Enter for the following definitions (or partial definitions) the appropriate term (enter either the term or the corresponding number below in the answer box). Each term may be used once or not at all. Term

1. Common stock

2. Debenture bond

3. Direct registration system

4. Sinking fund

5. Stock certificate book

6. Stock certificate holder

7. Stock registrar

8. Stock transfer agent

9. Treasury stock

10. Trust indenture

Definition (or Partial Definition) Term

a. An institution charged with responsibility for avoiding overissuance of a corporations stock

b. An institution responsible for maintaining detailed records of shareholders and handling changes of ownership of stock ownership

c. Cash or other assets set aside for the retirement of a debt

d. Shares of its own stock acquired by a corporation for the purpose of being reissued at a later date

e. The formal agreement between bondholders and the issuer as to the terms of the debt

f. A system that allows electronic registration and transfer of securities in an investors name.