Issue of Debt

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

	The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG	Tel [phone]   www.dmo.gov.uk     9 December 2025
PRESS NOTICE

AUCTION OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT STOCK

Auction Details
Auction Date	Tuesday, 16 December 2025
Issue and Settlement Date	Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Bidding Convention	Fully paid Bid Price (see Note 1)
Accrued Interest payable with bid	£0.615331491713 per £100 nominal
Auction Open	9:00am London Time
Auction Close	10:00am London Time
Post Auction Option Facility Open	12:30pm London Time
Post Auction Option Facility Close	1:00pm London Time

Details of Security
Title	4⅛% Treasury Gilt 2031
Amount (nominal) for auction	£4,250 million (fungible with previous issues) (see Note 3)
Nominal outstanding after auction	£15,338.7 million
Maturity Date	7 March 2031 at par
Interest Payment Dates	7 March and 7 September
ISIN Code	GB00BVP99673
SEDOL Code	B-VP9-967
Strippable	No (see Note 4)
Interest Payable	Gross (see Note 2)
Next Interest Payment Date	7 March 2026 - £1.526934 per £100 nominal (Short First Coupon)

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. Gilt‑edged Market Makers may bid by means of the Bloomberg Bond Auction System to the DMO not earlier than 9.00 am on Tuesday, 16 December 2025 and not later than 10.00 am on Tuesday, 16 December 2025.

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: 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 25% 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 as supplemented by the prospectus.

Note 4: The Gilt may not be stripped and reconstituted until so specified in a notice issued by the DMO.

Documentation
Prospectus for auction of £4,250 million of 4⅛% Treasury Gilt 2031   DMO : 9 December 2025	Available on the DMO’s Gilt Market Publications webpage at: https://www.dmo.gov.uk/publications/
Information Memorandum relating to the Issue, Stripping and Reconstitution of British Government Stock   DMO : 1 April 2025	https://www.dmo.gov.uk/media/yf2fyxfz/infmemadd010425_2.pdf
Formulae for Calculating Gilt Prices from Yields   DMO : 18 December 2024	https://www.dmo.gov.uk/media/334d05fo/yldeqns_v4.pdf

Applications from Members of the Approved Group of Investors

For this auction applications may not be made by members of the Approved Group.

Gilt sales in 2025-26

A table showing the progress of gilt sales in the current financial year is published in the ‘Responsibilities – Financing Remit’ section of the DMO website at: https://www.dmo.gov.uk/dmo_static_reports/currentremit.pdf.

The table is updated after the conclusion of every gilt sales operation.