QUESTION 8 Shelf registration A. allows firms to issue securities without a dilution in firm ownership B. allows firms to issue securities in the secondary market. C. is a way of placing issues in the primary market and increases transaction costs to the issuing firm. D. is a way of placing issues in the primary market and allows firms to register securities for sale over a two-year period. QUESTION 9 bond. A bond that can be retired prior to maturity by the issuer is a(n) A. convertible OB.secured C. Yankee D. callable QUESTION 10 A sale by IBM of new stock to the public now would be an) A initial public offering OB.seasoned equity offering C.private placement O D. secondary-market transaction