Issue of Debt

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www.dmo.gov.uk

 

 

17 July 2024

 

PRESS NOTICE

AUCTION OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT STOCK

Auction Details

Auction Date

Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Issue and Settlement Date

Thursday, 25 July 2024

Bidding Convention

Fully paid Bid Price (see Note 1)

Rebate Interest to be deducted from amount payable with bid

£0.072115384615 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

4⅜% Treasury Gilt 2054

Amount (nominal) for auction

£2,250 million (fungible with previous issues) (see Note 3)

Nominal outstanding after auction

£15,131.0 million

Maturity Date

31 July 2054 at par

Interest Payment Dates

31 January and 31 July

ISIN Code

GB00BPSNBB36

SEDOL Code

B-PSN-BB3

Strippable

No (see Note 4)

Interest Payable

Gross (see Note 2)

Next Receivable Interest Payment Date

31 January 2025 (Standard 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 Wednesday, 24 July 2024 and not later than 10.00 am on Wednesday, 24 July 2024.

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 £2,250 million of 4⅜% Treasury Gilt 2054

 

DMO : 17 July 2024

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 : 28 March 2024

https://www.dmo.gov.uk/media/qvzhi5wt/infmemadd280324.pdf

 

Formulae for Calculating Gilt Prices from Yields

 

DMO : 16 March 2005

https://www.dmo.gov.uk/media/1sljygul/yldeqns.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 2024-25

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.

Category Code: IOD
Sequence Number: 1240819
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20240717T161023+0100

Contacts

UK Debt Management Office

Contacts

UK Debt Management Office