Kestrel flies high

Headline: Kestrel flies highSource: EuromoneyDate: February 2001Author: Antony Currie Most innovative convertibleIssuer: KestrelAmount: $125 millionBookrunner: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Morgan Stanley’s convertible bond deal for Kestrel Solutions was the first outing for an innovation the firm has dubbed a “going-public convertible debt offering”. It offers an effective solution to two problems: first, it satisfies a […]

Headline: Kestrel flies high
Source: Euromoney
Date: February 2001
Author: Antony Currie

Most innovative convertible
Issuer: Kestrel
Amount: $125 million
Bookrunner: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter




Morgan Stanley’s convertible bond deal for Kestrel Solutions was the first outing for an innovation the firm has dubbed a “going-public convertible debt offering”. It offers an effective solution to two problems: first, it satisfies a demand from investors who want to participate in a firm’s potentially significant upside following an IPO but who cannot invest in IPOs or in companies which are private, or both.






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