Question

If the coupon interest rate is 4.375% for the first six months and changes to a rate equal to the 10-year Treasury bond rate plus 1.3% thereafter, the bond is called a bond. Which feature of a bond contract allows the issuer to redeem a bond issue immediately in its entirety at an amount greater than par value prior to maturity? Deferred call provision Call provision Put provision Convertible provision Which term is used to describe a call provision in which the issuer is prevented from calling a portion or the entire issue for several years during the early years of the bond issue? Sinking fund provision Declining call provision Deferred call provision

Answer 1

If the coupon interest rate is 4.375% for the first six months and changes to a rate equal to the 10-year Treasury bond rate plus 1.3% thereafter, the bond is called a FLOATING RATE bond.

Which feature of a bond contract allows the issuer to redeem a bond issue immediately in its entirety at an amount greater than par value prior to maturity?

CALL PROVISION

When issuers call a bond, it means that they redeem an outstanding bond before its maturity date. E.g. a bond matures in 10 years, but the issuer decides to redeem them (buy they back) in 2 years

Which term is used to describe a call provision in which the issuer is prevented from calling a portion or the entire issue for several years during the early years of the bond issue?

DEFERRED CALL PROVISION

Something that is deferred is something that has been postponed. So a deferred call provision is a call provision that is postponed for a certain amount of time. I.e. if the issuer wants and is able to call the bond, they must wait until a certain amount of years pass.