Stepped spread floaters have a provision to change the quoted margin at certain intervals over a floater's life. The quoted margin could either step to a higher level or a lower level. An example of such kind of floater is a 5-year floating-rate note, where the coupon rate is 6-month MIBOR + 1% for the first 2 years, and for the remaining 3 years the coupon rate is calculated based on the 3-month MIBOR + 3%.