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To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (1377)2/22/2002 11:44:33 AM
From: Zeev Hed   of 1438
 
The only way is if they issued 8K relative to partnerships where they have guaranteed a profit to the partners with the company's share (as Enron did).

Zeev

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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (1378)2/22/2002 12:04:44 PM
From: Roger A. Babb   of 1438
 
Zeev, a recent AES news item said: "The terms of the two AES loans, known as "secured equity-linked loans," or SELLS, require that AES maintain unregistered stock at a level of 2.25 times the loan amount as collateral. As a result, AES said, it increased the number of unregistered shares securing the two loans to 255 million shares from 160 million last Friday to compensate for a decline in its stock price."

Are companies required to reveal the "SELLS" in 8k or other filings? They are appropriately named, we should "SELL S"hort any company issuing such a floorless instrument.

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To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (1379)2/22/2002 12:22:42 PM
From: Zeev Hed   of 1438
 
That looks like a floorless alright, I thin AES claimed that there was "no recourse" to those shares. In any event, those capital intensive outfits are not really my game....

Zeev

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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (1380)2/22/2002 12:50:18 PM
From: Roger A. Babb   of 1438
 
Zeev, in years past we were able to easily spot floorless issues by watching the news releases and 8k filings. I have a search engine that watches for these things. But companies like AES seem to be able to get in under my radar with huge floorless deals and no announcements until the death spiral is already well underway. I wonder if it is a difference between Nasdaq and NYSE reporting requirements?

I guess I need to do some deep digging on other NYSE companies that may have such deals. These things are always free money when you find them in time in time to short..............

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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (1380)3/27/2002 11:27:53 PM
From: RWS   of 1438
 
Zeev,

CALY, is this a floorless?

Thanks in advance.

RWS

STOCK SYMBOLS: [(caly-l)]

On February 12, 2002, we announced that we signed an agreement to place up to $850,000 in two secured convertible debentures with a private investment fund in a private placement pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act. In conjunction with this transaction, we issued warrants to purchase up to 13,700,000 shares of our Common Stock. Subject to certain trading volume restrictions as defined below, the agreement obligates the fund to purchase 12,000,000 shares covered by these warrants during the twelve months following the effectiveness of a registration statement that we will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the resale of the shares. Based on current market conditions, if we issues both debentures, we expect that the aggregate net proceeds from the debentures and the mandatory exercise of the warrants will amount to approximately $2.1 million.
Under this arrangement, we will issue two secured convertible debentures to the investment fund with a principal amount of $425,000 each, at a 12% interest rate. We issued the first debenture on February 12, 2002 and received $376,000 in proceeds after deducting expenses of the transaction. We plan to issue the second debenture when the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC. We expect to file the registration statement during March 2002. Each debenture will mature two years from the date of issue. Under the terms of the debentures, the investment fund can elect at any time prior to maturity to convert the balance outstanding on the debentures into shares of our common
stock. Once the registration statement is declared effective, the investment fund is required to convert the debentures and to exercise the warrants each month at a rate equal to a minimum of 5% and 7.5% respectively of the trading volume in Calypte shares for the preceding 60 days. The exercise price of the warrants and the conversion price of the debentures are at floating prices that represent a discount to the trading price of our shares for the 20 trading days preceding the exercise and conversion.
On February 12, 2002, the Company completed a restructure of $1.6 million of its past due accounts payable and certain 2002 obligations with 28 of its trade creditors. Under the restructuring, the Company issued approximately 1.4 million shares of its Common Stock at various negotiated prices per share with the trade creditors in satisfaction of the specified debt. The issuance of shares was exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act. The Company agreed to register the shares within 60 business days of the closing date.

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To: RWS who wrote (1382)3/28/2002 8:57:22 AM
From: Zeev Hed   of 1438
 
Yes, "The exercise price of the warrants and the conversion price of the debentures are at floating prices that represent a discount to the trading price of our shares for the 20 trading days preceding the exercise and conversion. "

Zeev

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To: John Liu who started this subject3/28/2002 2:02:14 PM
From: Oliver Ruppert   of 1438
 
Hi everyone
I was reading with interest your sporadic posts regarding floorless
convertibles. It seems to be a very profitable trading strategy (if you can
locate shares). Would anyone mind sharing his experience with those trading
opportunities ? In particular, have you found a source that collects all the
news regarding those financing arrangements ? Or do you do the search
yourself ?



Oliver

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To: John Liu who started this subject3/28/2002 3:24:37 PM
From: stan_hughes   of 1438
 
Zeev - What do you think of this arrangement? I've temporarily labelled it "floorless with collars" ROFL

biz.yahoo.com 

March 26, 2002

EMAGIN CORP (EMA)
form 8-K
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On March 4, 2002, eMagin Corporation ("eMagin" or the "Company") entered into a common stock purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") and related documents (collectively, the "Transaction Agreements") with Northwind Associates, Inc., a Cayman Islands corporation (the "Investor"), pursuant to which the Company may receive in periodic draw downs at its option, subject to the terms and conditions of the Transaction Agreements, up to $15,000,000 in equity financing (the "Equity Line") over a three year period. The aggregate amount of the Equity Line may increase to $20,000,000 provided certain additional conditions regarding share price, trading volume and Company market capitalization are met. The initial closing of the Purchase Agreement occurred on Friday, March 22, 2002. The right of the Company to draw down on the Equity Line is subject to the Company registering for resale and the continuing effectiveness of such registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") the shares of eMagin common stock issuable pursuant to the Equity Line and is also subject to certain other significant conditions, including limits as to the maximum and minimum draw down amounts as specified in the common stock purchase agreement. The maximum investment amount for any draw down is the lesser of (i) $5,000,000, and (ii) 15% of the volume weighted average price for the Company's common stock (as reported by the American Stock Exchange) for the 30 trading days immediately prior to the applicable commencement date for such draw down multiplied by the total aggregate trading volume in respect of the Company's common stock for such period. Pursuant to a draw down, the Investor will purchase the shares of the Company at a discount to the price of the Company's common shares on the American Stock Exchange. More specifically, the discounted purchase price to be paid by the Investor under the Equity Line will generally equal (i) 88% of the daily volume weighted average price of the Company's common stock on the American Stock Exchange for a prescribed 10 trading day period provided that the such stock price is less than $4.00 per share at the time of determination, (ii) 90% should such Company stock price at the time of determination exceed $4.00 per share, and (iii) 92% should such Company stock price at the time of determination exceed $6.00 per share. The discounted purchase price may be reduced by an additional 3% pursuant to certain special conditions as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The amount of Company shares issued pursuant to draw downs on the Equity Line is also limited to 19.9% of the issued and outstanding Company common stock (unless stockholder approval of any excess amount is received) and no draw down shall be made to the extent that it would result in the Investor and its affiliates beneficially owning more than 9.9% of the Company's outstanding common stock. The Purchase Agreement also limits the Company's ability to enter into any other equity line type of financing during the term of the agreement and provides to the Investor a right of first refusal for certain subsequent sales by the Company of its securities.

Additionally, in consideration for the Investor's purchase commitment under the Equity Line and certain costs associated therewith, the Company issued to the Investor 30,000 unregistered shares of eMagin's common stock and warrants to purchase up to 150,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price equal to 115% of the daily volume weighted average price of the common stock for the fifteen trading days preceding the date of the delivery of the warrant by the Company. Each warrant is exercisable for a period of three years commencing six months from the date of their delivery by the Company.

In connection with the Equity Line, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement dated as of March 4, 2002 (the "Registration Rights Agreement") with the Investor that requires the Company to file, obtain and maintain the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on an appropriate form with the Commission in order to register the sale and public resale of shares of the common stock acquired by the Investor under the Transaction Agreements. Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company must file such registration statement within sixty days of the date of the agreement.






On March 19, 2002, eMagin issued a press release concerning the transactions described above, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing description is only a summary of the transactions described and is qualified in its entirety by the Common Stock Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Form of Warrant and the Escrow Agreement attached as exhibits to this Form 8-K, which exhibits are incorporated herein by reference.

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To: stan_hughes who wrote (1385)3/28/2002 3:54:04 PM
From: Zeev Hed   of 1438
 
Stan, it is a version of the well known "leaky floorless" (g).

Zeev

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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (1386)3/28/2002 3:58:37 PM
From: stan_hughes   of 1438
 
Zeev - By that term do you mean the slow water torture variety? ROFL

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