RE:RE:RE:RE:Oh yee of little faithUm, no, never expected 5% rate. Nobody did. Stop trying to justify your poor decisions. Weren't you the guy that's been poo pooing ATH for the last year until it went up so much it became embarrassing for you? Disappear back to the SU board. Every oil stock has been a great investment. SU is a bargain as well. Way less torque ( aka upside), but way less downside if oil crashes again.
Chris007 wrote: No, I still own some ATH shares
Weren't you one of the guys in the 5% camp. Oh this is taking so long because they are getting the best deal (probably 5-7% range), record low interest rates, blah blah blah.
Would I buy o&g bonds for less than 10% coupon and equity sweetener...i just might if i was interested in junk bonds...even for junk bonds, thats a high yield...hell, plenty of other small-midcaps have been able to roll their debt for less onerous terms
Maxmoe wrote: Who said it was a "triumph" ?? You think you or anyone else could have got better terms? You just shooting your mouth off about something you don't own because you sold it at 50? Or less? Or never owned? Would you buy bonds paying 10% coupon for 5 years with no equity kicker? You better stick with SU and Bell.
Chris007 wrote: LOL...i would hardly call this refinance a "triumph"...
Maxmoe wrote: Yes ATH is a high torque call on oil. Yes it has a big debt issue coming due fast. Yes, nobody would lend them money at typical commercial terms 5 years ago. That's why the current debt is $USD bonds that trade on a 3rd tier german exchange or by appointment only on private exchanges in North America. I know because I frantically, angrily tried to buy the bonds at 18 all the way to 40 and settled on just buying more stock November 4th at 11 cents. So nobody will offer traditional commercial debt to ATH this year either. No surprise. Owning debt in ATH, a high torque producer which proved how vulnerable it is to low oil prices, is akin to making an equity bet in terms of risk. So debt investors can demand whatever they want to compensate for the "equity like" risk they are taking on. Why not ask for some equity sweetener? It's not at all uncommon. I've not seen a lot of cashless warrants, but it's very common to see warrants attached to a debt issue. Why cashless? Because ATH does not the 94 cents in cash from the warrant exercise. Now or ever. For the debt buyers, they are indifferent. Cashless or not they get a piece of upside above the exercise price. They aren't "gifted" a piece of the company but rather than exercise at 94 warrants and sell the stock, the company is effectively creating the market for the exercise and sale and buyback of the newly issued shares all in one "simple" step. The message from ATH is "we don't need any cash", "we have surplus cash".