Exam 15: Debt Financing

A company issues a callable (at par)ten-year,6% coupon bond with annual coupon payments.The bond can be called at par in one year after release or any time after that on a coupon payment date.On release,it has a price of $104 per $100 of face value.What is the yield to maturity of this bond when it is released?

A firm issues $500 million in twenty-year bonds with an annual coupon rate of 5%.The firm uses a sinking fund to repurchase 4% of the bond issue on each coupon payment date.What payment must they make on the first coupon payment date?

What is the difference between secured and unsecured debt?

A company issues a callable (at par)five-year,7% coupon bond with annual coupon payments.The bond can be called at par in one year after release or any time after that on a coupon payment date.On release,it has a price of $110 per $100 of face value.What is the yield to call of this bond when it is released?

BC Brewery issues $120 million in straight bonds at an original issue discount of 1.5% and a coupon rate of 5%.The firm also pays underwriting fees of 3% on the face value of the bonds.What are the net proceeds to BC Brewery from the bond issue?

A bond issue that does NOT trade on the public market but instead is sold to a small group of investors is called a(n):

What kind of corporate debt has a maturity of less than ten years?

A firm issues the convertible debt shown above.The price of stock in this company on July 1,2008 is $36.00.What is the minimum call price that would make a bondholder prefer to accept the call rather than convert?

A company issues a callable (at par)five-year,7% coupon bond with annual coupon payments.The bond can be called at par in one year after release or any time after that on a coupon payment date.On release,it has a price of $110 per $100 of face value.What is the yield to worst of this bond when it is released?

A company issues a callable (at par)ten-year,6% coupon bond with annual coupon payments.The bond can be called at par in one year after release or any time after that on a coupon payment date.On release,it has a price of $104 per $100 of face value.What is the yield to worst of this bond when it is released?

Athelstone Realty issues debt with a maturity of 20 years.In the case of bankruptcy,holders of this debt may claim the property held by Athelstone Realty.Which of the following best describes this type of corporate debt?

What is a call provision?

In terms of public offerings of bonds,what is an indenture?

What is a bond's seniority?

By definition,a corporate bond is any form of debt security.

A firm issues $200 million in ten-year bonds with an annual coupon rate of 6%.The firm uses a sinking fund to repurchase 8% of the bond issue on each coupon payment date.What payment must they make on the tenth and final coupon payment date?

Why do corporations choose to have a Canada call provision rather than leaving the bonds as non-callable?

In which of the following situations would the yield to worst for a certain bond be that bond's yield to call? I.The bond's coupon payments are high relative to market yields.

Which of the following statements regarding bonds is most accurate?

Which of the following is usually a form of public debt?