This document discusses various sources of finance for companies, including debt instruments like term loans and debentures, equity like ordinary shares, and hybrid instruments such as preference shares, warrants, convertible securities, and American Depository Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). Term loans are repaid over a set time period, debentures are unsecured debt, and ordinary shares represent equity ownership. Preference shares entitle holders to fixed dividends before ordinary shares, while warrants, convertible securities, and ADRs/GDRs are hybrid financial instruments.
3. DEBT : TERM LOANS
A term loan is a monetary loan that is repaid
in regular payments over a set period of time.
Term loans usually last between one and ten
years, but may last as long as 30 years in some
cases.
A term loan usually involves an unfixed
interest rate that will add additional balance
to be repaid.
4. DEBT: DEBENTURES
A debenture is a type of debt instrument that
is not secured by physical assets or collateral.
Debentures are backed only by the general
creditworthiness and reputation of the issuer.
Both corporations and governments
frequently issue this type of bond to secure
capital.
5. EQUITY: ORDINARY SHARES
An ordinary share represents equity
ownership in a company and entitles the
owner to a vote in matters put before
shareholders in proportion to their percentage
ownership in the company.
Ordinary shareholders are entitled to receive
dividends if any are available after dividends
on preferred shares are paid.
6. HYBRID: PREFERENCE SHARES
Preference shares, more commonly referred
to as preferred stock.
Preference share is a share which entitles the
holder to a fixed dividend.
Whose payment takes priority over that of
ordinary share dividends.
7. HYBRID: WARRANTS
A warrant is like an option.
It gives the holder the right but not the
obligation to buy an underlying security at a
certain price, quantity and future time.
Warrants are transferable, quoted
certificates, and they tend to be more
attractive for medium-term to long-term
investment schemes.
8. HYBRID: CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES
A convertible security is a security that can be
converted into another security.
Convertible securities may
be convertible bonds or preferred stocks that
pay regular interest and can be converted into
shares of common stock (sometimes
conditioned on the stock price appreciating to
a predetermined level).
9. HYBRID: ADRs & GDRs
ADR and GDR are commonly used by the Indian
companies to raise funds from the foreign capital
market.
A global depository receipt (GDR), also known as
International Depository Receipt (IDR), is a certificate
issued by a depository bank, which purchases shares of
foreign companies and deposits it on the account.
They are the global equivalent of the original American
depository receipts (ADR) on which they are based.