Warrants are long-term options to buy a stated number of common shares at a specified price that is generally attached to debt issues. Warrants give bond investors the chance to profit from the firm's upside potential, leading some to compare warrants to a long-term call option. However, some factors distinguish warrants from call options. Which of the following statements about their differences is correct? Exercising call options can lead to the dilution of existing shareholders' value. Exercising warrants can lead to the dilution of existing shareholders' value. Spandust Industries Inc. is issuing new 13-year bonds with 25 warrants attached to each $1,000 par value bond. Spandust Industries Inc. wanted to issue the bonds at par, but a straight-debt bond (without warrants) would have required a 10.80% coupon rate. Instead, the attached warrants allow Spandust Industries Inc. to issue the bonds at par with a 6.48% coupon. Select the straight value of the bond and the value of each warrant in the following table. (Note: Assume that the company pays annual coupons.) Which kind of firm is more likely to issue bonds with attached warrants-large, mature firms or small, fast-growing firms? Small, fast-growing firms Large, mature firms True or False: Warrants are sweeteners because they add a special benefit to a debt instrument that increases its marketability and lowers interest rates. True False