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Re:Tesla to raise $1B by arzt on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @07:05PM (#13880760)
Sort of, but not really...the FASB has said you can treat the underlying shares as non-dilutive if the stock price isn't above the conversion price (this is called "net share settlement"). So basically, while outstanding, the debt acts like debt for accounting purposes until the stock price is above the conversion price. When it goes above the conversion price, the you treat those incremental shares as dilutive. Additionally TSLA is putting what's called a bond hedge (or call spread) on top of this, which limits dilution over and above an even higher stock price.

Pretty sweet deal if your stock price doesn't go up and you only have to pay minimal interest.

Here's an example that lays out a similar structure and accounting treatment: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000119312513...

Re:Tesla to raise $1B by dilemma on Thursday March 16, 2017 @05:23AM (#13883639)
>Pretty sweet deal if your stock price doesn't go up and you only have to pay minimal interest.

So Tesla is shorting TSLA?

Re:Tesla to raise $1B by arzt on Thursday March 16, 2017 @10:01AM (#13885039)
Lol, effectively. A convert is basically a forward stock sale, so if you're TSLA you're basically saying "I get a pretty good cost of capital if my stock stays where it is, but if it goes up a lot, my company is probably in better shape than it was before I raised capital, so I'm more or less happy either way."
Re:Tesla to raise $1B by nemanja-mit on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:28AM (#13882762)
looks like you've done time on a coverts desk ;)
Re:Tesla to raise $1B by arzt on Thursday March 16, 2017 @10:04AM (#13885069)
In another life... :)