When rates drop to 6 %, the company calls the bonds, pays each investor his principal and a small call premium, and then issues
new callable bonds with a 6 % interest rate.
Not exact matches
Primarily this would occur when there is a drop in interest rates — issuers often redeem the
callable bond and issue another one at the
new, lower interest rate.
So if Company XYZ's
bonds are
callable, and rates fall from 10 % to 3 %, Company XYZ will probably call the 10 %
bonds and issue
new bonds with a lower coupon.