on the reverse side of this circular. A lfr e d H ayes, President. ( over) RESULTS OF LAST W E E K L Y OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TW O SERIES TO BE ISSUED NOVEMBER 30, 1967) R ange of A ccepted C om petitive Bids 91-Day Treasury Bills Maturing February 29,1968 Price 183-Day Treasury Bills Maturing M ay 31,1968 Approx. equiv. annual rate Price Approx. equiv. annual rate H i g h ......................................... 98.752 4.937% 97.206 5.496% Low ......................................... 98.743 4.973% 97.182 5.544% Average ................................... 98.747 4.957% ! 97.186 5.536% 1 1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.10 percent for the 91-day bills, and 5.79 percent for the 183-day bills. (47 percent of the amount of 91-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) (94 percent of the amount of 183-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) T otal Tenders A pplied for and Accepted (B y Federal Reserve Districts) 91-Day Treasury Bills Maturing February 29,1968 Applied for District ........... $ 20,190,000 183-Day Treasury Bills Maturing M ay 31,1968 Applied for Accepted $ 9,019,000 $ 24,448,000 Accepted $ 13,348,000 ........... 1,996,290,000 1,159,600,000 1,533,423,000 720,814,000 ........... 39,333,000 12,333,000 24,526,000 10,926,000 ........... 28,444,000 20,791,000 49,796,000 47,696,000 ........... 21,846,000 10,746,000 14,473,000 7,473,000 ........... 38,178,000 20,873,000 33,105,000 16,175,000 ........... 239,203,000 165,603,000 237,067,000 100,458,000 ........... 49,092,000 31,614,000 36,482,000 27,602,000 ........... 24,663,000 15,033,000 16,804,000 9,804,000 Kansas City ................. ........... 26,313,000 18,535,000 13,923,000 11,373,000 ........... 22,261,000 13,731,000 16,467,000 6,467,000 198,082,000 22,712,000 144,495,000 28,995,000 ........... $2,703,895,000 $1,500,590,000a $2,145,009,000 a Includes $217,486,000 noncom petitive tenders accepted at the average price o f 98.747. b Includes $128,198,000 noncom petitive tenders accepted at the average price o f 97.186. $1,001,131,000b
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