Bondage, Anyone? Raising Debt, Not Cain
With everyone uneasily comfortable with the equity portion of the IPO, the focus turns to the debt piece. The bankers delineate the choices:
The Sauce Company can raise debt in the form of preferred stock (which isn't really debt—technically, it is equity—but it pays a fixed dividend, which is similar to a fixed coupon on a bond), but it would have to come with conversion rights. Hal. E. Lujah! That is, it could be converted into common stock at a giv...
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