A Debt represented by bonds, where issuers have the choice either to pay cash Interest or to issue new bonds instead.It is like a payement-in-kind note with an Option to pay cash Interest. These notes are used to help fund the big leveraged buy-outs.

(See Chapter 46 Mergers and Demergers of the Vernimmen)

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