Discuss the below:
1) What is the face value of bonds being issued by CONSOL?
2) Are the bonds being sold at a discount or a premium to investors?
3) The cover page of offering memorandum includes a line titled discount 0.65% per note, for a total of $1,625,000. What does this amount present?
4) what is the issuance date of bonds?
5) When will interest accruing on the bonds be paid to the bondholders?
6) What is the maturity date of bonds?
7) What will the proceeds this bond issue be used for?
8) How will the bonds will repaid- in other words, will there be periodic principal payments to the bondholders or the bondholders will be repaid in a lump sum?
9) Are these bonds are secured and unsecured bonds? Explain what the term means?
10) Does the company have right to redeem the bonds early?
11) Briefly describe three of what you believe are the most significant risk factors facing by the company?
12) Utilize CONSOL's December 31, 2011 balance sheet as a starting point and after the issuance of $250,000,000 in notes, what will
CONSOL's total long-term debt amount to?
13) what are some of CONSOL's key business strength?
14) Will individual or entities guarantee the bonds? If yes, by whom?
15) how much interest income will the bondholder of a $1000 bond from this bond issue receive each year?
16) how will interest on notes be computed each year?
17) Calculate the effective Interest Rate on Consol's bonds:
Present value of Interest + Present Value of Principal
Effective Interest Rate is 7.975%
[Please see the calculations on the excel sheet]
18) Does CONSOL have right to redeem the notes prior to the maturity?
19) The Events of defaults?
20) Describe the target purchaser of the bond issue?
21) The CONSOL is using straight line method to account for the premium and discount incurred from issuance of bonds. Did you know that companu use straight line method
22) a) Issuance of bonds:
23)The Company may choose to repay its bonds prior to the maturity for avoiding future interest payments.