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Debt with Springing Warrants

A variation on usable bonds. Deep discount bonds (zero, low coupon or downgraded) can be used at par to exercise warrants when a triggering event like a hostile takeover attempt occurs. As this example suggests, these provisions occasionally serve as a takeover defense. Also called Springing Warrants.

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