Sentence examples for bonds were exchanged from inspiring English sources

In 2005, some 91 percent of $82 billion in bonds were exchanged for new debt worth 25 percent to 29 percent of the original value.

Specifically, reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) is a mechanism by which covalent bonds are exchanged to relieve internal stresses.

If the offer is oversubscribed, not all bonds will be exchanged for the new bonds being offered.

Bondholders, who hold more than $27 billion in G.M. debt, have until May 27 to decide whether they will swap their bonds for shares of a reorganized G.M. The company has said it needs 90percentt of the bonds to be exchanged to meet Treasury Department guidelines to receive billions of dollars in additional loans.

A deal is needed soon so that bonds can be exchanged before then for longer-dated ones.

After a second offer — on the same terms — in 2010, all but 7 percent of the bonds have been exchanged.

The European Central Bank's bonds will be exchanged for new ones but it is likely to be exempt from the restructuring and will be repaid in full.

An organization that includes most major European banks said its members would accept the offer and expected 90 percent of all Greek bonds to be exchanged.

And he said the central bank's rules on what constituted acceptable collateral should not be altered to suit one country, only to change them to ensure that Greek bonds could be exchanged by banks for ECB cash.

Convertibles allow participation in stock appreciation but also, barring default, provide assured returns from twice-a-year interest payments that are independent of the stock market.The equity participation comes in the conversion feature, which allows the bond to be exchanged for a specified number of common shares.

Several years into the job, Wilson started getting to know municipal bond traders, who were exchanging and issuing the debt that cities need to fund projects.