MFIN1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Callable Bond, Cumulative Voting, Sinking Fund

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Definitions:
Internally Generated Funds: cash reinvested in the firm: depreciation plus earnings not paid
out as dividends
Financial : Defecit: difference between the cash companies need and the amount generated
internally
Treasury Stock: stock that has been repurchased by the company and is held in its treasury
Issued Shares: shares that have been issued by the company
Outstanding Shares: shares that have been issued by the company and are held by investors
Authorized Share Capital: maximum number of shares that the company is permitted to issue
Par Value: value of security shown in the company’s accounts
Additional Paid-In Capital: difference between issue price and par value of stock, also called
capital surplus
Retained Earnings: cumulative value of reinvested profits
Majority Voting: voting system in which each director is voted on separately
Cumulative voting: voting system in which all votes that on shareholder is allowed to cast can
be cast for one candidate for the board of directors
Proxy contest: takeover attempt in which outsiders compete with management for
shareholder’s votes
preferred stock: stock that takes priority over common stock in regard to dividends
Net work: Book value of common stockholder equity plus preferred stocks
Floating-rate preferred: preferred stock paying dividends that vary with short-term interest rate
prime rate: benchmark interest rate charged by banks (LIBOR)
Funded Debt: debt with more than 1 year remaining to maturity
sinking fund: fund established to retire debt before maturity
callable bond: bond that may be repurchased by the issuing firm before maturity at a specified
called price
Eurobond: bond that is marketed internationally
private placement: sale of securities to a limited number of investors without a public offering
lease: long-term rental agreement
Warrant: right to buy share from a company at a stipulated price before a set date
Convertible bond: bond that the holder may exchange for a specified amount of another
security.
Rules:
1. However, corporations have limited liability. By this we mean that the promise to repay
the debt is not always kept. If the company gets into deep water, the company has the
right to default on the debt and to hand over its assets to the lenders.
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Internally generated funds: cash reinvested in the firm: depreciation plus earnings not paid out as dividends. Financial : defecit: difference between the cash companies need and the amount generated internally. Treasury stock: stock that has been repurchased by the company and is held in its treasury. Issued shares: shares that have been issued by the company. Outstanding shares: shares that have been issued by the company and are held by investors. Authorized share capital: maximum number of shares that the company is permitted to issue. Par value: value of security shown in the company"s accounts. Additional paid-in capital: difference between issue price and par value of stock, also called capital surplus. Majority voting: voting system in which each director is voted on separately. Cumulative voting: voting system in which all votes that on shareholder is allowed to cast can be cast for one candidate for the board of directors.

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