This dissertation examines two different topics related to the issuance of a convertible debt security. The first essay addresses the question of how managers set the equity value in a convertible debt issue. A convertible debt security has value derived from an equity component and a debt component. As a result, managers must decide how much of the convertible debt's value will be derived from equity at issuance. I examine three hypotheses in addressing this question. Empirical evidence is provided supporting the assertion that managers issue more equity-like debt when the firm will have lower future operating performance and a greater potential for underinvestment. Empirical support is not found for managers take into consideration asset substitution concerns when setting the equity value in a convertible debt issue. The second essay examines why are abnormal returns negative for the equity during the convertible debt's issuance period. This has been documented by Dann and Mikkelson (1984), Mikkelson and Partch (1986, 1988), and also by this dissertation. I furnish evidence that is consistent with a bid-ask spread bias not causing the negative equity abnormal returns during the issuance period of a convertible debt security. Tests are also performed that provide results that are consistent with the issue period returns being partially due to a resolution of uncertainty. / Ph. D.

This thesis presents three essays on the determinants and costs of corporate security offerings. The essays contribute to an ongoing debate in the literature on what determines firms’ security choice by examining the following issues: “Does corporate governance influence convertible debt issuance?”; “The signaling content of security offerings proceeds”; and “The costs of raising capital: New evidence.”In the first essay, we explore the influence of corporate governance on firms’ choice between equity, convertible debt and straight debt. For a sample of Western European corporate security offerings between 1999 and 2010, we find that firms with weaker firm- and country-specific corporate governance are more likely to issue convertible debt. They thus use convertible debt as a substitute for corporate governance, which is confirmed by a more favorable stock price reaction to convertible debt announcements by firms with weaker corporate governance. Moreover, these results suggest that corporate governance is a significant determinant of firms’ security choice. The second essay examines the determinants and signaling content of security offering proceeds, controlling for the endogeneity of issue size. For a sample of US equity, convertible debt and straight debt offerings between 1999 and 2011, the findings show that stockholders can partly predict issue size by analyzing firms’ funding needs and financing costs. We find that stockholders use predicted issue sizes of equity and convertible offerings as signals of growth opportunities, whilst larger than predicted issue sizes signal issuer overvaluation. For straight debt issues, we find that unpredicted issue sizes have a positive impact on announcement returns, which is consistent with them serving as a signal of growth opportunities. Further analysis of firms’ actual uses of predicted and unpredicted offering proceeds confirms these interpretations. The results shed light on previous inconsistent findings on the impact of issue size on security offering announcement returns. The final essay examines the magnitude and determinants of direct issuance costs, controlling for firms self-selecting into different security classes, namely equity, convertible bonds, and straight bonds, and flotation methods, namely non-shelf, shelf and 144a. For a recent sample of US corporate security offerings between 1999 and 2011, findings show that the magnitude of direct issuance costs has decreased over the last decade. These costs are higher for equity than straight bond offerings and of intermediate magnitude for convertible bond offerings. Within each security class, costs are larger for non-shelf than 144a offerings, which again have larger direct issuance costs than shelf offerings. Finally, underwriter spreads are directly related to underwriter effort on due diligence, pricing and selling, and direct issuance costs are truncated by firms’ self-selection into particular security types.

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Under current GAAP principles convertible debt is valued and accounted for using an outdated practice. Only one aspect of these complex financial instruments are valued at a time resulting in flawed financial statements. Although the Accounting Principles Board agreed with this sentiment, originally proclaiming that both the debt and equity aspects be valued together, significant resistance by the public forced the Board to amend its Opinion to the current standard. In this paper three ratios that measure company performance and health will be tested against the amount of convertible debt in selected companies in the hopes that a correlation will be found that shows the impact of the current accounting method.

This study examines the stock market reaction to new convertible bond (CB) issuing firms in Japan during the period 2009 to 2013. The evidence suggests that issuing firms experience significantly negative abnormal following the announcement dates. The relationship between certain firm characteristics and magnitude of market reaction is also studied. Firm size, leverage and book-to-market ratios are found to have no association with abnormal return following a CB announcement.

This thesis investigates the share price response to the announcement of private placements of hybrid securities in Australia. Firstly, the size and direction of the share price response is examined. Secondly, the determinants of the share price response are examined. Where possible, comparisons are made to evidence from international markets. The sample of data tested consists of 43 announcements of convertible debt issues, 39 announcements of preference share issues and 19 announcements of option issues made between 1983 and 2000 by Australian firms. The analysis of the share price impact in response to the announcements is conducted using Maynes and Rumsey (1993) event study methodology that adjusts for thin trading. The determinants of the share price response are examined using model specifications that are derived from the theoretical literature. The analysis of the announcement effect of private placements of hybrid securities finds significant negative abnormal returns for convertible debt issues, insignificant negative abnormal returns for preference share issues and significant positive abnormal returns for option issues. In comparison to international studies, the convertible debt results are similar to public and rights issues, the insignificant preference share results are similar to other findings and the option results are similar to private placements of equity and rights issues of options. The results of the investigation of the determinants of the announcement effect of private placements of hybrid securities finds that convertible debt issues are best explained by information asymmetry - firm and issue characteristics, the information asymmetry - external monitors hypothesis, the information asymmetry - dynamic hypothesis and the agency cost hypothesis. The impact of preference share issues is best explained by information asymmetry - firm and issue characteristics, the information asymmetry - external monitors hypothesis, the agency cost hypothesis and the price pressure hypothesis. The announcement effect of option issues is best explained by information asymmetry - firm and issue characteristics, the information asymmetry -dynamic hypothesis and the optimal capital structure hypothesis.

Desde a adoção das normas internacionais de relatórios financeiros (IFRS) no Brasil, em 2010, a discussão sobre a classificação de instrumentos financeiros entre instrumentos de dívida ou de patrimônio tem se intensificado. Quando a Lei 11.638/07 foi emitida, alterando a Lei das Sociedades por Ações de 1976, teve o condão de introduzir o padrão contábil internacional na contabilidade brasileira. Entretanto, muitos dos instrumentos e aspectos da legislação societária brasileira não foram alterados ou reavaliados à luz desse novo padrão. De um momento para o outro, empresas se viram obrigadas a classificar como dívida, valores antes classificados com patrimônio líquido, como foram os diversos casos de ações resgatáveis. A própria classificação das ações ordinárias e preferenciais como instrumentos de patrimônio líquido foi colocada em dúvida devido à previsão do chamado dividendo mínimo obrigatório. Nesse ínterim, companhias abertas brasileiras emitiram certos instrumentos financeiros, analisaram e os classificaram como instrumentos de patrimônio líquido. Entretanto, tiveram tal classificação questionada pela CVM e foram requeridas a refazer suas demonstrações financeiras. Mesmo internacionalmente essa classificação não é, muitas vezes, óbvia. As últimas discussões no âmbito internacional relacionados com a classificação de instrumentos financeiros como de dívida ou de patrimônio se concentraram em duas abordagens: a \"abordagem restrita do patrimônio líquido\" (Narrow Equity Approach) e a \"abordagem estrita do passivo\" (Strict Obligation Approach). Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a classificação dos instrumentos financeiros patrimoniais previstos na legislação societária brasileira à luz das normas internacionais de relatórios financeiros. Primeiramente entendendo e avaliando os casos de determinação da CVM de refazimento das demonstrações financeiras de companhias em virtude de classificação considerada inadequada de certos instrumentos financeiros como de patrimônio líquido. Em seguida, avaliando a natureza dos instrumentos patrimoniais previstos na legislação societária brasileira, especialmente as ações com dividendos prioritários, e o impacto dessa prioridade nas demonstrações financeiras das companhias. Com base nos resultados do estudo, concluiu-se que os casos de refazimento estavam relacionados a uma tentativa de classificar instrumentos típicos de dívida como patrimoniais, a partir da alteração de certos termos, mas sem atender a todos os requisitos da norma contábil. Adicionalmente, para as companhias com ações preferenciais com dividendos prioritários, observamos que os instrumentos atendiam a classificação de patrimônio líquido e que a prioridade no recebimento trouxe benefícios de fato para os seus detentores. / Since the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards in Brazil, in 2010, the discussion on the classification of financial instruments between debt or equity instruments has intensified. When the law 11,638/07 was issued, changing the Brazilian Corporate Law of 1976, had the effect of introducing international accounting standards in the Brazilian accounting environment. However, many of the instruments and aspects of Brazilian corporate legislation have not changed or reassessed in the light of this new standard. From one moment to the next, companies were required to reclassify amounts from equity to debt, as were the various cases of redeemable shares. Even the classification of ordinary and preferred shares as equity instruments was questioned due to the statutory minimum mandatory dividend. In the meantime, Brazilian listed companies have issued certain financial instruments, analyzed and classified them as equity instruments. However, they had such a classification questioned by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Comission (CVM) and were required to restate their financial statements. Even internationally, this classification is not often obvious. The latest discussions in the international forum related to the classification of financial instruments as debt or equity focused on two approaches: the Narrow Equity Approach and the Strict Obligation Approach. This study aims to evaluate the classification of equity financial instruments as per the Brazilian corporate legislation in light of the International Financial Reporting Standards. Firstly, understanding and evaluating the cases of restatement of the financial statements of companies as determined by CVM due to misclassification of certain financial instruments as equity. Then, assessing the nature of equity instruments as per the Brazilian corporate legislation, especially the shares with priority dividends, and the impact of this priority in the financial statements of the company. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that the restatements were related to the attempt of classifying typical debt instruments as equity, by amending certain of their terms, but not meeting all the requirements of the relevant accounting standard. Additionally, for companies with preferred shares with priority dividends, we observed that the instruments were classified as equity and that the priority has effectively brought benefits to these shareholders.

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-07-31T16:29:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Giulliano Tozzi Coelho_.pdf: 3230618 bytes, checksum: 1bd46fd793c7c58d0750efa206629e74 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-31T16:29:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Giulliano Tozzi Coelho_.pdf: 3230618 bytes, checksum: 1bd46fd793c7c58d0750efa206629e74 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-05-03 / Nenhuma / As startups desempenham um papel relevante na produção de inovações e, por consequência, no desenvolvimento econômico. Por não possuírem todos os recursos necessários para o desenvolvimento dos seus negócios, é comum optarem por procurarem investimentos, encontrando nos investidores-anjo uma opção vantajosa. No Brasil, apesar de existirem algumas opções por realizar essa espécie de investimento, optou-se por adotar as chamadas notas conversíveis, fortemente inspiradas na prática norte-americana. Tais instrumentos podem ser definidos como um investimento realizado através da concessão de um empréstimo, o qual poderá ser pago na data de vencimento através da conversão do saldo devedor em participação societária. A conversão é obrigatória, entretanto, quando ocorre algum evento de liquidez entre a concessão do empréstimo e o vencimento. Por contarem com inúmeras cláusulas de natureza societária, tais instrumentos não podem ser classificados como o instituto típico do mútuo. Deste modo, poderia o instituto ser classificado ou como uma sociedade em comum, em face das disposições peculiares do instrumento, ou como um contrato atípico consagrado pelos usos e costumes. Para responder essa questão foi conduzida uma pesquisa qualitativa através da entrevista de doze pessoas que participaram destas operações na condição de investidor ou empreendedores. Os resultados confirmam que as notas conversíveis são o instrumento comumente utilizado nas operações de investimentoanjo, bem como que as partes entendem estar diante de uma norma jurídica exigível ao se valerem do instituto. Aliado a isto, o resultado pode ser sustentado pela percepção de outros instrumentos similares no ordenamento, a ausência da identificação do fim comum entre as partes, bem como pela teoria da atipicidade contratual. / Startups play an important role on the production of innovations and on economic development. Since startups do not have all the necessary resources for the development of their business, they often look for financial support from angel investors. In Brazil, although there are some formal options to contract this type of investment, entrepreneurs decided to adopt the so-called convertible notes, strongly inspired by US practice. Such instruments may be defined as an investment made through the granting of a loan, which may be paid on the maturity date through the conversion of the debtor balance into equity. Conversion is mandatory, however, when any liquidity event occurs between the granting of the loan and the maturity. Since the convertible notes have numerous clauses of corporate nature, such instruments can not be classified as the typical institute of loan. In this way, the institute could be classified as a partnership, or as an atypical contract consecrated by customs. This dissertation conducted interviews with twelve people who participated in these operations as investors or entrepreneurs. The results confirm that convertible notes are the instrument commonly used in angel-investment operations, as well as the fact that the parties understand that they are in compliance with a legal standard that is required when using the institute. Allied to this, the result can be sustained by the perception of other similar instruments in the Brazilian legal framework, the absence of the identification of the common objectives between the parts, as well as by the theory of contractual atypicity.

Desde a adoção das normas internacionais de relatórios financeiros (IFRS) no Brasil, em 2010, a discussão sobre a classificação de instrumentos financeiros entre instrumentos de dívida ou de patrimônio tem se intensificado. Quando a Lei 11.638/07 foi emitida, alterando a Lei das Sociedades por Ações de 1976, teve o condão de introduzir o padrão contábil internacional na contabilidade brasileira. Entretanto, muitos dos instrumentos e aspectos da legislação societária brasileira não foram alterados ou reavaliados à luz desse novo padrão. De um momento para o outro, empresas se viram obrigadas a classificar como dívida, valores antes classificados com patrimônio líquido, como foram os diversos casos de ações resgatáveis. A própria classificação das ações ordinárias e preferenciais como instrumentos de patrimônio líquido foi colocada em dúvida devido à previsão do chamado dividendo mínimo obrigatório. Nesse ínterim, companhias abertas brasileiras emitiram certos instrumentos financeiros, analisaram e os classificaram como instrumentos de patrimônio líquido. Entretanto, tiveram tal classificação questionada pela CVM e foram requeridas a refazer suas demonstrações financeiras. Mesmo internacionalmente essa classificação não é, muitas vezes, óbvia. As últimas discussões no âmbito internacional relacionados com a classificação de instrumentos financeiros como de dívida ou de patrimônio se concentraram em duas abordagens: a \"abordagem restrita do patrimônio líquido\" (Narrow Equity Approach) e a \"abordagem estrita do passivo\" (Strict Obligation Approach). Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a classificação dos instrumentos financeiros patrimoniais previstos na legislação societária brasileira à luz das normas internacionais de relatórios financeiros. Primeiramente entendendo e avaliando os casos de determinação da CVM de refazimento das demonstrações financeiras de companhias em virtude de classificação considerada inadequada de certos instrumentos financeiros como de patrimônio líquido. Em seguida, avaliando a natureza dos instrumentos patrimoniais previstos na legislação societária brasileira, especialmente as ações com dividendos prioritários, e o impacto dessa prioridade nas demonstrações financeiras das companhias. Com base nos resultados do estudo, concluiu-se que os casos de refazimento estavam relacionados a uma tentativa de classificar instrumentos típicos de dívida como patrimoniais, a partir da alteração de certos termos, mas sem atender a todos os requisitos da norma contábil. Adicionalmente, para as companhias com ações preferenciais com dividendos prioritários, observamos que os instrumentos atendiam a classificação de patrimônio líquido e que a prioridade no recebimento trouxe benefícios de fato para os seus detentores. / Since the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards in Brazil, in 2010, the discussion on the classification of financial instruments between debt or equity instruments has intensified. When the law 11,638/07 was issued, changing the Brazilian Corporate Law of 1976, had the effect of introducing international accounting standards in the Brazilian accounting environment. However, many of the instruments and aspects of Brazilian corporate legislation have not changed or reassessed in the light of this new standard. From one moment to the next, companies were required to reclassify amounts from equity to debt, as were the various cases of redeemable shares. Even the classification of ordinary and preferred shares as equity instruments was questioned due to the statutory minimum mandatory dividend. In the meantime, Brazilian listed companies have issued certain financial instruments, analyzed and classified them as equity instruments. However, they had such a classification questioned by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Comission (CVM) and were required to restate their financial statements. Even internationally, this classification is not often obvious. The latest discussions in the international forum related to the classification of financial instruments as debt or equity focused on two approaches: the Narrow Equity Approach and the Strict Obligation Approach. This study aims to evaluate the classification of equity financial instruments as per the Brazilian corporate legislation in light of the International Financial Reporting Standards. Firstly, understanding and evaluating the cases of restatement of the financial statements of companies as determined by CVM due to misclassification of certain financial instruments as equity. Then, assessing the nature of equity instruments as per the Brazilian corporate legislation, especially the shares with priority dividends, and the impact of this priority in the financial statements of the company. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that the restatements were related to the attempt of classifying typical debt instruments as equity, by amending certain of their terms, but not meeting all the requirements of the relevant accounting standard. Additionally, for companies with preferred shares with priority dividends, we observed that the instruments were classified as equity and that the priority has effectively brought benefits to these shareholders.