Callable Yes Coupon Frequency Semiannually Issue Size ($Mil) Maturity Date $1,000 Coupon 0.700% 08/15/2014 Coupon Type Fixed Proctor and Gamble's total amount of debt increased from 31.9% in March 2011 to 34.2% in December 2011, mainly due to its net debt issuances to fund general corporate purposes What was the annual cost of the funds to P&G raised from the $1.0 billion bonds that mature in 2014? basis points. Historical Treasury Rates If the bond sold at 100.10 at the time of issue, investors observed that required annual yield would be _ 2 Year Nominal S Year Nominal Difference Looking at the comparable U.S. Treasury yield, these bonds were issued at a spread of 0.79% 1.0 basis points Because the coupon rate is 0.19% the yield required by the market, the bond sold at at the time of issue uly 2011 Jan. 2012 Aug Sept. oct. Nov. Dec. Time Period If the current yield is higher than the coupon rate, investors would want a higher return on their investment. If the coupon rate is less than the yield required by the market, the price of the bond is most likely to be the par value of the bond, and the bond will sell at As interest rates increase, the yield required by the market will increase, and the price of the bond is likely to Thus, when the yield increases to 1.2%, the bond's price by Understanding yield to call and when bonds are called Suppose the bond had a call structure that allowed the company to call its bonds after one year. The call structure of the bonds states that the bonds would be callable at par. What would be the yield to call? In what situation would the company call the bond? o 1.448% o 0.765% 0 1.487% o 2.197% O When interest rates fall When current yield on the bonds falls O When the bond's price rises when interest rates rise From an investor's perspective, if the investor holds these P&G bonds in their portfolio and market interest rates rise, the bonds' value in the fixed-income asset class in the portfolio will most likely rates fall, the value of bonds in the portfolio will but if market interest