The rest of the debt is non-recourse to BRK, and so
bondholders take their chances on a subsidiary failing.
Bear Stearns is worth more than zero in acquisition, provided that
the bondholders take an appropriate loss.
In the event of the issuer's bankruptcy,
bondholders take priority over preferred shareholders in recouping their investment (who in turn rank ahead of common shareholders).
Bear Stearns is worth more than zero in acquisition, provided that
the bondholders take an appropriate loss.
What is required is that Bear's
bondholders take a loss, as they should, rather than the public doing so.
So there's that, and the worry would be that future issues with any European bank could be resolved in an as - yet - unknown way with respect to which
bondholders take losses and which don't.
Personally I think that things will end badly for shareholders (as in bankruptcy and
bondholders taking over).
Not exact matches
Convertible bonds are securities that pay interest, but give the
bondholders the right to convert them to equity shares; they're basically a way to bet on the growth potential of a company without
taking the risk of buying common shares.
This option has already been applied in four smaller Italian banks but it still had losses for retail
bondholders and
took a long time to complete.
CWCapital Asset Management LLC, a special servicer representing
bondholders,
took control of the complex in 2010 after its owners missed a debt payment.
Sovereign debtors must agree to IMF «conditionalities» in order to get enough credit to enable
bondholders to
take their money and run, avoiding haircuts and leaving «taxpayers» to bear the cost of capital flight and corruption.
If Greece fails to persuade enough
bondholders to
take voluntary losses, it may pass a law activating clauses in the bonds that would force creditors to
take losses.
I
take that back: the
bondholders who financed the original buyout are the greater fools.
Meanwhile, debt service shows up in the financing activities, so the more debt you
take on, the more you can mislead shareholders by reporting huge operating cash flow (EBITDA) that is actually the property of
bondholders.
But in fact, J.P. Morgan is already willing to
take on all of Bear's assets and liabilities, including over $ 75 billion in debt to Bear's
bondholders, for $ 2 a share.
At what point will investors stop begging the government to save private companies and recognize that the losses should be
taken by the stock and
bondholders of the offending financial institutions?
«Congress should arrange some way for the debt to be reduced and for the
bondholders to
take a haircut and reduce it.»
Motown
took a step closer to bankruptcy last week when the state - appointed fix - it man called on
bondholders and public workers to accept steep cuts.
The following year, StarShine
took out $ 12.7 million in loans to purchase and upgrade its facilities that will now most likely become the property of its
bondholders.
Loans must be repaid or the
bondholder can
take legal steps, including forcing the company into bankruptcy.
That means that
bondholders don't have any incentive to see the company
take large risks that could endanger financial stability.
Other investors would
take the first X % of losses before the AAA
bondholders would
take any losses.
(It is noted that municipal bond indices
take into account the interest accrued to
bondholders however not the ensuing tax benefits of the interest income.)
Common and preferred equity should be wiped out, and
bondholders should
take haircuts.
Typically, wide corporate credit spreads indicate a riskier lending environment, as
bondholders generally will only
take on a greater risk of default in exchange for a greater yield.
Bondholders are made whole before stockholders but they don't stand to gain as much if the company
takes off.
Surely, whatever loss is required to transfer the ownership of the company should be
taken by the
bondholders, not by the public.
, I emphasized the need for immediate authority to
take distressed financial institutions into receivership in order to cut away the stockholder and
bondholder obligations, while preserving the ongoing business, as well as its obligations to customers and counterparties:
But in fact, J.P. Morgan is already willing to
take on all of Bear's assets and liabilities, including over $ 75 billion in debt to Bear's
bondholders, for $ 2 a share.
It is obvious that the common shareholders see more variability (risk) in what they
take home than
bondholders, raw material suppliers, employees or anyone else involved in the operation of the firm.
A provision that gives the issuer or
bondholder an option, but not the obligation, to
take an action against the other party.
What is required, however, is that the stock and
bondholders of financial companies
take due losses.
With Vallejo, that may not happen;
bondholders may have to
take a haircut.
For its part, AMLN says it has since tried unsuccessfully to get
bondholders to waive a provision blocking outsiders from
taking over the board and has asked its bankers for a similar waiver.
White & Case
takes up role for Ukrainian government while Weil instructed by
bondholders in debt negotiations
The Supreme Court of Canada had no trouble letting reporters blog during the BCE -
bondholder fight over attempts to
take the company private.
An appraised value of less than $ 495 million could lead to the most junior
bondholders losing control of servicing decisions or
taking losses, the analysts wrote.
Despite the mall's impending sale, it is projected that the
bondholders of its CMBS loan will
take a substantial loss approaching $ 90 million.