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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK Fiscal Agent of the United States Circular No. 9141 September 9, 1981 OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS $4,500,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, To Be Issued September 17, 1981, Due December 17, 1981 $4,500,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, To Be Issued September 17, 1981, Due March 18, 1982 To All Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District: Following is the text of a notice issued today by the Treasury Department: The Department of the Treasury, by this public notice, invites tenders for two series of Treasury bills totaling approximately $9,000 million, to be issued September 17, 1981. This offering will provide $575 million of new cash for the Treasury, as the maturing regular 13-week and 26-week bills are outstanding in the amount of $8,426 million. The additional issues of 16-day and 9-day cash management bills totaling $6,506 million issued on September 1, 1981, and September 8, 1981, and maturing September 17, 1981, will be redeemed at maturity. The $8,426 million of regular maturities includes $1,497 million currently held by Federal Reserve Banks as agents for foreign and interna tional monetary authorities and $2,088 million currently held by Federal Reserve Banks for their own account. The two series offered are as follows: 91-day bills (to maturity date) for approximately $4,500 million, representing an additional amount of bills dated June 18, 1981, and to mature December 17, 1981 (CUSIP No. 912793 8D1), currently outstanding in the amount of $4,027 million, the additional and original bills to be freely interchangeable. 182-day bills for approximately $4,500 million, to be dated September 17, 1981, and to mature March 18, 1982 (CUSIP No. 912794 AJ3). Both series of bills will be issued for cash and in exchange for Treasury bills maturing September 17, 1981. Tenders from Federal Reserve Banks for themselves and as agents for foreign and international monetary authorities will be accepted at the weighted average prices of accepted competitive tenders. Additional amounts of the bills may be issued to Federal Reserve Banks, as agents for foreign and international monetary authorities, to the extent that the aggregate amount of tenders for such accounts exceeds the aggregate amount of maturing bills held by them. The bills will be issued on a discount basis under competitive and non competitive bidding, and at maturity their par amount will be payable without interest. Both series of bills will be issued entirely in book-entry form in a minimum amount of $10,000 and in any higher $5,000 multiple, on the records either of the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, or of the Department of the Treasury. Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and Branches and at the Bureau of the Public Debt, Washington, D.C. 20226, up to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time, Monday, September 14, 1981. Form PD 4632-2 (for 26-week series) or Form PD 4632-3 (for 13-week series) should be used to submit tenders for bills to be maintained on the book-entry records of the Department of the Treasury. Each tender must be for a minimum of $10,000. Tenders over $10,000 must be in multiples 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. Banking institutions and dealers who make primary markets in Government securities and report daily to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York their positions in and borrowings on such securities may sub mit tenders for account of customers, if the names of the customers and the amount for each customer are furnished. Others are only permitted to submit tenders for their own account. Each tender must state the amount of any net long position in the bills being offered if such position is in excess of $200 million. This information should reflect positions held as of 12:30 p.m., Eastern time, on the day of the auction. Such positions would include bills acquired through “ when issued” trading, and futures and forward transactions as well as holdings of outstanding bills with the same maturity date as the new offering, e.g., bills with three months to maturity previously offered as six-month bills. Dealers who make primary markets in Government securities and report daily to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York their positions in and borrowings on such securities, when submitting tenders for customers, must submit a separate tender for each customer whose net long position in the bills offered exceeds $200 million. Payment for the full par amount of the bills applied for must accom pany all tenders submitted for bills to be maintained on the book-entry records of the Department of the Treasury. A cash adjustment will be made on all accepted tenders for the difference between the par payment submitted and the actual issue price as determined in the auction. No deposit need accompany tenders from incorporated banks and trust companies and from responsible and recognized dealers in invest ment securities for bills to be maintained on the book-entry records of Federal Reserve Banks and Branches. Public announcement will be made by the Department of the Treasury of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Competitive bidders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection of their tenders. The Secretary of the Treasury expressly reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in part, and the Secretary’s action shall be final. Sub ject 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 weighted average price (in three decimals) of accepted com petitive bids for the respective issues. Settlement for accepted tenders for bills to be maintained on the bookentry records of Federal Reserve Banks and Branches must be made or completed at the Federal Reserve Bank or Branch on September 17, 1981, in cash or other immediately available funds or in Treasury bills maturing September 17, 1981. Cash adjustments will be made for differences between the par value of the maturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue price of the new bills. Under Section 454(b) o f the Internal Revenue Code, the amount o f discount at which these bills are sold is considered to accrue when the bills are sold, redeemed, or otherwise disposed of. Section 1232(a)(4) provides that any gain on the sale or redemption o f these bills that does not exceed the ratable share o f the acquisition discount must be included in the Federal income tax return o f the owner as ordinary income. The acquisition discount is the excess o f the stated redemption price over the taxpayer’s basis (cost) fo r the bill. The ratable share o f this discount is determined by multiplying such discount by a fraction, the numerator o f which is the number o f days the taxpayer held the bill and the denominator o f which is the number o f days from the day following the taxpayer’s date o f purchase to the maturity o f the bill. I f the gain on the sale o f a bill exceeds the taxpayer’s ratable portion o f the acquisition discount, the excess gain is treated as short-term capital gain. Department of the Treasury Circulars, Public Debt Series—Nos. 26-76 and 27-76, and this notice, prescribe the terms of these Treasury bills and govern the conditions of their issue. Copies of the circulars and tender forms may be obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch, or from the Bureau of the Public Debt. This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time, Monday, September 14, 1981, at the Securities Department of its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tender forms for both series are en closed. Please use the appropriate forms to submit tenders and return them in the enclosed envelope marked “ Tender for Treasury Bills.” Forms for submitting tenders directly to the Treasury are available from the Government Bond Division of this Bank. Tenders not requiring a deposit may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment fo r 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 Treasury securities maturing on or before the issue date. Results of the last weekly offering of Treasury bills are shown on the reverse side of this circular. ANTHONY M. SOLOMON, President. (OVER) RESULTS OF LAST WEEKLY OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TWO SERIES TO BE ISSUED SEPTEMBER 10, 1981) Range of Accepted Competitive Bids 91-Day Treasury Bills Maturing December 10, 1981 H igh ............................ ................ Low ............................ ................ A verage...................... ................ 182-Day Treasury Bills Maturing March 11, 1982 Price Discount Rate Investment Rate' Price Discount Rate Investment Rate' 96.069 96.046 96.054 15.551% 15.642% 15.611% 16.41% 16.51% 16.48% 92.037 92.011 92.015 15.751% 15.802% 15.795% 17.35% 17.41% 17.40% 'Equivalent coupon-issue yield. (62 percent of the amount of 182-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) (16 percent of the amount of 91-day bills bid for at the low price was accepted.) Total Tenders Received and Accepted 91-Day Treasury Bills Maturing December 10, 1981 Received By F.R. District (and U.S. Treasury) Boston...................................... New Y o r k ................................ Philadelphia............................ Cleveland ................................ Richmond................................ A tla n ta .................................... Chicago.................................... St. L o u is.................................. M inneapolis............................ Kansas C ity.............................. Dallas ....................................... San Francisco.......................... $ 60,035,000 6,706,180,000 25,745,000 44,280,000 30,415,000 41,715,000 638,785,000 39,170,000 11,850,000 36,590,000 16,505,000 573,420,000 Accepted $ 182-Day Treasury Bills Maturing March 11, 1982 Received 54,935,000 3,593,500,000 25,745,000 39,280,000 30,415,000 41,115,000 188,785,000 30,170,000 9,850,000 36,590,000 16,505,000 227,410,000 $ 84,965,000 7,077,510,000 74.555.000 209.305.000 74.375.000 67.340.000 562.465.000 58.520.000 16.355.000 52.310.000 22.825.000 690.215.000 Accepted $ 49,065,000 3,692,790,000 22.905.000 94.805.000 48.875.000 53.740.000 52.670.000 39.870.000 10.155.000 51.320.000 20.825.000 131.200.000 U.S. Treasury.......................... 206,760,000 206,760,000 237.815.000 237.815.000 T o t a l s .................................... $8,431,450,000 $4,501,060,000 $9,228,555,000 $4,506,035,000 $6,234,445,000 782,305,000 $2,304,055,000 782,305,000 $6,594,295,000 944.960.000 $1,871,775,000 944.960.000 $7,016,750,000 1,304,800,000 109,900,000 $3,086,360,000 1,304,800,000 109,900,000 $7,539,255,000 $2,816,735,000 1, 000 , 000,000 1, 000 , 000,000 689.300.000 689.300.000 $8,431,450,000 $4,501,060,000 $9,228,555,000 $4,506,035,000 By class o f bidder Public Com petitive.................... Noncompetitive.............. S u b t o t a l s ............................ Federal R eserve...................... Foreign Official Institutions .. T otals September 9, 1981 TREASURY ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AWARD LIMITATION The following statement was issued by the Treasury Department, in connection with its offering of 3- and 6-month Treasury bills to be issued September I T , 1981: Effective with this auction, the Treasury is raising the limit on the maximum amount any one bidder may purchase in a bill, note, or bond auction. The maximum award will be increased from 25>% to 35% of the combined amounts of competitive and noncompetitive securities available for purchase by the public. The public portion of an auction excludes securities allotted within an auction to the Federal Reserve in exchange for maturing securities held for its own account and for the accounts of foreign official institutions. The ceiling is being raised to lessen an auction requirement which had been made more restrictive in 1979* The requirement in the auction of Treasury bills for bidders to report the amount of any net long position exceeding $200 million in the bills being offered will remain in effect, and such amounts will be used in determining the maximum award to any one bidder. The need for this restriction will continue to be reviewed for possible future adjustments. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK Fiscal Agent of the United States [Enc. Cir. No. 9141]
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