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FE D E R A L RESERVE BANK
O F N EW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
for Student Loan Marketing Association

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O c to b e r 2 , 1973

RESULTS OF BIDDING FOR SLMA NOTES

T o C ertain U. S. G overnm ent B on d D e a le r s , C om m ercial
B anks, and C om m ercial P a per D e a le r s :

The following statement was authorized by the
Student Loan Marketing Association for issuance today,
announcing the auction results of its recent offering of
Notes:
The S tu d e n t Loan M a r k e tin g A s s o c i a t i o n

s o ld at a u c tio n

t o d a y $100 m i l l i o n p a r v a lu e o f 182 -d a y d i s c o u n t n o t e s a t an
average p r ic e

o f 9 5 *9 0 3 , w h ich r e s u l t s

in a r a t e o f d is c o u n t o f

8 .1 0 ^ p e r c e n t p e r annum on a 3 6 0 -d a y b a s i s .

The n o t e s a r e

d a t e d O c t o b e r k , 1973 and m a tu re on A p r i l h , 197*+•
A c c e p t e d b i d s r a n g e d fro m a h ig h p r i c e o f 9 6 .0 1 2
cen t d is c o u n t)

to

a lo w o f 9 5 .8 7 0

(7 -8 8 8 p e r ­

( 8 .1 6 9 p e r c e n t d i s c o u n t ) .

One

h u n d re d p e r c e n t o f t h e t o t a l amount b i d f o r a t t h e lo w p r i c e was
a cce p te d .

T o t a l b i d s r e c e i v e d w ere $7*+5 m i l l i o n , o f w h ich

$100 m i l l i o n w e re a c c e p t e d .




Alfred Hayes,
President.