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Accounting Issues
Tax Issues
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Use
of hedges
- IRS can re-characterize to require
OID treatment
- By integrating convertible debt with hedge
to create a synthetic debt instrument
subject to original issue discount
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Notable Transactions
Arch Coal Induced Conversion
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Exchange
offer for convertible preferred stock
Announced
12.01.05
Schedule
TO filings 12.01.05
Interim
Communications
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L-3 Holdings CODES - Lehman
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3%
convertible contingent debt
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Bausch & Lomb Induced Exchange
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Exchange
offer for $160 million of convertible notes
- New convertible notes with alerted terms
- Motivated to address accounting issue
- Incentive payment of $2.50 per $1000
- Deal summary
Announced
11.15.04
Completed
12.15.04
Deal
terms
Form
S-4 filings
Schedule
TO filings
SEC
comment letters
SEC_CODE_REF_0090001192884
Interim
communications
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Aquila Inc Induced Conversion of PIES SM
(Mandatorily Convertible Senior Notes)
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Exchange
offer for $345 million of
6.75% Premium Income Equity SecuritiesSM (PIES)
Announced
6.02.05
Deal
terms
Form S-4
6.02.05
Schedule TO
6.02.05
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Motient Convertible Preferred
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$408.5
million private placement
- By wireless communications company
- Conversion price of $33.33 per share
- Dividends payable in cash or, after 2 years, in
common
stock at Motient's option
- At a rate of 5.25% (cash) or 6.25% (stock)
- Company escrowed cash for first 24 months of
dividends
- Proceeds in part used to fund an acquisition
-
Press release 4.18.05
Private
placement documents
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Genzyme Convertible Senior Notes
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1.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
$
690 million debt offering
Ropes & Gray
Announced
9.26.03
- To offer $1.0 billion of convertible debentures
- Press release
SEC
Filings
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Bristol-Myers Squibb
Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures
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Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023
$
1.2 billion convertible debt offering
Cravath
Announced
9.26.03
SEC
Filings
Form
S-3 3.31.04
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