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FED ER A L RESER VE BANK
OF NEW YORK
Fiscal A gent of the United States
rCircular No. 7398 *
1
L May 23, 1974
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Treasury Offers $800 Million Strip of W eekly Bills
To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve District:

The following statement was made public yesterday by the Treasury Department:
T h e Treasury a n n ou n ced tod a y that it w ill raise $800 m illion b y a u ction ing a “ strip” o f T reasury
bills consisting o f additions to eigh t outstanding w eek ly series o f bills. A dd ition s o f $100 m illion w ill
b e m ade to bills m aturing each w eek from S eptem ber 19 through N o v e m b e r 7, 1974.
T h e auction w ill b e on T hursday, M ay 30, w ith paym en t on W ed n esd a y , June 5.
the bills m ay not b e m ade b y cred it to Treasury Tax and L oa n A ccou n ts.

Paym ent fo r

T he “ strip” o f bills n o w b ein g offered is ex p ected to m eet the T reasury’s cash needs p rior to the
p e rio d o f h eavy June tax paym ents.

Following is the text of the public notice offering the strip of Treasury bills referred to in the
above statement:
T h e T reasury D epartm ent, b y this p u b lic n otice, invites tenders fo r addition al am ounts o f eight
series o f T reasury bills to the aggregate am ount o f $800,000,000, or thereabouts, fo r cash. T h e a d d i­
tional bills w ill b e issued June 5, 1974, w ill b e in the am ounts, and w ill b e in ad d ition to the bills
originally issued and m aturing, as fo llo w s:

Am ount of
additional
issue

$100,000,000
100,000,000
100,000,000
100,000,000
100,000,000
100,000,000
100,000,000
100,000,000

Original
issue dates
197 4

Maturity
Dates
1 97 4

C U SIP Nos.

D ays from
June 5, 197 4
to maturity

Am ount
currently
outstanding
( in millions)

M arch 21
M arch 28

Septem ber 19

912793 U Q 7

106

$1,801

Septem ber 26

113

1,801

A pril

4

O cto b e r

3

912793 U R 5
912793 US3

120

1,810

April

11

O cto b e r

10

912793 U T 1

127

1,802

A pril
A pril

18
25

O cto b e r

17

912793 U U 8

1,804

O cto b e r

24

912793 U V 6

134
141

M ay

2

O cto b e r

912793 U W 4

148

1,802

M ay

9

912793 U X 2

155

1,801

31
N ov em b er 7

$800,000,000

1,801

(A v e r a g e ) 130.5

T h e additional and original bills w ill b e freely interchangeable.

Each tender submitted must be in the minimum amount of $80,000. Tenders over $80,000 must
be in multiples of $40,000. One-eighth of the amount tendered will be applied to each of the above
series of bills.
T h e bills offered hereun der w ill b e issued on a discou n t basis under com p etitiv e and n o n com p eti­
tive b id d in g as hereinafter p ro v id ed , and at maturity their fa c e am ount w ill b e p a y a b le w ith ou t in ter­
est. T h e y w ill b e issued in bearer form only, and in denom inations o f $10,000, $15,000 $50 000
$100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 (m atu rity v a lu e ).
T enders w ill b e receiv ed at F ederal R eserve Banks and Branches up to the closin g hour, one-thirty
p.m ., Eastern D ayligh t Saving time, T hursday, M a y 30, 1974. T enders w ill n ot b e receiv ed at the
T reasury D epartm ent, W ashington. In the case o f com p etitive tenders the p rice o ffered m ust b e




( over)

expressed o n the basis o f 100, w ith n ot m ore than three decim als, e.g., 99.925. Fractions m ay n ot b e
used. A single p rice must b e subm itted fo r each tender. It is u rg ed that tenders b e m ad e on the printed
form s and fo rw a rd e d in the sp ecial en velop es w h ich w ill b e su p p lied b y F ederal R eserve Banks or
B ranches o n ap p lica tion therefor.
B anking institutions and dealers w h o m ake prim ary markets in G overn m en t securities and report
d aily to the F ed era l R eserve Bank o f N e w York their positions w ith resp ect to G overn m en t securities
and borrow in g s th ereon m ay subm it tenders fo r a ccou n t o f custom ers p ro v id e d the names o f the
custom ers are set forth in su ch tenders. Others w ill n o t b e perm itted to subm it tenders excep t for
their o w n account. T enders w ill b e re ce iv e d w ith ou t d ep osit fro m in corp ora ted banks and trust co m ­
panies and from respon sible and re co g n iz e d dealers in investm ent securities. T enders from others must
b e a ccom p a n ied b y p a ym en t o f 2 p ercen t o f the fa ce am ount o f Treasury bills ap p lied for, unless the
tenders are a cco m p a n ie d b y an express guaranty o f paym en t b y an in corp ora ted bank o r trust com pan y.
Im m ed ia tely after the closin g hour, tenders w ill b e op e n e d at the F ed era l R eserve Banks and
B ranches, fo llo w in g w h ich p u b lic a n nou n cem en t w ill b e m ade b y the T reasury D epartm en t o f the
am ou n t and p rice range o f a cce p te d bids. O n ly those subm itting com p etitive tenders w ill b e advised
o f the a ccep ta n ce or rejection th ereof. T h e Secretary o f the T reasury expressly reserves the right to
a cce p t or reject any o r all tenders, in w h o le or in part, and his action in any such respect shall b e
final. S u b ject to these reservations, n on com p etitiv e tenders fo r $160,000 or less (in amounts as set forth
in the seco n d p a ra g ra p h ) w ith ou t stated p rice from any on e b id d e r w ill b e a cce p te d in fu ll at the average
p rice (in three d e cim a ls) o f a cce p te d com p etitiv e b ids. Settlem ent fo r a cce p te d tenders in a ccord a n ce
w ith the b id s m ust b e m a d e o r co m p le te d at the F ed eral R eserve Bank in cash o r other im m ediately
available funds on June 5, 1974.
U n d er Sections 4 5 4 ( b ) and 1 2 2 1 (5 ) o f the Internal R even u e C o d e o f 1954, the am ount o f discou n t
at w h ich bills issued h ereun der are sold is con sid ered to accru e w h en the bills are sold, red eem ed or
oth erw ise d isp osed o f, and the bills are ex clu d e d from consideration as capital assets. A ccord in g ly, the
ow n er o f T reasury bills (o th e r than life insurance co m p a n ie s) issued hereun der m ust in clu d e in his
in com e tax return, as ord in ary gain or loss, the differen ce b etw een the p rice p a id fo r the bills, w hether
on original issue o r o n su bsequ en t purchase, and the am ount actually receiv ed either u p on sale or
red em p tion at m aturity du rin g the taxable year fo r w h ich the return is m ade. Purchasers o f a strip
o f the b ills offered h ereun d er should, fo r tax purposes, take such bills on to their b ook s on the basis o f
their pu rchase p rice p rora ted to ea ch o f the eigh t outstanding issues using as a basis fo r proration the
closin g m arket prices fo r each o f the issues on June 5, 1974. (F e d e ra l R eserve Banks w ill have available
a list o f these m arket prices, b a se d on the m ean b e tw e e n the b id and asked quotations furnished b y the
F ed era l R eserve Bank o f N e w Y o rk .)
T reasury D ep a rtm en t C ircu lar N o. 418 (cu rren t rev ision ) and this n otice p rescribe the terms o f
the Treasury bills and g overn the con ditions o f their issue. C op ies o f the circular m ay b e obtained from
any F ed era l R eserve Bank o r Branch.

This Bank will receive tenders up to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time, Thursday, May
30, 1974, at the Securities Department of its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Please use the
enclosed tender form to submit a tender, and return it in the enclosed envelope marked “Tender
for Treasury Bills.” Tenders not requiring a deposit may be submitted by telegraph, subject to
written confirmation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment for the strip of bills
cannot be made by credit through the Treasury Tax and Loan Account. Settlement must be made
in cash or other immediately available funds.




A lfred H a y e s ,

President.