Patent ID: 8032434

Claim:
A processor-executed bond re-marketing method, comprising: retrieving, from a bond database, a data record associated with an extensible bond from an issuer to an investor in exchange for value, wherein the data record associated with the extensible bond comprises (i) a spread to a pre-determined index, (ii) a nominal maturity date, (iii) an initial mandatory tender date prior to the nominal maturity date, and (iv) an option for the investor to extend the initial mandatory tender date during an initial decision period; receiving in a data storage element and processing in a processor, during the initial decision period, a first indication that the investor will not extend the initial mandatory tender date associated with the extensible bond from a first investor device; receiving a second indication reconfirming the investor will not extend the initial mandatory tender date associated with the extensible bond from the first investor device when the issuer is willing to increase the spread to the pre-determined index associated with the extensible bond; and automatically attempting to re-market the extensible bond, without tendering a new spread associated with the extensible bond to the first investor, by transmitting information from the data record related to the extensible bond to a second investor device of a potential substitute investor when the second indication is received.