News Release
2.75% 29 January 2007 Bank of England Euro Notes: Announcement of Auction

9 March 2004

The Bank of England today announced the auction of €1,000 million nominal of 2.75% Bank of England Euro Notes for maturity on 29 January 2007. The auction, which will be on a bid-yield basis, will take place on Tuesday, 16 March 2004. The Notes will be fungible with the €1,000 million of Notes sold by auction on 20 January 2004. The Bank of England will add €100 million to its holdings of Notes which may be made available for sale and repurchase operations with market makers, bringing the total available for this purpose to €200 million. A copy of the auction notice published by the Bank is attached.