The MEF announces an auction of 10,000 million BOTs for 10 September 2008, with settlement date on 15 September 2008, made up as follows:
| amount (in million euro) | maturity | days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three-month | 3.000 | 15.12.2008 | 91 |
| Twelve-month | 7,000 | 15.09.2009 | 365 |
Please note that on 15 September 2008, BOTs for 7,000 million euro will reach maturity - the entire amount referring to the 12-month security -.
BOTs are offered via a competitive auction and without indication of the minimum price by the Treasury.
Treasury bonds are subscribable for a minimum amount of one thousand euro.
Prices indicated by dealers participating in auctions of BOTs, expressed in percentage terms, may vary by 0.001% or multiple thereof, in respect of all types of securities. Bids without price reference will not be admitted to auction.
Each bid will not be lower than one and a half million euro (1,500,000€).
Dealers set forth in the decrees authorising the issuance of the BOTs are eligible for participation in the auction.
In application of the provisions set forth in Sec.II - Title V of Legislative Decree 24 June 1998, no. 213 and related implementation provisions on the dematerialization of Government bonds, BOTs are represented by account registrations entered in favour of the entitled.
The Banca d'Italia automatically enters the BOT amounts subscribed at auction and settles them through the clearing and settlement facility for financial instruments, entering the date of settlement as value date. On the basis of allocations, the broker allocatees will credit the related amounts to the subscribers' accounts.
Purchase bids - a maximum of three for each tranche - must be submitted to the Banca d'Italia strictly by means of the national Interbanking network, within and no later than 11am of 10 September 2008, in compliance with the procedure and provisions set forth in the issuance decrees.
Please note that should there be a malfunctioning of the system, thereby preventing the transmission of messages on the network, requests for participation in the auction must be sent via fax.
Bids received after the deadline set in the issuance decrees will not be considered. Bids in replacement of previously submitted requests will be taken into consideration only if they arrive by the aforementioned deadline. Requests cannot be withdrawn after the aforementioned deadline.
Should any dealer's bids exceed, including as a whole, the amount offered by the Treasury, they will be taken into consideration starting from the one at the highest price, up to the amount offered, unless otherwise provided for in the issuance decrees.
Outstanding BOTs at 29 August 2008 amounted to 159,081,666 million euro, of which 3,000 million euro at 200 days, 3,000 million euro at 165 days, 2,500 million euro at 123 days, 2,500 million euro at 120 days, 2,500 million euro at 92 days, 7,500 million euro at three months, 58,425 million euro at six months and 79,656,666 million euro at twelve months.