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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK O F NEW YORK Fiscal Agent of the United States r Circular No. 6 2 2 9 October 16, 1968 I ] OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS $1,600,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated July 25, 1968, Due January 23, 1969 (To Be Issued October 24, 1968) $1,100,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated October 24, 1968, Due April 24, 1969 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 Daylight Saving time: The Treasury Department, by this public notice, invites tenders for two series of Treasury bills to the aggregate amount of $2,700,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for Treasury bills maturing October 24, 1968, in the amount of $2,701,807,000, as follows: 91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued October 24, 1968, in the amount of $1,600,000,000, or thereabouts, representing an additional amount of bills dated July 25, 1968, and to mature January 23, 1969, originally issued in the amount of $1,100,161,000, the additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable. 182-day bills, for $1,100,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated October 24, 1968, and to mature April 24, 1969. 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, October 21, 1968. 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 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 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 Department of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Those sub mitting tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection 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 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 October 24, 1968, in cash or other immediately available funds or in a like face amount of Treasury bills maturing October 24, 1968. Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treatment. Cash adjust ments 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 taxation 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. This Bank will receive tenders for both series uo to 1-30 nm FnoWn ru r u* c • _ 21, 1968, at the Securities Department of its Head Office and series are enclosed. Please use the appropriate fom“ to submit , h ? ' T“ der. fo™ s for the respective marked “Tender for Treasury Bills.” Tenders m a y b T s u b n S t S I T V * * enc'osed.™ ^ °p e may not be submitted by telephone. Payment for the Treasury bills cannnfh* n,Jl l W? ? confirmation; they Tax and Loan Account. Treasury bills. Settlement must be made in cash or other immerlisif I y credit through the Treasury immediately available funds or in maturing Results of the last weekly offering of Trasury bills (91-day bills to be issued October 17, 1968 representing au additional amount of bills dated July 18 1968, maturing January 16, 1969; and 182-day bills dated October ^ maturing April 17, 1969) are shown on the reverse side of this circular. ^<-iouer i /, A lfred H ayes , President. ( over ) RESULTS OF LAST WEEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TWO SERIES TO BE ISSUED OCTOBER 17, 1968) Range of Accepted Competitive Bids 91-Day Treasury Bills Maturing January 16,1969 182-Day Treasury Bills Maturing April 17,1969 Price Approx. equiv. annual rate Price ...................... .............. 98.667 5.273% 97.284 5.372% .............. 98.638 5.388% 97.250 5.440% Average .................. .............. 98.649 5.345%x 97.256 5.428%1 High Approx. equiv. annual rate i These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.49 percent for the 91-day bills, and 5.66 percent for the 182-day bills. (98 percent of the amount of 91-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) (94 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 Maturing January 1 6 ,1 96 9 Boston Accepted Applied for District ........................ .......... $ 22,559,000 182-Day Treasury Bills Maturing April 1 7,1969 $ 22,559,000 Accepted Applied for $ 14,474,000 $ 14,474,000 New York .................. .......... 1,759,365,000 1,082,165,000 1,576,973,000 759,623,000 Philadelphia ................ .......... 33,448,000 18,448,000 17,260,000 7,260,000 Cleveland .................... .......... 35,293,000 35,293,000 40,670,000 27,670,000 Richmond .................... .......... 14,094,000 14,094,000 5,486,000 5,486,000 Atlanta ........................ .......... 43,363,000 36,363,000 32,144,000 23,611,000 ...................... .......... 176,042,000 150,740,000 160,781,000 110,481,000 St. Louis .................... .......... 55,428,000 46,428,000 27,793,000 18,763,000 Minneapolis ................ .......... 19,881,000 19,881,000 18,168,000 16,048,000 Kansas City ................ .......... 34,701,000 34,701,000 17,404,000 16,344,000 Dallas .......................... .......... 35,776,000 28,776,000 21,888,000 12,828,000 San Francisco ............ .......... 116,480,000 111,480,000 186,129,000 88,869,000 ................ .......... $2,346,430,000 Chicago T otal $1,600,928,000“ a Includes $332,136,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.649. b Includes $162,433,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 97.256. $2,119,170,000 $1,101,457,000"