2.3 The Bond Indenture Flashcards
Bond indenture or trust indenture
The legal document that specifies the scope and features of the bond and holds the issue were to its terms
To issue a corporate bond and issue or must prepare a formal written document also known as
A Bond indenture
The indenture must identify?
Purpose of the bond issue
Conditions which the bonds may be redeemed before maturity
Promises the issuing company makes
Procedures and remedies
Rights and duties
The Trust Indenture Act of 1939
Requiring bond in dentures to be registered and qualified by the SEC for each corporate bond issued valued over 5 million
Who ensures that the issue were complies with all the covenants specified in the indenture?
A third-party trustee the trustee is usually a bank or trust company