Complex legal issues of ‘fixed for life’ high-yield security

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Road King Infrastructure recently issued the first “fixed for life” senior perpetual security in the high- yield space, which involved several complex legal issues, said the legal counsel involved.

William Liu, Linklaters
William Liu
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Linklaters

“Senior perpetual securities are instruments that rank as senior in the capital structure, like debt, but are accounted for as equity for accounting purposes,” William Liu, a partner in the Hong Kong office of Linklaters, told China Business Law Journal. “Although they are perpetual securities, like equity shares, and could be outstanding forever, they typically have a coupon [interest rate] step-up after a shorter period of time, with the expectation that the securities will be redeemed by the issuer at that time, similar to the principal of a bond being repaid at maturity.”

In contrast, a “fixed for life” security has a fixed coupon that does not step-up or reset – except in very limited circumstances – which fundamentally alters the way in which investors view and price the security, said Liu. “The expectation is that the security will remain outstanding for a much longer period of time than a typical perpetual security, which raises interesting structuring issues for the issuer and investors.”

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