Further to press release dated 6 February 2009, the MEF announces the amount of BTPs to be auctioned on 13 February 2009:
- on-the-run BTPs ('Buoni del Tesoro Poliennale' - Long Term Treasury Bonds):
start date - maturity: 15 December 2008/15 December 2013; third tranche
nominal amount of issue:
from a minimum of 3,000 million euro to a maximum of 3,500 million euro
start date - maturity: 1 February 2008/1 August 2023; eighth tranche
nominal amount of issue:
from a minimum of 1,500 million euro to a maximum of 2,500 million euro
- off-the-run BTPs ('Buoni del Tesoro Poliennale' - Long Term Treasury Bonds):
start date - maturity: 1 February 2006/1 August 2021; fourteenth tranche
start date - maturity: 1 November 1998/1 November 2029; thirty-fourth tranche
overall amount, for both issues:
from a minimum of 1,000 million euro to a maximum of 2,000 million euro
As previously announced, the above-mentioned bonds will be placed using the uniform-price auction mechanism whereby allotment price and issuance amount are set discretionally.