Your issuer client is getting ready to launch a high-yield debt offering. When you get to the office and check your messages, you learn that your client has a couple of questions about the representation in the purchase...more
3/6/2014
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Joel Goodson, the eager and unconventionally entrepreneurial in-house counsel at Lana Co., is on the line with a problem. No, it’s not his missing Steuben crystal egg — instead, he’s asking about the level of detail required...more
This week in our playbook, we are talking about guarantor and affiliate financial statements.
First, the bad news: As a general rule, all guarantors must present the same audited and unaudited financial statements as...more
Your good client Socrates is on the line. Socrates — who gave up a promising career in philosophy to take up professional soccer — has an ethics question for you. No, he is not asking you to explain Stoicism, Epicureanism or...more
We conclude our overview of bond mechanics with an examination of a few complexities associated with tack-on offerings. Tack-on deals are often viewed as so easy that they can practically run themselves. And yet, there a few...more
The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward.
This User’s...more
This week we continue our exploration of some important concepts of bond mechanics. Let’s don protective eyewear, roll up our sleeves and prepare to get our hands dirty as we probe the inner workings of call protection....more