1. It is clear that deep discount bonds represent liabilities of the issuer since they contain an obligation to make cash payments.

2. If this exchange is successful, the Discount Bond is likely to attract more institutional buyers and to perform better (despite its 2 year shorter duration).

3. The critical thing about a discount bond is it pays no interest.

4. Such a scenario will also favour the Discount bond option.

5. The Par and Discount bond options are equivalent from a valuation perspective.

6. The Yield to maturity would be higher for a discount bond, based on the fact that you are still earning interest on par even if you paid under par.

7. To the extent that this bond is held by many investors with relatively small positions, liquidity in this bond will be inferior to the Discount Bond.

8. It's the most simple-- or often called a bill-- a discount bond does not pay interest; it's sold at a discount.

9. A premium bond will have a lower current yield compared to it's coupon rate and a discount bond will have a higher current yield than it's nominal rate.