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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK O F NEW YORK Fiscal Agent of the United States [ Circular No. 7 7 7 2 1 December 12, 1975 J OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS $2,700,000,000 of 90-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated September 25, 1975, Due March 25, 1976 (To Be Issued December 2 6 ,1 9 7 5 ) $3,100,000,000 of 181-Day Bills, Dated December 26, 1975, Due June 24, 1976 To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict: 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 two series of Treasury bills to the aggregate amount of $5,800,000,000, or thereabouts, to be issued December 26, 1975, as fo llo w s: 90-day bills (to maturity date) in the amount of $2,700,000,000, or thereabouts, representing an additional amount of bills dated September 25, 1975, and to mature March 25, 1976 (C U S IP N o. 912793 Y Z 3 ), or origi nally issued in the amount of $2,804,540,000, the addi tional and original bills to be freely interchangeable. 181-day bills for $3,100,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated December 26, 1975, and to mature June 24, 1976 (C U S IP No. 912793 Z N 9 ). The bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for Treasury bills maturing December 26, 1975, outstanding in the amount of $5,603,995,000, of which Government accounts and Federal Reserve Banks, for themselves and as agents of foreign and international monetary authorities, presently hold $2,511,750,000. These accounts may exchange bills they hold for the bills now being offered at the average prices of accepted tenders. 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 in denominations of $10,000, $15,000, $50,000, $100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 (m aturity value) and in book-entry form to designated bidders. len ders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches up to the closing hour, one-thirty p.m., Eastern Stand ard time, Friday, December 19, 1975. Tenders will not be received at the Treasury Department, W ashington. Each tender must be for a minimum of $10,000. Tenders over $10,000 must be in mul tiples of $5,000. 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 and dealers who make primary markets in Government, securities and report daily to the Federal Reserve Bank of N ew York their positions with respect to Government securities and borrowings thereon may submit tenders for account of customers, provided the names of the customers are set forth in such tenders. Others 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, follow ing which public announcement will be made by the Treasury Department of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Only those submitting competitive 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 $500,000 or less without stated price from any one bidder will be accepted in full at the average price (in three decim als) of accepted competi tive bids for the respective issues. Settlement for accepted tenders in accordance with the bids must be made or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank or Branch on December 26, 1975, in cash or other immediately available funds or in a like face amount of T reas ury bills maturing December 26, 1975; provided, however, that if tenders are submitted to a Federal Reserve Bank or Branch that will be closed on December 26, settlement must be completed at such Bank or Branch 011 either December 24, or on December 29 with payment of three days’ accrued interest unless settlement is made with Treasury bills maturing December 26, 1975. 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 of the new bills. Under Sections 454(b ) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, the amount of discount at which bills issued here under are sold is considered to accrue when the bills are sold, redeemed or otherwise disposed of, and the bills are excluded from consideration as capital assets. Accordingly, the owner of Treasury bills (other than life insurance companies) issued hereunder must include in his income tax return, as ordinary gain or loss, the difference between the price paid for the 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. 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, Friday, December i 9, 1975> 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 not requiring a deposit may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written con firmation ; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment for 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. The results of bidding for the previous offering of Treasury bills, to be issued December 18, 1975, were not available at the time of printing this circular; those results will be announced after release by the Treasury Department. Paul A. V 52 IMPORTANT— ( 1 ) (2 ) olcker, P residen t. Closing date for receipt of tenders is F riday, D ecem ber 19, 1 975. T he current offering is for 90-day and 181-day Treasury bills.
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