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FED ER A L RESERVE BANK
OF N EW YORK
F i s c a l Agent o f the U nited S ta te s
for Student Loan Marketing A sso c ia tio n

O ctob er 3 0 ,

1973

RESULTS OF BIDDING FOR SLMA NOTES

To Certain U. S. Government Bond D ealers, Commercial
Banks, and Commercial Paper D ealers:

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 en t Loan M a rk etin g A s s o c i a t i o n

s o ld

a t a u c tio n

to d a y $100 m i l l i o n p a r v a lu e o f 18 2 -d a y d is c o u n t n o te s
a v e ra g e p r i c e

o f 9 6 . 1 9 7 , which r e s u l t s

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

7 * 5 2 2 p e r c e n t p e r annum on a 3 6 0 -d a y b a s i s .
d a te d November 1 ,

1 9 7 3 and m ature on May 2 ,

A c c e p te d b id s
c e n t d is c o u n t )

to

n in e p e r c e n t o f th e t o t a l
a c c e p te d .

T o t a l b id s

The n o te s

are

197^-

ran ged from a h ig h p r i c e

a low o f 9 6 .1 6 5

a t an

o f 9 6 .2 3 ^

(7 -^ 9

(7 -5 8 6 p ercen t d is c o u n t).

amount b i d

p erĀ­

T w enty-

f o r a t th e low p r i c e was

r e c e i v e d were $ 7 2 0 .1 m i l l i o n ,

o f which

$100 m i l l i o n w ere a c c e p te d .




Alfred Hayes,
President.