At maturity date,
the full face value of the bond is repaid to the bondholder.
Not exact matches
State laws allow bail
bond companies to charge defendants a premium
of up to 12 percent
of the
face value of the
bond imposed by a judge, in exchange for a promise to pay the
full amount to the court if the defendant doesn't show up for trial.
Bonds are not necessarily issued at par (100 %
of face value, corresponding to a price
of 100), but
bond prices will move towards par as they approach maturity (if the market expects the maturity payment to be made in
full and on time) as this is the price the issuer will pay to redeem the
bond.
Treasury sells Series EE
bonds for one - half
of face value and Series I
bonds at
full face value.
On the maturity date, the holder
of the
bond gets back its
full face value (called par
value).
Once the
bond matures, it may be cashed in for
full face value, resulting in profit for the investor and requiring only one additional transaction to complete the process on the end
of the issuing entity.