The following covenants are extracted from a bond indenture. The indenture provides that failure to comply with

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The following covenants are extracted from a bond indenture. The indenture provides that failure to comply with its terms in any respect automatically advances the due date of the loan to the date of noncompliance (the maturity date is 20 years hence).

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Identify the audit steps that should be taken or reporting requirements necessary in connection with each one of the following:
a. The debtor company shall endeavor to maintain a working capital ratio of 2 to 1 at all times, and, in any fiscal year following a failure to maintain said ratio, the company shall restrict compensation of the CEO and executive officers to a total of no more than $500,000.
Management for this purpose shall include the chairman of the board of directors, the president, all vice presidents, the secretary, and the treasurer.
b. The debtor company shall insure all property that is security for this debt against loss by fire to the extent of 100% of its actual value.
Insurance policies securing this protection shall be filed with the trustee.
c. The debtor company shall pay all taxes legally assessed against the property that serves as security for this debt within the time provided by law for payment without penalty and shall deposit receipted tax bills or equally acceptable evidence of payment of same with the trustee.
d. A sinking fund shall be deposited with the trustee by semiannual payments of $300,000, from which the trustee shall, at her discretion, purchase bonds of this issue.

Maturity
Maturity is the date on which the life of a transaction or financial instrument ends, after which it must either be renewed, or it will cease to exist. The term is commonly used for deposits, foreign exchange spot, and forward transactions, interest...
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Auditing a business risk appraoch

ISBN: 978-0324375589

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Authors: larry e. rittenberg, bradley j. schwieger, karla m. johnston

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