Long-Term Financing: An: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Long-Term Financing: An: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Introduction
Chapter 15
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Outline
• Some Features of Common and Preferred Stock
• Bank Loans
• International Bonds
• Patterns of Financing
Bond Classifications
• Registered vs. Bearer Forms
• Security
• Collateral – secured by financial securities
• Mortgage – secured by real property, normally land or
buildings
• Debentures – unsecured
• Notes – unsecured debt with original maturity less
than 10 years
• Seniority
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Required Yields
• The coupon rate depends on the risk characteristics
of the bond when issued
• Which bonds will have the higher coupon, all else
equal?
• Secured debt versus a debenture
• Subordinated debenture versus senior debt
• A bond with a sinking fund versus one without
• A callable bond versus a non-callable bond
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Zero-Coupon Bonds
• Make no periodic interest payments (coupon rate =
0%)
• The entire yield to maturity comes from the
difference between the purchase price and the par
value
• Cannot sell for more than par value
• Sometimes called zeroes, deep discount bonds, or
original issue discount bonds (OIDs)
• Treasury Bills and principal-only Treasury strips are
good examples of zeroes
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• Convertible bonds
• Put bonds
Bank Loans
• Lines of Credit
• Provide a maximum amount the bank is willing to lend
• If guaranteed, referred to as a revolving line of credit
• Syndicated Loan
• Very large banks frequently have more demand for loans
than they have supply
• Small regional banks are often in the opposite situation
• As a result, a very large bank may arrange a loan with a
firm or country and then sell portions of the loan to a
syndicate of other banks
• A syndicated loan may be publicly traded
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International Bonds
• Eurobonds: bonds denominated in a particular
Patterns of Financing
• Internally generated cash flow dominates as a
source of financing
• This preference has increased through time
Quick Quiz
• Describe the basic characteristics of common and
preferred stock.
• Differentiate between cumulative voting and straight
voting.
• Identify the rights of shareholders and bondholders.
• How would the following characteristics impact the
yield on a bond:
• Callable
• Sinking Fund