The first goal for this year has been achieved, and now for the second goal at the end of the year. Equities are still quite beaten down, and Celestial has been the hot topic of the week, especially when Friday is coming near. Will they survive this through rights issuance or will the bond holders decide to hold it till 2011? It has become so speculative that trading up and down is in at least 10-20%.
Other news to take note of:
Citi and U.S. finalize deal - $58B stock swap
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Citigroup Inc. on Wednesday began a long-delayed $58 billion stock swap that could leave the government with a 34% stake in the nation's third-largest bank.Citigroup (C, Fortune 500) plans to swap common stock for as much as $33 billion of preferred shares, and convert as much as $25 billion of preferred shares held by the U.S. Treasury into common stock.
Citigroup said the swap could make it one of the world's best-capitalized banks, adding up to $61 billion of tangible common equity and $64 billion of Tier-1 common equity. It had planned to begin the swap in April.
The exchange offer could result in the issuance of more than 17 billion new common shares, diluting the holdings of existing investors by 76%. The public exchange offers expire July 24.
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/10/news/companies/citigroup_stock_swap.reut/index.htm?postversion=2009061008
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