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Financial Management



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                                           Example: Let us look at the Jindal issue:
                                    The total issue was  301,72,080 secured  zero interest  fully convertible  debentures. Of  these
                                    129,30,000 FCDs of   60 each were offered to the existing shareholders of the company as right
                                    basis in the ratio of one FCD for every one fully paid equal share held as on 30th March of the
                                    year. The balance of 172,42,080 secured zero interest, FCD’s were offered to the public at par
                                    value of   100 each.
                                    The terms of conversion were: Each fully paid FCD’s will be compulsorily converted into one
                                    equity shares of   10 each at a premium of   90 per share, credited as fully paid up, at the end of
                                    12 months from the date of investment.
                                    Partly Convertible Debentures (PCDs)

                                    These are debentures or bonds, a portion of which will be converted into equity share capital
                                    after a specified period, whereas the non-convertible part (NCD) of PCD will be redeemed as
                                    per terms of the issue after the maturity period. The non-convertible portion of the PCD will
                                    carry interest upto redemption whereas the interest on the convertible portion will be only upto
                                    the date immediately preceding the date of conversion.
                                    Normally, PCDs carry a lower rate of interest (coupon) as compared to NCDs.
                                    This is a kind of NCD with an attached warrant that gives the holder the right for allotment of
                                    equity shares through cash payment. This right has to be exercised between certain time frame
                                    after allotment, by which time the SPN will be fully paid up.

                                    3.2.5  New Financial Instruments

                                        Non-voting shares: Useful for companies to increase net worth without losing management
                                         control. These stocks are similar in every respect to equity, the sole exception being the
                                         absence of voting rights.
                                        Detachable equity warrants: This gives the holder the right to purchase a certain number
                                         of shares (equity) at a specified price over a certain period of time (of course holders of
                                         warrants earn  no income from them, till the option is exercised or warrants are sold).
                                         Warrants are often attached to debt issues as ‘sweetener’. When a firm makes a large bond
                                         issue the attachment of stock purchase warrants may add to the marketability of the issue
                                         and lower the required interest rate. A sweetener’s  warrants are  similar to conversion
                                         features often when a new firm is raising its initial capital suppliers of debt will require
                                         warrants to permit them to participate in whatever success the firm achieves. In addition,
                                         established companies, offer warrants to debts to compensate for risk and thereby lower
                                         the interest rate/and/or provide for fewer restrictive covenants.
                                        Participating debentures: These are unsecured corporate debt securities that participate in
                                         the profits of the  company.  Potential  issuers are  existing  dividend paying companies
                                         could appeal to investors willing to take risk for higher returns.
                                        Participating preference shares: Quasi equity instrument to bolster net worth without loss
                                         of management control payouts linked to equity dividend and also eligible for bonus will
                                         appeal to investors who are willing to take low risk.
                                        Convertible debentures with options: A derivative of the convertible debentures, with an
                                         embedded option, providing flexibility to the issues as well as the investor to exit from
                                         the terms of the issue. The coupon rate is specified at the time of issue.
                                        Third party convertible debenture: Debt with a warrant allowing the investor to subscribe
                                         to the equity of a third firm at a preferential price vis-à-vis the market price. Interest rate
                                         here is lower than pure debt on account of the conversion option.



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