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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N E W YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r C ircu la r N o . 6 4 4 7 ~1
U D e c e m b e r 3, 1969 j

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$1,800,000,000 o f 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated Sept. 11, 1969, Due March 12, 1970
(To Be Issued December 11, 1969)
$1,200,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated December 11, 1969, Due June 11, 1970
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 at 4 p.m. today:
The Treasury Department, by this public notice, invites
tenders for tw o series of Treasury bills to the aggregate amount
of $3,000,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for
Treasury bills maturing D ecem ber 11, 1969, in the amount of
$2,900,826,000, as follow s:
91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued Decem ber 11,
1969, in the amount of $1,800,000,000, or thereabouts,
representing an additional amount of bills dated Sep­
tember 11, 1969, and to mature M arch 12, 1970, origi­
nally issued in the amount o f $1,201,360,000, the addi­
tional and original bills to be freely interchangeable.
182-day bills, for $1,200,000,000, or thereabouts, to be
dated D ecem ber 11, 1969, and to mature June 11, 1970.
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. Th ey will be issued in bearer form only, and
in denominations o f $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, M onday, D ecem ber 8, 1969. Tenders will not
be received at the Treasury Department, W ashington. Each
tender must be for an even multiple o f $1,000, and in the case
of competitive tenders the price offered must be expressed on
the basis o f 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 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 of 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 ow n 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 o f
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 ing which

public announcement will be made by the Treasury Departm ent
o f the amount and price range of accepted bids. Th ose 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 w ill
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 com pleted at the Federal Reserve Bank on D ecem ber 11,
1969, in cash or other immediately available funds or in a like
face amount o f Treasury bills maturing D ecem ber 11, 1969.
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 o f
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 of 1954. The
bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise
taxes, whether Federal or State, but are exem pt 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 U nited
States, or by any local taxing authority. For 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) of the Internal Revenue
Code o f 1954, the amount o f 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. A ccordin gly,
the owner of 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 ordinary gain or loss.
Treasury Departm ent Circular No. 418 (current revision)
and this notice prescribe the terms o f 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, December 8,
1969, 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 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 December 4, 1969, representing
an additional amount of bills dated September 4, 1969, maturing March 5, 1970; and 182-day bills dated December 4,
1969, maturing June 4, 1970) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.




A lfred

H a y e s,

President.

( over)

RESULTS OF L A ST W E E K L Y O FFE R IN G OF T R E A S U R Y BILLS

(T W O SERIES

T O BE ISSUED D E C E M B E R 4, 1969)

Range of A ccepted Com petitive Bids
91-Day Treasury Bills

182-Day Treasury Bills

Maturing March 5 ,1 9 7 0

Maturing June 4 ,1 9 7 0

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

Price

Approx. equiv.
annual rate

98.132

7.390%

96.182a

7.552%

.............

98.109

7.481%

96.132

7.651%

.............

98.116

7.453% !

96.151

7.613% !

.............

a Excepting one tender o f $200,000.
1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 7.70 percent for the 91-day bills, and
8.03 percent for the 182-day bills.

(72 percent of the amount of 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

(17 percent of the amount of 182-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

T otal Tenders A p p lied fo r and A ccepted (B y Federal Reserve Districts)
91-Day Treasury Bills

182-Day Treasury Bills

Maturing March 5 ,1 9 7 0

Maturing June 4 ,1 9 7 0

Accepted

Applied for

District

...........

$

42,424,000

$

32,424,000

Applied for

$

8,956,000

$

8,956,000

...........

2,113,535,000

1,190,895,000

1,615,234,000

794,539,000

...........

39,637,000

24,627,000

24,155,000

14,154,000

...........

33,816,000

32,966,000

41,554,000

40,104,000

...........

26,531,000

26,521,000

31,483,000

31,483,000

...........

42,208,000

28,183,000

40,569,000

27,283,000

...........

262,303,000

248,223,000

140,433,000

107,433,000

...........

44,969,000

39,369,000

32,799,000

29,769,000

...........

30,742,000

26,102,000

20,259,000

16,599,000

...........

32,762,000

32,762,000

28,281,000

27,278,000

...........

28,142,000

18,862,000

25,414,000

15,584,000

170,737,000

99,397,000

142,531,000

86,868,000

...........

$2,867,806,000

$1,800,33 l,000b

$2,151,668,000

b Includes $346,417,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.116.
c Includes $259,909,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 96.151.




Accepted

$ 1,200,050,000c