Updated conversion information
The August 26 closing bid of 4.50 became stale today, and CC will have to convert prior to one minute before noon ET tomorrow to get this conversion price. The conversion price including tomorrow's closing bid, will increase unless the closing bid tomorrow drops to 4 1/2 or below.
Here are the closing bids for the last ten days, and a forecast what will happen if the closing bid remains at 5 3/8 through the next week:
Date Bid Conversion price 23-Aug 4.8750 5.1026 24-Aug 4.7500 4.9974 25-Aug 4.5625 4.8711 26-Aug 4.5000 4.7607 27-Aug 4.3125 4.6344 30-Aug 4.3438 4.5450 31-Aug 4.3125 4.4714 1-Sep 4.2500 4.4240 2-Sep 4.5625 4.4240 3-Sep 4.6875 4.4240 7-Sep 4.8750 4.4240 8-Sep 5.6250 4.4240 9-Sep 5.3750 4.4240
Forecast if bid remains unchanged from current bid:
Date Bid Conversion price Shares Shares Lost Each Day
10-Sep 5.3750 4.4556 1,759,000 12,500 13-Sep 5.3750 4.5503 1,722,400 36,600 14-Sep 5.3750 4.7239 1,659,100 63,300 15-Sep 5.3750 4.9027 1,598,600 60,500 16-Sep 5.3750 5.0921 1,539,100 59,500 17-Sep 5.3750 5.2289 1,498,900 40,200 20-Sep 5.3750 5.3446 1,466,400 32,500 21-Sep 5.3750 5.4288 1,443,700 22,700
If CC doesn't convert in this period, under these conditions, they stand to lose a total of 328,000 shares worth about $1,760,000 at today's close. By comparison, the current face value of the convertible preferred is about $7,840,000.
Paul |