How to Use bondholder in a Sentence

bondholder

noun
  • Pensioners accepted a cut to their paychecks, bondholders took a haircut on what they were owed and the state government kicked in money, too.
    Nathan Bomey, Axios, 18 July 2024
  • Callable bond: This type of bond gives the issuer the right to pay the bondholder back earlier than the full term of the bond.
    Ivana Pino, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The report also found that Mount Ida had not met the terms of the bond covenants required by bondholders.
    Laura Krantz, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • That means the government will have to sell more bonds at the same time a huge bondholder is no longer a big buyer.
    Tom Hudson, miamiherald, 27 Oct. 2017
  • For one, there’s no city guarantee of debt for the project, meaning the city isn’t on the hook to pay off bondholders if the project goes under.
    Steve Vockrodt, kansascity, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The bondholders of $138 million of Neiman Marcus debt declined to be part of the agreement, and that debt matures next year.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 7 May 2020
  • That way, the bondholder isn’t left holding a worthless scrap of paper.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022
  • WeWork has yet to report its results for the last three months of 2019, as it is required to do for bondholders.
    Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The state pledged in a contract with its bondholders not to repeal the guardrails before mid-2028 — yet can modify them.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2024
  • And if a company goes bankrupt, bondholders are ahead of stock investors in the line to get their money back.
    Sarah Skidmore Sell, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The group led by Franklin and Pimco as well as other lenders and bondholders are backing iHeart’s chapter 11 plan.
    Soma Biswas, WSJ, 9 July 2018
  • To borrow that much debt, the country needs to pay an enormous amount of interest to its bondholders.
    Anneken Tappe, CNN, 24 July 2019
  • One of the largest bondholders, the hedge fund Elliott Management, has been a heavy investor in oil, gas and coal companies.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The demise of Credit Suisse and the zeroing of its junior bondholders.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Spokesmen for the oversight board, and both bondholder groups declined to comment.
    Andrew Scurria, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The collapse cost more than $7 million to repair damage and settle the claims of bondholders, Penney has said.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Similarly, a bondholder about to retire may need the steady stream of coupon payments the bond provides.
    The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • Some of the island’s bondholders have been lobbying Congress and the White House to replace the members of the oversight board, but legal changes would be tricky as well.
    Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 4 Oct. 2017
  • None of its other backers—Fosun, the banks, bondholders or hedge funds—were prepared to do so.
    The Economist, 23 Sep. 2019
  • That implies bondholders now expect to recoup only 71% of what was lent to the company in April.
    Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The moves are designed to putting the stake out of reach of bondholders who financed PetSmart's acquisition with $2 billion in debt, Bloomberg said.
    Rob Wile, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
  • The rule essentially seeks to shift the risk of a bank failure to bondholders rather than depositors.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The lawsuit by the bondholders' trustees was first reported June 21 by Crain's Chicago Business.
    Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2017
  • The funds and shares are to be distributed to bondholders and shareholders who lost money in the company’s downfall.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 7 July 2003
  • Many bondholders care far more about how much income a bond pays than its capital value.
    The Economist, 23 May 2020
  • The victims’ committee has now teamed up with PG&E bondholders to form their own plan to resolve the fire claims, and Montali will hear more about their efforts at a later date.
    J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Since the debt-for-equity plan was unveiled, the proposal has drawn fire from a top shareholder, as well as some bondholders.
    Fortune, 18 Feb. 2018
  • While angry bondholders threatened lawsuits, the board used that threat as leverage.
    Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The deal’s terms include giving the bondholders new debt that is cheaper for PG&E, among other provisions.
    J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually, stands at about 4.6%, marking nearly a percentage-point jump since June.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023

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