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US07644025B2 Method and system for providing mandatorily convertible securities with an associated call spread against a trust
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提供强制性可转换证券的方法和系统,其中相关联的通话对信托进行扩展
- Patent Title: Method and system for providing mandatorily convertible securities with an associated call spread against a trust
- Patent Title (中): 提供强制性可转换证券的方法和系统,其中相关联的通话对信托进行扩展
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Application No.: US10628208Application Date: 2003-07-29
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Publication No.: US07644025B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: William Ortner , Alan Rifkin , Craig Farr
- Applicant: William Ortner , Alan Rifkin , Craig Farr
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: King & Spalding LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and system for offering a novel mandatorily convertible securities (e.g., DECS) by using a third party entity (either a corporate entity or a newly-formed independent trust) to: 1) issue and sell novel DECS to market investors; 2) obtain from a first entity shares of common stock in a second entity, or rights to receive such shares in the future, to satisfy the mandatory conversion requirement of the DECS; 3) sell or retain the rights to any residual value obtained after satisfying the obligation to DECS investors; and 4) use the proceeds from such sale or retained value to fund a portion of the DECS coupon. As compared to a traditional DECS, the use of the third party intermediary allows the first entity to: 1) recognize an accounting gain/loss on its underlying position in the second entity up front on the day of sale of the novel DECS; 2) avoid the creation of debt on the balance sheet of the first entity; 3) avoid any mark-to-market through the income statement each fiscal quarter, which would produce income statement volatility.
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