Federal Republic of Germany and Deutsche Bundesbank to issue treasury discount paper for sale by auction on 13 January 2014

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 6-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As already announced in the issuance calendar for the first quarter of 2014, the Federal Government will issue Treasury discount paper (“Bubills”) with a maturity of 6 months for sale by auction on 13 January 2014. An issue volume (auction allotment and amount set aside for secondary market operations) of € 2 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, 10 January 2014

Bidding period: Monday, 13 January 2014,
from 8.00 a.m. until 11.30 a.m. Frankfurt time

Value date: Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Characteristics of the Bubills:

Maturity: 16 July 2014
ISIN: DE0001119964
SIN: 111 996

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