- debt-for-equity swap
- A transaction in which debt is swapped for equity. It often accompanies the reorganization of companies in financial distress
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debt-for-equity swap
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debt for equity swap — A capital reorganisation of a company in which a creditor converts indebtedness owed to it by a company into one or more classes of that company s share capital (which may not be equity share capital in the strict sense). Practical Law Dictionary … Law dictionary
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debt-equity swap — A swap agreement to exchange equity/ returns for debt returns or the converse over a prearranged length of time. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * debt equity swap debt equity swap ➔ swap2 * * * debt equity swap UK US (also debt/equity swap … Financial and business terms
Equity swap — Produits dérivés financiers Produits fermes Forwards (Contrat de gré à gré) Futures (Contrat à terme) Swaps (Échange financier) Produits optionnels Options et Warrants Credit default swap (couvertures de défaillance) … Wikipédia en Français
Debt/Equity Swap — A refinancing deal in which a debt holder gets an equity position in exchange for cancellation of the debt. There are several reasons why a company may want to swap debt for equity. For example, a firm may be in financial trouble and a… … Investment dictionary
Debt restructuring — is a process that allows a private or public company – or a sovereign entity – facing cash flow problems and financial distress, to reduce and renegotiate its delinquent debts in order to improve or restore liquidity and rehabilitate so that it… … Wikipedia
debt swap — A set of transactions in which a firm buys a country s dollar bank debt at a discount and swaps this debt with the central bank for local currency that it can use to acquire local equity. Also called a debt for equity swap. Bloomberg Financial… … Financial and business terms
