Deutsche Bundesbank: Federal Government to issue Treasury discount paper with a maturity of 6 months for sale by auction on 11 January 2016

Frankfurt am Main, 30-12-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As already announced in the issuance calendar for the first quarter of 2016, the Federal Government will issue Treasury discount paper (“Bubills”) with a maturity of 6 months for sale by auction on 11 January 2016. An issue volume (auction allotment and amount set aside for secondary market operations) of € 3 billion is envisaged. Members of the Bund Issues Auction Group are entitled to bid.

Time schedule of the auction procedure:
Date of invitation to bid: Friday, 8 January 2016
Bidding period: Monday, 11 January 2016,
from 8.00 a.m. until 11.30 a.m. Frankfurt time
Value date: Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Characteristics of the Bubills:
Maturity: 13 July 2016
ISIN: DE0001119519

Deutsche Bundesbank, Communications Department Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse 14, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Tel: +49 (0)69 9566 3511 or 3512, Fax: +49 (0)69 9566 3077 presse@bundesbank.de, www.bundesbank.de Reproduction permitted only if source is stated.