Convertible financial instruments with contingent payments

• Main Authors: Birle, Jr, James R, Dolan, David K, Edwards, Jeffrey N, Epelbaum, Yonathan, Fiddle, Frederick J, Jones, Emerson P, Kaperst, Stuart C, Kaplan, Todd K, Kerstein, Daniel Y, Kolev, Dragomir, Luciano, Richard P, Patrick, Jr, Thomas H, Pepe, Paul A, Steifman, Eric, Stein, Russell L, Warble, Brennan J, Green, Richard J, Rudnick, Robert A, Strong, Frank R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.05.2007

A convertible financial instrument provides incentives to holders to keep the instruments outstanding so that issuers maintain flexibility and control over the maturity date of the instrument and the manner in which it is settled. The instrument may provide issuers with the ability to deduct an amou...