Not exact matches
There can be downsides to paying employees with
stock, and you don't want to go overboard and dilute
existing equity.
If we raise additional funds through further issuances of
equity, convertible debt securities, or other securities convertible into
equity, our
existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution in their percentage ownership of our company, and any new
equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences, and privileges senior to those of holders of our Class A common
stock.
Which will now be harder, because paying for Solar City in
stock — and hence diluting
existing shareholders substantially — mere weeks after a big
equity offering will make investors to whom Musk will have to sell
stock in the future to meet his voracious needs for money think twice: will he take their money then dilute them again a few weeks or months later?
If our
existing stockholders, including employees and service providers who obtain
equity, sell, or indicate an intention to sell, substantial amounts of our Class A common
stock in the public market after the lock - up and legal restrictions on resale discussed in this prospectus lapse, the trading price of our Class A common
stock could decline.
Stock market turmoil experienced in late January highlighted the strong link that
exists between interest rates and
equities, especially when moves on rates are abrupt.
However, it may be possible to conceive of contemporaneous offerings if the issuer offered different securities, such as a non-convertible preferred
stock in one offering and common
stock in the other offering, and if the investors in the two offerings were different — for example, preferred
stock being offered to an
existing venture or private
equity investor (or other investors with which the issuer has a pre-
existing substantive relationship), while common
stock is being offered to a broader range of investors in a separate offering using general solicitation.
The Board recommends a vote AGAINST a stockholder proposal seeking to have us adopt a policy requiring that senior executives retain a significant percentage of
stock acquired through
equity pay programs until reaching retirement age because our
existing stock ownership guidelines and other compensation policies already effectively facilitate significant
stock ownership by our executives, and establishing holding requirements based on a particular retirement age would not be in the best interests of our stockholders.
The argument of a full - or over-valuation of
stocks backfires when applied to the
existing equity holdings of a fund: If at present the manager does not want to use the surplus cash to add to these positions, this implies that they have a limited appreciation potential, are fully valued or even over-valued.
In combination with the anti-dilution provisions contained in the Convertible Preferred
Stock (the «BFC Preferred»), an
equity issuance at current levels would be significantly dilutive to
existing shareholders (even if completed through a Rights Offering).
Compounded by the anti-dilution provisions contained in the Company's Convertible Preferred
Stock, an
equity issuance of this magnitude would be significantly dilutive to
existing shareholders.
Yields in fixed income remain historically low, while within the
equity space,
existing high dividend strategies tend to tilt toward low growth sectors or poor quality
stocks.
Strategy: This fund is an actively managed U.S.
equity strategy that employs a bottom - up, quantitative approach to identify attractive, undervalued companies in order to capitalize on the pricing discrepancies that
exist between high - and low - expectation
stocks.
Its not just the worst 10 % of
stocks ranked by debt, interest, and profits that are outperforming: Mark Hulbert notes a similar pattern
exists when
stocks are ranked according to «three - and five - year growth rates, along with return on
equity, assets and investment.»
Some proportion of
stocks have to pay dividends and get bought, or else the whole
equity market might as well not
exist.
For now, if a correlation with
stocks does
exist, some analysts have suggested that cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin could be an indicator of appetite for risky assets such as
equities.
DDR is using the proceeds from this and other sales to finance a
stock repurchase program, repay
existing debt, and fund
equity requirements in ongoing development projects.