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Hybrid Financing Instruments

Preference Share capital. Convertible debenture/bonds. Warrants. Options.

Preference Share Capital


Preference share capital is a unique type of long -term financing in that it combines some of the features of equity as well as debenture. As a hybrid source of financing it is similar to debenture insofar; It carries fixed rare of dividend. It ranks higher than equity as claimant to the income.

It normally does not have any voting rights It does not have share in residual earnings. It also partakes some of the attributes of Equity Capital namely: Dividend paid after tax profit i.e. it is not tax deductable Preference dividend payment depends on the discretion of management. Irredeemable preference shares have no fixed maturity date .

Features of Preference Shares:


Prior claim on income Cumulative dividend Redeem ability Fixed Dividend

Convertibility Voting Rights Participation Features Evaluation

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