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I’m surprised AZZ hasn’t announced some sought of capital raising yet and suspect one might be in the wings
AZZ currently has around 9.3mil convertible notes issued at a face value of $2.00 each for a total amount of $18.7mil. The notes are set for redemption in October 2013, however, there is a provision for the holders of the notes to request redemption of the full amount on each reset date with the next date being October 2009. Potentially, all the holders of the notes could request redemption in October, leaving AZZ to come up with $18.7mil. While it is unlikely that all the holders will request redemption, I suspect a good many will.
AZZ does have a facility to draw down up to $20mil in $300,000 lots every 10 trading days, but only when its share price is above $0.2132. Whenever its share price is below this figure it is unable to draw on the funds. Realistically, to get the $20mil it would need to keep its share price above $0.2132 for over 600 trading days or 2.5 years.
Cruikshank has done a great job since taking over though it is yet to be seen how he intends to deal with the issue of the notes
AZZ currently has around 9.3mil convertible notes issued at a face value of $2.00 each for a total amount of $18.7mil. The notes are set for redemption in October 2013, however, there is a provision for the holders of the notes to request redemption of the full amount on each reset date with the next date being October 2009. Potentially, all the holders of the notes could request redemption in October, leaving AZZ to come up with $18.7mil. While it is unlikely that all the holders will request redemption, I suspect a good many will.
AZZ does have a facility to draw down up to $20mil in $300,000 lots every 10 trading days, but only when its share price is above $0.2132. Whenever its share price is below this figure it is unable to draw on the funds. Realistically, to get the $20mil it would need to keep its share price above $0.2132 for over 600 trading days or 2.5 years.
Cruikshank has done a great job since taking over though it is yet to be seen how he intends to deal with the issue of the notes