Capital markets: New issuance possibilities for problem firms

Troubled emerging markets companies could soon benefit from the development of sophisticated bespoke deals aimed at increasing investor confidence.

In January 2004 three workers were killed and 22 injured in an accident at Bulgarian iron and steel company Kremikovtzi; in 2005 a Sofia court declared the firm insolvent; in 2006 it successfully issued A300 million of bonds. Despite a portfolio of problems ranging from inherited bad debts to unpaid taxes and poor reporting, Kremikovtzi issued the Reg S notes to a total of 47 investors attracted by the 12% coupon and accompanying equity warrants.

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