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Senior notes/Baby bonds
Senior notes, also called baby bonds, are bonds designed to trade like preferreds.
They trade in $25 par amounts, pay quarterly interest, and are typically callable five
years after issuance.
Unlike the other structures, the issuer cannot skip or defer payments on senior notes
without entering default. These bonds rank higher in the capital structure than
hybrids, trusts, and pure preferreds. Payments are interest, not dividends, and are
fully taxable to the investor (not QDI), but deductible for the issuer. Since the
securities pay interest, they are appropriate for NRA investors.
The payments on senior notes/baby bonds are cumulative, in that the issuer must
make good on all missed payments before making any payout on a junior ranking
security such as a hybrid, trust, or perpetual preferred. But historically, companies
have rarely been able to make up missed payments on senior obligations. Usually,
a company that skips a payment on a bond enters bankruptcy.
As with other senior debt obligations, senior notes are listed on the issuer’s balance
sheets as part of long-term debt, and do not count as equity capital
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Why do companies issue preferred securities?
Companies generally issue preferred securities for flexibility. The primary issuers tend to be financial firms, such as banks or real estate companies, which need easy access to debt markets to operate. But other companies, such as utilities and industrial companies, often issue preferred securities as well. Preferred securities provide these companies with flexibility as an extra financing tool in addition to common stock and more-traditional corporate bonds.
The capital structure of the largest US banks, which are among the primary issuers of preferred shares, is as follows (note that preferreds are sandwiched below traditional bonds and above common stock):
Common stock (lowest in capital structure)
Non-cumulative preferred stock
Cumulative preferred stock
Hybrid preferreds
Subordinated debt
Senior debt, including baby bonds (highest in capital structure).