LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
| PRESS NOTICE |
AUCTION OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT STOCK
| Auction Details | |||
| Auction Date | Tuesday, 9 September 2014 | ||
| Issue and Settlement Date | Wednesday, 10 September 2014 | ||
| Bidding Convention | Uniform Price (see Note 1) | ||
| Index adjusted accrued interest payable with bid | £0.123683 per £100 nominal | ||
| Auction Close | 10:30am London Time | ||
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Details of Security |
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| Title | 0¼% Index-linked Treasury Gilt 2052 | ||
| Amount (nominal) for auction | £850 million (fungible with previous issues) (see Note 5) | ||
| Nominal outstanding after auction | £11,962.0 million (£12,661.7 million Index adjusted) | ||
| Maturity Date | 22 March 2052 | ||
| Interest Dates | 22 March and 22 September | ||
| Parent ISIN Code | GB00B73ZYW09 | ||
| Parent SEDOL Code | B-73Z-YW0 | ||
| Reference Index applicable to first issue date | 242.05000 (as at 26 September 2012) (see Note 4) | ||
| Index Ratio at 10 September 2014 | 1.05850 | ||
| Interest Payable | Gross (see Note 2) | ||
| Next Interest Date | 22 September 2014 at £0.132250 per £100 nominal (Standard Coupon) (see Note 3) | ||
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“When Issued” Trading |
under London Stock Exchange Rule 1530 |
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| Commences | 3:30pm London Time: 2 September 2014 | ||
| Closes | Close of business: 9 September 2014 | ||
| “When issued” ISIN Code | GB00BN65R206 | ||
| “When issued” SEDOL Code | B-N65-R20 | ||
| TIDM (for trade reporting) | AUCA | ||
Note 1: Bids may be made on either a competitive or a non-competitive basis. Details of the bidding procedures are set out in the prospectus and in the Information Memorandum. Index-linked Gilt-edged Market Makers may bid by means of the Bloomberg Bond Auction System to the DMO not later than 10.30am on Tuesday, 9 September 2014.
Note 2: Holders may elect to have United Kingdom income tax deducted from interest payments, should they so wish, on application to the Registrar, Computershare Investor Services PLC.
Note 3: Actual amount of interest per £100 nominal is £0.125 x Index Ratio for 22 September 2014 and expressed as a percentage in pounds sterling to six places of decimals and rounded to the nearest figure.
The Index Ratio for 22 September 2014 is 1.05800.
Note 4: The Reference Index for the first calendar day of any calendar month shall be the Retail Prices Index figure for the calendar month falling three calendar months earlier. The Reference Index for any other day in the month shall be calculated by linear interpolation between the Reference Index applicable to the first calendar day of the month in which the day falls and the Reference Index applicable to the first calendar day of the month immediately following. Interpolated values for the Reference Index for any date should be rounded to the nearest 5th decimal place.
Note 5: Subject to the provisions of the Information Memorandum, this auction will be eligible for the Post Auction Option Facility of an additional amount of the Gilt equivalent to 10% of the nominal amount of the Gilt allocated at the auction. Details of the Post Auction Option Facility procedures are set out in the Information Memorandum.
| Documentation | ||
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Prospectus
DMO : 2 September 2014 |
http://www.dmo.gov.uk/documentview.aspx?docName=/gilts/public/prospectus/prosp020914a.pdf |
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Information Memorandum relating to the Issue, Stripping and
Reconstitution of British Government Stock
DMO : August 2013 |
http://www.dmo.gov.uk/documentview.aspx?docName=/publications/operationalrules/infmemadd220813.pdf |
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Formulae for Calculating Gilt Prices from Yields
DMO : 16 March 2005 |
www.dmo.gov.uk/documentview.aspx?docname=/giltsmarket/formulae/yldeqns.pdf |
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Applications from Members of the Approved Group of Investors
Application forms from Approved Group members must be sent to Computershare Investor Services PLC, who are acting on behalf of the DMO, at the following address: PO Box 2411, The Pavilions, Bristol, BS99 6WX to arrive not later than 10.00am on Tuesday, 9 September 2014. They may also be lodged by hand at the DMO, Eastcheap Court, 11 Philpot Lane, London, EC3M 8UD not later than 10.00am on Tuesday, 9 September 2014. The amount payable on application in the case of a non-competitive bid made by a member of the Approved Group is £142.50 per £100 nominal of the Gilt.
Remit 2014-15
Gilt sales of £127.2 billion (cash) are planned in 2014-15