Patent ID: 7899724

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for supporting the issuance and remarketing of a financial security comprising the steps of: issuing a unit to a holder, using an issuing computer system, wherein the unit comprises a forward contract and a remarketable security that secures performance of obligations of the forward contract, the forward contract requiring the holder to purchase a quantity of stock from an issuer at a settlement price on or before a settlement date, the remarketable security having an issue denomination and a maturity date, and wherein the remarketable security at issue is subordinate to senior debt of the issuer; and offering at a remarketing time, using a remarketing computer system, the remarketable security to one or more new investors at a remarketing denomination different from the issue denomination, wherein at the remarketing time the remarketable security is not subordinate to the senior debt of the issuer, and wherein the unit provides the remarketing denomination at time of issue, wherein the issuing computer system comprises at least one transaction computer and data storage media and is programmed to process data relating to the issuing of the unit, and wherein the remarketing computer system comprises at least one transaction computer and data storage media and is programmed to process data relating to the remarketing of the remarketable security.