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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hertz Bond Information in One Post
ADDED 6/7/2009: I currently have no interest in buying Hertz bonds. An investor interested in what bonds are currently traded may want to consult the data and historical trades at the free FINRA site: Search Results
My sole involvement is ownership of 50 shares of DKR purchased at $6.45, with a $25 par value, a Trust Certificate containing as its underlying bond a senior note from Hertz which matures in 2012 as discussed below.
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Added 8/24/2010: DKR has been called at its $25 par value plus accrued interest by the owner of the call warrant. Structured Asset Trust Unit Repackagings (SATURNS) Series 2003-8 Trust Receipt of Notice of Intent to Exercise Warrants in Full | Business Wire
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When I write about a topic, the relevant discussion can appear in many posts. Sometimes, if there is some interest, I will try to bring the references together in a single post which is the purpose of this one. The following is a discussion limited to a single security that I own-DKR.
For the Hertz bond, I still own just 50 shares of the Trust Certificate DKR, which contains as its underlying security a senior bond from Hertz that matures on June 1, 2012. I sold my other 50 shares on a spike to over 14.SOLD 1/2 POSITION DKR/GE FUNK/ I DO NOT OWN ANY BANK TRUST PREFERRED issues/CURRENCY INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIALS/FOREST CITY My purchase price for the remaining shares using FIFO accounting is $6.45. TRUST CERTIFICATE HERTZ BOND DKR HERTZ BONDS
Some other posts on this security include:
I always try to compare the price of the Trust Certificate with the pricing in the bond market of the underlying security. The only information that I have about pricing for the underlying bond in the TC comes from FINRA. This is a link to the underlying bond in the TC DKR.FINRA - Investor Information - Market Data - Bonds - Bond Detail The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether I would receive a better deal by buying the bond directly with an order in bond market, which I will do, or would it make sense to buy it indirectly by purchasing the trust certificate on a stock exchange. One thing to always note for me is the coupon of the underlying bond and the coupon for the TC. The coupon may be the same or different. The TC may have either a higher or lower coupon than the underlying bond. The Hertz bond has a coupon of 7.625% whereas the TC has a 7% coupon. So that is relevant to my decision. Both of course mature on the same day, June 1, 2012. DKR has always made LB nervous, and it brought out the caution police. DKR is viewed as extremely speculative. My potential return on my remaining shares is over 100% per year adding the coupon payment at my cost to the amortization of the spread between my $6.45 cost and the $25 par value. Capturing the spread generates most of the return for me and that can be accomplished only if Hertz survives to pay par value. I have reduced my risk by selling 1/2 of the position for a profit, and I believe without double checking that I have received one semi-annual interest payment on the full position. The next semi-annual ex-date is in May 2009. DKR Stock Quote - Saturns Hertz Corp Ser 2003- Stock Quote - DKR Quote - DKR Stock Price
This is a link to the prospectus:
I had an opportunity to buy the 50 shares sold at over 14 back at less than 6. LB, who was clearly in control in late February 2009, had a deer in the headlight look at the time, and nixed the purchase of more. Buy of 50 AEV in IRA/Hertz/Bernanke/
It subsequently almost doubled in price, and is now out of the purchase range.
Even though my position is small, I still monitor the earnings of Hertz, and try to assess its credit worthiness and likely survival until 2012.
The Hertz bonds are classified as junk, rated BB- by Fitch:Fitch Corporate
I treat junk rated bonds like I would handling a rattle snake-cautious is the operative word, so my exposure is never very large but I do not ignore them either.
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