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Term Securities Lending Facility Options Program (TOP)
The Term Securities Lending Facility Options Program (TOP) offers options to the primary dealers to draw upon short-term, fixed rate Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF) loans from the System Open Market Account (SOMA) portfolio in exchange for program-eligible collateral. The program is intended to enhance the effectiveness of TSLF by offering added liquidity over periods of heightened collateral market pressures, such as quarter-end dates.
 
TSLF Options Program (TOP) schedule for November and December month-end »
 
Auction Results
 
Auction Date
Offering Amount

Par Submitted6

Par Accepted7
Bid-to-Cover8
Stop-out Rate9
 
 
November 10
50,000
59,510
49,998
1.19
0.0200
 

 
Option exercise date
Total Options Sold

Options Exercised

 
 
November 24
49,998
8,044
 

TOP Auction Announcement
October 31, 2008
 
Option Details 1
 
 
Loan collateral 2
Schedule 2
 
 
Fixed loan rate
0.5000 percent
 
 
Total offering amount
$50 billion par
 
 
Maximum award
20% of offering 3
 
 
Minimum option fee rate
0.0100 percent
 
 
Option auction dates
   Start time
   Close time
   Offering amount 4
  November 10, 2008
  02:00 p.m. ET
  02:30 p.m. ET
  $50 billion par
 
 
Option exercise date
November 24, 2008
 
 
Loan settlement date
November 25, 2008
 
 
Loan term
7-day
 
 
Loan maturity date
December 02, 2008
 

 
Treasury General Collateral Basket
 
 
Security Description
Amount Available for Loan 5
 
 
T 04.750 12/31/08
4,617
 
 
T 04.625 11/15/09
5,569
 
 
T 03.500 12/15/09
51
 
 
T 04.500 05/15/10
3,739
 
 
T 02.875 06/30/10
3,016
 
 
T 04.375 12/15/10
410
 
 
T 04.875 05/31/11
1,078
 
 
T 04.625 08/31/11
1,300
 
 
T 04.875 02/15/12
2,262
 
 
T 04.625 07/31/12
1,603
 
 
T 04.000 02/15/15
667
 
 
T 04.125 05/15/15
2,271
 
 
T 03.500 02/15/18
6,004
 
 
T 08.125 05/15/21
1,418
 
 
T 06.125 11/15/27
3,149
 
 
T 05.500 08/15/28
1,715
 
 
T 05.250 11/15/28
1,411
 
 
T 04.500 02/15/36
2,198
 
 
TII 02.375 04/15/11
2,830
 
 
TII 02.375 01/15/25
3,110
 
 
TII 01.750 01/15/28
1,585
 

*All par amounts in millions of dollars

1 For more information please refer to TOP Terms and Conditions.
2 A listing of eligible collateral for each auction type is available under TSLF Terms and Conditions.
3 Dealers are limited to 20% of each auction offering up to 20% of the underlying loan.
4 The offered amount for successor TOP auctions will be revised upwards if the initial TOP auction is undersubscribed, by the amount of undersubscription.
5 Amounts are rounded to the nearest million.
6 "Par Submitted" represents the total par amount of propositions received.
7 "Par Accepted" represents the total amount awarded.
8 "Bid-to-Cover" represents the ratio of "Par Submitted" to the offering amount.
9 "Stop-out Rate" represents the lowest accepted fee rate for which accepted propositions are awarded. The fee can be considered the option premium.