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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK O F N EW YORK Fiscal Agent of the United States rCircular No. 6 2 4 3 1 L-November 13, 1968 J OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS $1,600,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated August 22,1968, Due February 20,1969 (To Be Issued November 21, 1968) $1,100,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated November 21, 1968, Due May 22, 1969 To All Incorporated Banlcs 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 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 November 21, 1968, in the amount of $2,701,648,000, as follows: 91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued November 21, 1968, in the amount of $1,600,000,000, or thereabouts, representing an additional amount of bills dated Aug ust 22, 1968, and to mature February 20, 1969, originally issued in the amount of $1,101,172,000, the additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable. 182-day bills, for $1,100,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated November 21, 1968, and to mature May 22, 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 Standard time, Monday, November 18, 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 envel opes 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 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 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. Settle ment for accepted tenders in accordance with the bids must be made or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank on No vember 21, 1968, in cash or other immediately available funds or in a like face amount of Treasury bills maturing November 21, 1968. Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treat ment. 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 origi nally 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 up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Monday, November 18, 1968, 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 the enclosed envelope marked “Tender for Treasury Bills.” Tenders may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; they may not be submitted by telephone. Payment fo r 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 14, 1968, representing an additional amount of bills dated August 15, 1968, maturing February 13, 1969; and 182-day bills dated November 14, 1968, maturing May 15, 1969) are shown on the reverse side of this circular. A lfred H a y e s , President. (over) R ESULTS O F LAST W E E K L Y O F F E R I N G OF T R E A S U R Y BILLS ( T W O SERIES T O B E ISSUED N O V E M B E R 14, 1968) Range of Accepted Competitive Bids 91-Day Treasury Bills Maturing February 1 3 ,1 9 6 9 182-D ay Treasury Bills Maturing M ay 15,1 96 9 Price annual rate Approx. equiv. Price Approx. equiv. annual rate High ..................................... 98.624 5.444% 97.186 5.566% L o w ...................................... 98.609 5.503% 97.160 5.618% Average .............................. 98.614 5.483%* 97.168 S.602%1 1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 5.64 percent for the 91-day bills, and 5.85 percent for the 182-day bills. (24 percent of the amount of 91-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) (69 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 February 1 3 ,1 9 6 9 District Accepted Applied for Boston ........................ .......... $ 25,236,000 182-Day Treasury Bills Maturing M ay 1 5 ,1 9 6 9 $ 15,166,000 Accepted Applied for $ 6,720,000 $ 5,720,000 New York .................. .......... 1,769,806,000 1,074,206,000 1,466,084,000 793,154,000 Philadelphia ................ .......... 28,343,000 13,343,000 15,865,000 5,865,000 Cleveland .................... .......... 25,672,000 25,672,000 64,456,000 46,146,000 Richmond .................. .......... 14,294,000 14,294,000 4,840,000 4,840,000 Atlanta ........................ .......... 42,427,000 33,397,000 30,391,000 21,933,000 Chicago ........................ .......... 254,132,000 214,196,000 130,823,000 75,823,000 St. Louis .................... .......... 46,042,000 35,282,000 27,175,000 18,820,000 Minneapolis ................ .......... 23,777,000 23,777,000 16,522,000 15,867,000 Kansas C ity .................. .......... 26,492,000 24,492,000 11,513,000 11,213,000 Dallas ............................ .......... 25,000,000 17,000,000 19,954,000 14,644,000 147,886,000 109,414,000 148,642,000 86,092,000 $2,429,107,000 $1,600,239,000* $1,942,985,000 San Francisco .............. T o t a l ............... .......... aIncludes $265,591,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.614. bIncludes $127,288,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 97.168. $1,100,117,000b
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