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equity kicker

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Equity kicker
Stock warrants issued attached to a new debt, preferred or common stock issue to improve the salability of the issue.

equity kicker
An addition to a fixed-income security that permits the investor to participate in increases in the value of equity ownership. Two common types of equity kickers are a convertible feature on some bonds that allows the bonds to be exchanged for shares of stock, and warrants to purchase stock that are sold in combination with a new bond issue. Compare real estate certificate of deposit.

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Many nonpublic and closely held companies issue debt with an equity kicker, such as a warrant.
In California, however, lenders are allowed to compensate for this limitation by obtaining shared appreciation--an equity kicker that gives the lender a portion of any price appreciation in the underlying real estate.
Of course, PCA's David Meredith aims to calculate what an executive's stock options will be worth five years from now--and then to gauge the current-year effect of the equity kicker on compensation.
 
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