Future-Priced Convertible Securities & The Outlook For
“Death Spiral” Securities-Fraud Litigation
Zachary T. Knepper
bepress Legal Series, 29 August 2004
In recent years, many companies in the United States have issued so-called “Future-Priced Convertible Securities.” These companies tend to be small, thinly-traded, and (most importantly) desperate for cash, and look to the Future-Priced Convertible Security as a necessary means of financing to keep their businesses operating. FuturePriced Convertible Securities are thus credited by some with providing an important form of financing in the marketplace.1 Yet these securities are also a source of controversy. Many companies have wound up regretting issuing these instruments, after watching their stock values tumble and their market capitalizations dry-up subsequent to issuing these securities. Issuers have even started to sue.
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“Death Spiral” Securities-Fraud Litigation
