Issue of Debt
17th Apr 2025 16:02
The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG |
Tel 020 7862 6500
www.dmo.gov.uk
17 April 2025 | |
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PRESS NOTICE | ||
AUCTION OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT STOCK
Auction Details | |
Auction Date | Thursday, 24 April 2025 |
Issue and Settlement Date | Friday, 25 April 2025 |
Bidding Convention | Fully paid Bid Price (see Note 1) |
Accrued Interest payable with bid | £ 0.038934426230 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 | 4¾% Treasury Gilt 2043 | |
Amount (nominal) for auction | £1,750 million (fungible with previous issues) (see Note 3) | |
Nominal outstanding after auction | £32,627.5 million | |
Maturity Date | 22 October 2043 at par | |
Interest Payment Dates | 22 April and 22 October | |
ISIN Code | GB00BPJJKP77 | |
SEDOL Code | B-PJJ-KP7 | |
Strippable | No (see Note 4) | |
Interest Payable | Gross (see Note 2) | |
Next Interest Payment Date | 22 October 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 Thursday, 24 April 2025 and not later than 10.00 am on Thursday, 24 April 2025.
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 £1,750 million of 4¾% Treasury Gilt 2043
DMO : 17 April 2025 | 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 : 1 April 2025 | https://www.dmo.gov.uk/media/yf2fyxfz/infmemadd010425_2.pdf |
Formulae for Calculating Gilt Prices from Yields
DMO : 18 December 2024 | https://www.dmo.gov.uk/media/334d05fo/yldeqns_v4.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 2025-26
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.
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