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"dilution" Definitions
  1. [uncountable, countable] the act of making a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid to it; a liquid that has been made weaker in this way
  2. [uncountable, singular] the act of making something weaker or less effective

749 Sentences With "dilution"

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Urban Outfitter's marketing, the complaint says, is likely to cause "dilution by blurring or dilution by tarnishment" of the Coachella brand.
"Given the intended use of funds and potential merger synergies, we doubt profit growth would offset the impact of dilution and we expect the share price to soften due to dilution," he added.
But dilution is not looked upon with favor by investors.
Don't optimize for dilution, cash in, brand firm or partner.
Hillary Clinton's proposals would only invite more dilution and finagle.
VCs need deeper pockets to at least avoid major dilution.
Two and a half billion dollars to two percent dilution.
Keep ice out for guests who may prefer more dilution.
The entrepreneur does not like the dilution of $20MM in a flat round so there is a hard decision to make: raise less and drastically cut burn or raise what you need and suffer dilution.
But pension reform seems certain to suffer both delays and dilution.
The second was a dilution of his stake to 5 percent.
This week, we talked about seed stage dilution and startup profitability.
Tritium is regularly released after dilution in normally operating nuclear plants.
Pioneer also approved a $100 million stock buyback to offset dilution.
Whenever possible, debt is preferable to equity because it prevents dilution.
One is the fact that the funding comes without ownership dilution.
Here again, we sense the dilution of feminist rhetoric for commercial ends.
As a result, there will be no dilution of the state's ownership.
Needless to say, less cash consumption equals less dilution for the founders.
First, Lyft just raised a bundle of money for effectively diddly dilution.
Also, why sell for a low price and take the incremental dilution?
The dilution is tragically inevitable, and, in the long term, not survivable.
Don't hamstring your future self to prevent a few points of dilution.
The reactions that occur after a little dilution really do add flavor.
The rating agencies have warned against dilution of capital norms for banks.
Including dilution from Juno, Celgene expects earnings of about $8.45 per share.
This is not a concentrate, like cold-brewed coffee (no dilution needed).
And since it's a temporary thing, there's little risk of brand dilution.
Although the new issue will result in dilution of more than 10 percent, it is not expected to be as great as any potential dilution that could have resulted had the preferred shares been converted into regular stock.
If you're burning more cash than you're accreting value, then there is dilution.
Apple sued Amazon for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and dilution of its brand.
They believe that partly because of equity dilution and partly because of signaling.
Lower than expected dilution is a positive, but in our view, risks persist.
Dilution: Series E investors would have their liquidity preference slashed by over 40%.
Investors in earlier funding rounds will also have some of their dilution offset.
The Big Five are still prone to veto any dilution of their power.
The authorization will allow the company to offset dilution from employee stock plans.
Does it risk dilution and, even worse, devaluation of both value and allure?
Please note that if we offer new equity securities at a price per share less than the applicable conversion price of our existing series of preferred stock, the resulting anti-dilution adjustments could cause significant dilution to our existing stockholders.
Dilution is actually much more complicated and shouldn't be viewed as a transactional event.
Dilution is a function of your burn rate relative to your accretion of value.
The move will result in a massive 54 percent dilution in earnings per share.
Gulf Keystone's shareholders have yet to approve the debt swap and the drastic dilution.
" Facebook also noted it aims to mitigate "succession risk" and "potential future voter dilution.
There is also significant uncertainty related to potential dilution from divestitures and reinvestment needs.
A lot of founders raise money at seed without thinking about what dilution means.
XXX domain risked brand dilution (or worse) should someone else grab that domain first.
YOU DO DILUTION ON THAT DEBT IT'S LIKE ABOUT $100 A SHARE ACTUAL PRICE.
What dilution are they willing to accept today, to get that amount of capital?
Kangio contains the same active ingredient as Angiomax, but eliminates the need for dilution.
And that led to some misinterpretation or dilution of the mission or the vision.
Any dilution of other parts of the law would make it an easy no.
Such disagreements could ultimately result in a dilution or delay of the new rules.
Cost No. 4153 is the dilution for existing shareholders that results from these grants.
A direct listing would stop the clock and keep Spotify from incurring additional dilution.
As the name suggests, antidilution provisions protect previous investors from dilution in down rounds.
Another is the dilution of Judeo-Christian values through rampant secularization, migration and miscegenation.
But Mondrian's peculiar resistance to dilution is one reason his work is so famous.
You may stand to make around $250 million x 0.2% x 50% (for dilution).
While financings reflect value accretion or dilution, the transaction isn't where these values really change.
Simply put, if you are accreting more value than you burn, there is no dilution.
Try to source organic fertilizers and follow the dilution and frequency instructions on the bottle.
N in aiming to prevent discounts that can result in a dilution of brand value.
Worse, 12 percent additional equity is an enormous level of dilution, and hardly shareholder-friendly.
It is this dilution of standards which has put us in our present serious plight.
That latter move results in new dilution, but also helps provide some shareholder base stability.
It makes the liquor cold, adds dilution and changes the texture; you create tiny bubbles.
Founders saw opportunities to raise more money, frequently, at ever higher valuations, with less dilution.
How cold do I want it, what texture do I want, and how much dilution?
BZ WBK will also benefit from the dilution of its own foreign-currency mortgage portfolio.
The device cools coffee up to 130 degrees F in 60 seconds with zero dilution.
Delay and dilution could sour investor confidence and dampen any positive economic impact, analysts warned.
It's also important because it implies one less round of dilution in some seed strategies.
The bill the House finally sent to the Senate wasn't a repeal but a dilution.
But again, being obsessed about dilution I think is the wrong thing to obsess about.
Shareholders who do not exercise their rights face a dilution of more than 70 percent.
The Series A and Series B investors will receive small adjustments to offset their dilution.
Unfortunately, this is the beginning of the show's pervasive dilution of subtlety on all counts.
Pros: Multiple servings per bottle, high caffeine concentration, 100% organicCons: Requires dilution prior to consumption
"A share swap scenario presents significant dilution risks to shareholders of both banks," HSBC said.
The HyperChiller turns piping hot coffee into refreshing iced coffee in about a minute — without dilution.
Dilution is one of several techniques in what might be best categorized as the testing stage.
That dilution of the vote matters more in California because of its so-called jungle primary.
"We had to accept power dilution," Kiem told Reuters, referring to Vietnam's era of opening up.
Showa Shell's shares jumped 7 percent while Idemitsu's stock tumbled 11 percent on the forthcoming dilution.
Yes, raising more money does mean more dilution and less ownership for the management and employees.
If protecting your team from early dilution wins out over future burn, consider the following options.
If Ulster unionists hold the balance of power, there will be no Brexit dilution at all.
But the fact that there is no dilution of GOP support keeps him safe for now.
This again contrasts with Santander whose shareholders had to endure a multi-billion euro equity dilution.
Don&apost play a small game, or spend much time optimizing ways to best minimize dilution.
Last month MoMA filed a trademark infringement and dilution lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
This practice results in significant dilution of course content and the inevitable knowledge gaps that follow.
Ardagh opted for a relatively modest IPO as the group was keen avoid dilution, Coulson said.
"In sports, there seems to be a sense that expansion always leads to dilution," Garber said.
And that leaves SoftBank, which knows it overpaid earlier this year without strong anti-dilution protections.
AXA said the duration of its assets was long enough to lead to a slow yield dilution.
That is a slightly larger dilution ratio than a preliminary estimate of 71 percent published last month.
"There is a prospect of dilution for minority shareholders," said Ansuman Deb, an analyst with ICICI Securities.
Ms. Marcelo said the move limited the dilution of the Google Capital transaction to roughly 2 percent.
Our philosophy has been, because we want to build a big company, we are taking smaller dilution.
Debt can help fund predictable expenses, like sales and marketing, while avoiding dilution for founders, he said.
And when an equity round is inevitably priced, entrepreneurs don't like the founder dilution numbers at all.
Hwang argues that the dilution of the term deepfakes could actually have benefits in the long run.
Moreover, since no new shares are issued in a direct listing, insiders do not suffer any dilution.
"There was a dilution of quality, and he also had a lot mediocre impostors," Mr. Ilchman said.
Iran and Russia have similarly cracked down on Facebook—citing concerns about cultural dilution and political organizing.
Moreover, the dilution caused by conversion could also pressure a stock, drawing the interest of short sellers.
Use gloves and clean up any blood with a dilution of one part bleach to 10 parts water.
We're more concerned about our dilution than our cash balance, so it means that we have enough cash.
How can entrepreneurs protect themselves and their teams from equity dilution when raising money at the early stage?
Yet believers claim that this dilution makes the remedies stronger, provided that practitioners use the proper shaking technique.
Dilution would be considered again only "if we get any other outbreaks that turn explosive," Dr. Aylward said.
Given the size and political power of Wall Street, her proposals would only invite more dilution and finagle.
Only one is in that index: the Altria Group, the tobacco company, with 0.7 percent average annual dilution.
Section 2202 of the Voting Rights Act prohibits "vote dilution" that produces discrimination in the results of redistricting.
In contrast, the column underscores the dilution of every Judeo-Christian belief by a political community called America.
Instagram has the ability to capture and share raw and real photos and videos, evoking emotion without dilution.
Our forecasts envisage sustained results albeit with some FCF dilution given our assumptions on cash taxes and capex.
Potential benefits of a direct listing include the avoidance of further dilution to existing holders and underwriter fees.
Expect it to be a combination of primary and secondary capital, so as to better protect against dilution.
Along with trademark infringement, Coachella accused the retail chains of false designation of origin, unfair competition and dilution.
A Walmart acquisition would mean the retail giant goes (more) vertical for an 11% dilution ($38 billion vs.
This is the principal reason why many investors include anti-dilution provisions — to maintain their control in a company.
Founders work as hard as they can to maximize their valuation at each financing event to avoid painful dilution.
It's the burn rate relative to the value creation, not the financing event, that truly determines accretion or dilution.
Drinks' dilution rates are different, he added, and some, like a Sazerac, should start cold and then warm up.
It's also typical to see term sheets that include full-ratchet anti-dilution protection and most-favored-nation clauses.
"If implemented in this form, the deleveraging plan could result in material dilution for current Interserve shareholders," Interserve said.
At the first look, you'll notice that the dilution and financial return patterns are similar to that of Phantom.
That would be shareholders through stock dilution or the American tax payer – but most likely a combination of both.
This is a popular strategy that other tech companies have used to offset dilution to very high share prices.
NRA chief Toyoshi Fuketa believes ocean release after dilution is the only feasible way to handle the water problem.
One analyst said the debt reduction and the dilution of the share price could make Tullow an acquisition target.
We've moved to a position where we're just buying enough shares to avoid dilution by our employee stock programs.
The same source said that the current funding was picked up at a five percent dilution to current shareholders.
Campaigners have blamed the dilution of the country's child labor act for more children being trafficked for domestic work.
The buyback is designed to offset some of the expected dilution from BlackBerry's equity incentive plan, the company said.
The company expects adjusted earnings for 2018 of about $8.95 per share, without dilution from the acquisition of Juno.
"We want to get maximum valuation with minimal dilution," aCommerce Group CEO Paul Srivorakul told TechCrunch in an interview.
"There is a significant dilution of the chief's power across the board," Johan Lorenzen, one of the lawyers, said.
Watch out for warrants, vesting clauses that are overly punitive, full-ratchet anti-dilution clauses and stuff like that.
If the stock gets cut in half, it's at 20 billion, 50 percent premium, that's a 3 percent dilution.
If we tried to do this with the parent brand there was a real danger of dilution and distraction.
But with expansion has come dilution, and a sense that characters and themes are being stretched into thin transparency.
To make its mission a reality, Conductor needed more funding, which meant more dilution, CEO Seth Besmertnik tells TechCrunch.
This does not represent a moderate dilution of the Taliban, as some of their speeches would like to suggest.
One big factor is share dilution, or an increase in the number of Tesla shares available on the market.
A competitiveness objective would raise the risk of dilution of focus and the risk of weaker regulation, he added.
"My biggest concern with bitcoin being split at this point is just the brand dilution of bitcoin," Lingham said.
However, margins, including margin dilution from Morpho, will be lower than its rival and its balance sheet more leveraged.
This small equity dilution of companies takes the financial responsibility for infrastructure off the backs of most American taxpayers.
So if you need something cheap to hold your wires together inside the dilution fridge, dental floss is your tool.
A further Pittsburgh dilution occurred soon thereafter, when Heinz merged with Chicago-based Kraft to form The Kraft Heinz Company.
Venture debt can add ⅓ to ½ of additional capital to some funding rounds with minimal dilution and relatively modest interest rates.
"We believe that risks of additional dilution of the total fiscal savings in the Senate are very low," they added.
XXX domain, noting ICM now had the power to extort companies seeking to register domains defensively to avoid brand dilution.
Investors, meanwhile, may worry about the impact of expansion on long-term returns and dislike the dilution of their control.
Even if this does not happen, the anti-dilution rights will come out of the hide of the common shareholders.
The new money could also insist on super-contractual protections, like more aggressive anti-dilution rights and higher liquidation preferences.
There's an important connection between higher Seed-stage dilution and increased investor expectations during Series A and Series B rounds.
Amazon could have financed the Whole Foods deal by issuing stock with only minimal dilution to his 16.6 percent stake.
It's easy to be alarmed by the "dilution" of mindfulness on Instagram, but it's not always cause for hand waving.
The other is dilution; that special depth of camaraderie will be lost, not least because students will show off more.
That brand has since been watered down to the point of total dilution; a label that now stands for nothing.
Meanwhile, the costs of buying back shares to reduce that dilution equaled an average 1.6 percent of the outstanding shares.
The so-called qualified institutions placement will lead to a dilution of up to 7.7 percent of post-issue capital.
The company isn't planning to make another token sale in the future, representatives told TechCrunch, in order to prevent dilution.
That's eye-popping, since the extremely small dilution implied with those numbers (5%) is very rare in the venture world.
Amazon could have financed the Whole Foods deal by issuing stock with only minimal dilution of his 16.6 percent stake.
Shake or stir away, and the built-in timer will tell you when you've reached the optimal dilution and chill. 
The velocity and variety of ideas and plot keep things from getting stagnant but also run the risk of dilution.
Little thought is given to the potential impact of these notes on future valuation, and their dilution implications are often overlooked.
According to the theory, this helps because through dilution, the memory of the substance is retained, but not its harmful effects.
DAVID CUMBERLANDKuala Lumpur* The concept you praised in your leader on digital health includes one danger: the dilution of medical responsibility.
These are the rights that let venture capitalists capitalize on their wins while combating dilution and limiting exposure to bad investments.
It's Not All About the Benjamins Taking capital too soon, and with too much dilution, has ripple effects beyond eventual payouts.
Assume the dilution effect is only three-quarters of what it was (ie, 1.5 points off the assumed GDP growth rate).
"Given such low recovery ratio, any kind of dilution of capital norms will be credit negative for Indian banks," Guha said.
Current shareholders presumably think the dilution involved in the new Musk bonus plan is a reasonable price to pay for that.
Margin Dilution: Fitch sees ongoing pressure on margin as the proportion of lower-margin data services grows in its revenue mix.
"The practical consequences of this vote dilution were just as the mapdrawers intended," the voters told the court in their brief.
Concerns about capital mean no dividends for shareholders, and the threat of dilution if the bank attempts another fund-raising exercise.
Earlier investors will soon be offered an opportunity to own more of the company to offset the dilution of their stakes.
The 15 companies with the highest combination of dilution and buybacks had an average of 10.2 percent of their shares outstanding.
Mr. Winters provided four examples with far less dilution related to compensation plans than is typical in the S.&P. 500.
The lawsuit alleges one count each of trademark infringement, trademark dilution, unfair competition and false designation of origin, the outlet reported.
One benefit of Uber raising money as debt rather than equity is that it can avoid additional dilution for its employees.
Amadeus is produced entirely in minor keys, and with minimal dilution by sweeping effects, allowing emotion to arrive with candid plainness.
"This indicates that the taste of guaiacol in the whisky would be enhanced upon dilution prior to bottling," the authors stated.
It must be found and killed so a dilution of its brain can be dripped into the well of the kit.
But Mr. Cyrille has managed something just as meaningful, bringing his ideas into increasingly mainstream circulation without a hint of dilution.
Total added that it will continue to buy back shares issued as scrip dividend when prices were down, to eliminate dilution.
"The lower the IPO value, the greater the recorded loss and greater the dilution for SoftBank," Bernstein analyst Chris Lane said.
Significant reduction of XICI's strategic importance, a dilution in government shareholding, and/or reduced government support, could result in a downgrade.
Baloise is thus counteracting the dilution of earnings per share resulting from a convertible bond that reached maturity in November 2016.
The dilution refrigerator at Lancaster University can reach 1.6 millidegrees above absolute zero, or minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 273.15 Celsius).
Most people in the startup ecosystem think of dilution as the percent of the company that is sold in a financing transaction.
However, if they are doing so to avoid dilution, I think they're missing the point completely, given that they haven't been diluted.
For the same 20 percent dilution, the company raised 4X the capital and stock is now worth 8X the last round value!
Today I'd revise that saying to "every dollar that we spend that doesn't create more than a dollar of value, is dilution."
If the worry is dilution, just don't raise as much capital and cut the size of the offering as an intermediary step.
STAKE DILUTION Freenet's vow to vote its 24.5% stake against the issue could stymie the takeover if other shareholders join the opposition.
The obvious one – seized on by every opponent of the expansion and even some of its supporters – is the dilution of quality.
To the USOC, every company not associated with the games that uses them in their ads is a dilution of their brand.
As a consequence of this dilution, the number of hospital-acquired infections in Romania has gone up in the last few years.
He also says he avoids unnecessary dilution of the share price to finance the kind of acquisitions that have sapped some miners.
In order to avoid further dilution in future, the group also committed to scrapping scrip dividends, with payouts only in cash instead.
His goal is to continue to grow the company with limited dilution to shareholders, a message that apparently has been well-received.
"Founders can get a little 'valuation hungry,'" O'Connor said, but it's also important to consider terms like dilution and future acquisition price.
Any significant dilution of China Huarong's core activities in the acquisition and management of non-performing assets could lead to wider notching.
In addition, they said, many investors don't plan to hold the stock long enough for the dilution to hit them very hard.
The dilution is important because there are a lot of stock options and other shares that will be added to the circulation.
In the basement, 10 work stations were set up to package the drugs, along with other equipment and dilution agents for processing.
Looking back, he sees this aborted dilution of Jaxie's voice, which now dominates the novel, as "a failure of nerve," he said.
Why do some SaaS companies end up seemingly over-raising capital beyond their immediate cash needs despite the dilution to existing shareholders?
"We're lucky that it's winter and the river is high and there's a fair amount of dilution [of the wine]," McEnhill said.
Significant changes to Yancheng Oriental's strategic importance, dilution in the government's shareholding, and/or reduced government support, could result in a downgrade.
A sub-US$20bn valuation would force SoftBank to inject another US$1bn to anchor the US$3bn IPO to limit dilution.
"To the extent the plaintiffs' alleged harm is the dilution of their votes, that injury is district specific," Chief Justice Roberts wrote.
Unaffiliated events and parties had been biting AiB's ankles for years and the dilution of AiB's programming reached critical mass in 2015.
Executives often complain, after a new financing, that they should be "made whole" to offset the dilution that came with the new round.
Would accidental dilution with oxygen-containing room air (mask or room) slow or even prevent death, leaving prisoners in comas or brain-damaged?
"We don't think this is necessarily a positive phenomenon; on the other hand, we like that our founders get less dilution," he said.
While tempting, she finds herself politely declining on many occasions to avoid the risk of dilution or creating confusion around her brand's authenticity.
And with equity and dilution becoming top concerns for sought-after talent, companies benefit if they can show employees their path to riches.
Vote dilution for one, plus a First Amendment "associational" claim that Justice Kennedy first spoke of in Vieth v Jubelirer, the 2004 case.
Crown's dilution of its stake in MCE is timely due to the challenging conditions in Macao and the potential cannibalisation by new resorts.
So buy one of the foaming pump dispensers and then refill it in the future with your own dilution of the normal product.
The first round of buybacks would be aimed at offsetting any share dilution related to ConocoPhillips' employee-based stock ownership plan, Lance explained.
The old money may sit back and rely on the anti-dilution rights and liquidation preferences to protect themselves from the new money.
To see the effect of stock disposals and dilution, consider eight founder-run firms: Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, Tencent, Tesla and SoftBank.
A: Most of that comes from the effect of taxes and the dilution that comes from having kids and expanding the family tree.
VCs routinely remind founders that they shouldn't worry about dilution because they will have a smaller share, but the pie will be bigger.
Our capabilities are distributed across so many different parts of the government that they are overwhelmed with bureaucracy, inefficiency and dilution of talent.
Interest rate futures jumped as investors bet a delay and dilution of fiscal reforms may force the central bank to raise interest rates.
Significant weakening of Zhanglong's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the government's shareholding or lower government support could result in a downgrade.
The dilution of the definition and its championing by non-experts could lead to confusion, or even trick people into buying misleading products.
Vivendi sought to bring its holding back to previous levels following an earlier dilution of its stake after a Telecom Italia bond conversion.
Furthermore, any negative changes to SMI's legal status, leading to a dilution of the government's shareholding or control, could trigger a rating downgrade.
A capital increase, which analysts say would need to raise at least 3 billion euros, faces resistance from shareholders who fear greater dilution.
Significant weakening of JCDI's strategic importance to Jiaxing, dilution of the government's shareholding, and/or reduced municipality support, may result in a downgrade.
"This is resulting to an oversupply of seat/cargo capacity in an already price sensitive market entailing further yield dilution," the airline said.
The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction against trademark infringement and a variety of damages for the alleged dilution of the Girl Scouts trademark.
That was the spirit, too, of the 1978 constitution, albeit flawed by the dilution of regional exceptionalism with decentralisation for the whole country.
Under a previously disclosed plan, lenders will receive all the stock in a reorganized C&J, subject to dilution for management incentive awards.
The three other companies are European: British American Tobacco, with zero dilution; Nestlé, with 0.1 percent, and the Swatch Group, with 0.6 percent.
Wichita television station KWCH reports that the lawsuit against the Kansan In-N-Out has six counts, including trademark infringement and trademark dilution.
When the exposure of your strategic data results in business disruption and shareholder dilution, math is a strategy and configuration is a hope.
France will not accept any dilution of the single market, said Christian Lequesne, a professor of political science at Sciences Po in Paris.
Apple could pay a 50% premium for all the outstanding stock of the Apple of fitness, and register less than a 1% dilution.
I profess to be slightly disappointed in the dilution of the politics of art that the media often portrays through their inclusive style.
HMIT owned about 103% of HMNY in 2016, but that percentage has dwindled to less than 1% this year, primarily because of dilution.
It would also allow future investors to buy these Class C shares on the public markets, minimizing the future dilution of voting power.
This is a bit confusing, given that a larger raise should also mean more of that awful dilution that everyone is trying to avoid.
This powerful device can cool down coffee, tea, soda, wine, and more by up to 130 degrees in under one minute, without any dilution.
The HyperChiller iced coffee maker is a magical device that turns piping hot coffee into refreshing iced coffee in about a minute — without dilution.
Racial gerrymandering can mean the dilution of the voting power of certain racial or demographic groups, which is usually entangled with seeking partisan advantage.
Under a Labour government, investors in Britain would face a triple whammy of Brexit, higher corporation tax and now the prospect of shareholder dilution.
PB's weak earnings also reflect a high and inflexible cost base, recurring restructuring costs and margin dilution from long-dated, high-yielding legacy liabilities.
It can be quite tough to predict what your stock options will be worth depending on vesting schedules, multiple rounds of funding and dilution.
The company previously had an approximate valuation of $27 billion, so while the round is large, it doesn't deviate from prior anti-dilution strategies.
In swing pricing, trading costs are passed to shareholders through recalculating the fund's net asset value in order to protect existing shareholders from dilution.
A significant weakening in WSAM's strategic importance to the government, dilution of the government's shareholding or lower government support may result in a downgrade.
The clothing and furniture retailer said earnings per share would be mainly affected by dilution from the issue of 13 million shares in 2017.
But if the device already had a high error rate under normal circumstances, an additional dilution step seemed likely only to make things worse.
Significant weakening of Zhanglong's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the government's shareholding, and/or reduced government support could result in a downgrade.
Since then, the story has grown to encompass executive power struggles, surprisingly wonky discussions of stock dilution and interviews-gone-wrong with tech bloggers.
So bankers and regulators dreamt up a new financial instrument that would act like debt, thus sparing shareholders dilution, unless capital was urgently needed.
Buying Twitter would reduce the value of Salesforce shares by about $11 through dilution, while increased debt could cut another $9.50 from the stock.
The financial giant said the buyback authorization is designed to offset share count dilution from equity incentive compensation awarded to its retirement-eligible employees.
Investors have been pushing the company to resume repurchases which were halted in 2016 except to offset the dilution the stock issues to employees.
"That doesn't mean women should stop taking the pillSome water experts, Siegel said, abide by the adage that "the solution to pollution is dilution.
The plunge in Sharp shares added to losses a day earlier that came as planned share dilution under the deal looked larger than expected.
It used the muted shareholder reaction to the transaction as a pressure point, highlighting opportunity its own bid gave for liquidity without shareholder dilution.
If those sound silly, they are all billions-dollar companies that each raised far less than the typical tech company, thus with less dilution.
Weighted average antidilution, unlike full ratchet protections, take into account a number of different factors to produce a more "fair" or reasonable dilution regime.
The federal government failed to counter the dilution of the law, forcing Dalits to organize nationwide strikes in August to demand a legislative reversal.
Milk products had been thinned with water for profit, and the melamine falsely boosted the milk's protein content so its dilution could escape detection.
Another potential problem for Uber is that investors who are already upset over mismanagement could be further irked by any dilution of their holdings.
"A proportion of these 'temp to perm' transfers have occurred in the higher margin driving sector, resulting in an overall margin dilution," it said.
According to the lender, the financial return of such loans is calculated as a percentage of a company's future revenue streams, preventing equity dilution.
A dilution of the PHE's legal status, control from the government or weakening financial support from the state could also trigger negative rating action.
Abdereen said it has reduced the dilution adjustment on its UK Property fund and UK Property Feeder Unit Trust from 17 to 7 percent.
So, it just became clear to me that we were the perfect fit, and the opportunity was right, and we had so little dilution.
A significant weakening XCID's strategic importance to the city, dilution of the city government's shareholding, and/or reduced city support may result in a downgrade.
A significant weakening HAD's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the municipal government's shareholding, and/or reduced municipality support may result in a downgrade.
"I mean, it makes perfect sense," she added, cautioning that supporting dilution as harm reduction would probably require supplies not currently stocked by needle exchanges.
Byrd, that held that an "abstract dilution of institutional legislative power" wasn't a specific enough injury for a court to jump into an interbranch fight.
DNO's original target of owning 57.5 percent was set to protect the firm from the dilution of its stake from a potential Faroe share issue.
The principle behind dilution is simple: putting a tiny bit of a strong drug into a large amount of water makes it much less potent.
Simply take it out of the freezer, pour in your favorite libation, wait 60 seconds, and voilà — you've got crisp, cold liquid refreshment sans dilution.
Buying back the shares would remove any potential dilution risk for Eurobank shareholders and enable the government to earn a coupon on the subordinated notes.
Dilution of public support and inability to keep debt below 130% of operating revenue on a sustained basis would lead to a negative rating action.
Anti-dilution rights provide that when new money comes in at a lower valuation — a so-called down round — investors from prior rounds get compensated.
"Pathalgadi is a form of assertion against the dilution of rights by the state," said Tushar Dash, a campaigner at advocacy group Community Forest Rights.
" Cihra noted that Tesla's decision to raise capital again, announced Wednesday, was expected by investors, and "is pretty darn small when it comes to dilution.
Before the dilution occurred, however, he started negotiating the acquisition of the local unit of competing retailer Carrefour and turned to BNDES to finance it.
If you're going to need a lot of capital, you're going to need high valuations in order to prevent soul killing dilution down the road.
"If you raise at $250 a share, the dilution to shareholders is more significant than if you do it at $450 a share," Shah said.
Italian media said Malacalza and the CEO clashed over the size of the debt swap as the businessman feared an excessive dilution of his stake.
Common shareholders, including employees, will see about a 20 percent dilution in their stakes, "about the same as a typical financing round," Mr. Sacks wrote.
In all, the study estimates that the shareholder costs of the dilutions, and the buybacks to reduce that dilution, at companies in the S.&P.
"Prime Minister Modi said there would be no dilution in the importance of the UK to India post-Brexit," the spokeswoman said in a statement.
"The sale price appears reasonable and we expect proceeds would reduce leverage largely offsetting dilution from the disposal," Liberum analysts wrote in a research note.
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There's no underwriter lock-up and there's no dilution to existing shareholders because the share count doesn't increase, as it does with a traditional IPO.
What remains prohibits voting discrimination nationwide, often a fairly straightforward task in cases like racial gerrymandering, when the dilution of minority voting power is measurable.
" At the risk of engaging in the kind of appropriation and dilution Cauley finds rightfully tiresome, today's wokeness has a kindred spirit in "The Awakening.
The companies avoided dilution, keeping more stock for founders and employees, but it's pretty clear that they were fully valued, perhaps overvalued, by private investors.
"They did a great job of managing their dilution — most of what they raised, they raised after the company was worth a lot," he said.
A dilution of the PHE legal status or control from the sponsor or weakening financial support from the state could also trigger negative rating action.
Led by Dr. Dmitry Zmeev, the scientists used a custom-made dilution refrigerator, which the university says is the most effective refrigerator in the world.
A new ICE bid at a premium to Hong Kong's offer would result in earnings dilution for ICE, even when cost savings are accounted for.
Because it is the burn rate and not the transaction that really drives dilution, typically these large financings end up being very dilutive to the company.
In other words, large financings are typically very dilutive, even if on paper they appear to be evidence of massive value accretion and misleadingly little dilution.
Inside of it are some of the world's most cutting-edge quantum computers, stored in dilution refrigerators about the right size to hold an adult human.
A dilution refrigerator housing a quantum computerPhoto: Ryan F. MandelbaumThere are several different qubit architectures from big-name companies including IBM, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and others.
"Metro continues to suffer from acute uncertainty pending completion of its 350 million planned capital raise, dilution from which drives material EPS downgrades," Berenberg analysts said.
Trump has continued tweeting just as before, and the result has been a dilution of the impact — a bit of a "boy who cried wolf" effect.
Changes to CPSCL's strategic importance to the Tunisian State or negative changes to CPSCL's governance, leading to a dilution of state control, would trigger a downgrade.
"While no equity raise avoids dilution, it doesn't provide the finality we believe the market was looking for," said Andrew Scott, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley.
The takeover news first sent its share prices up 5.8 percent before details emerged indicating the possibility of a larger-than-expected dilution of its stock.
Moreover, this double dilution lowered the concentration of the analytes in the blood samples to levels that were below the ADVIA's FDA-sanctioned analytic measurement range.
All music picks up where previous artists left off but too-clever nods to the past and nostalgia can be overused to the point of dilution.
To cut out more water waste, Colliau did thorough testing to find out exactly how much water is needed in each drink for a perfect dilution.
The dilution is likely to halve stakes of Chairman Naresh Goyal and second-largest shareholder Etihad Airways, who currently own 51 percent and 24 percent, respectively.
A significant weakening in the company's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the municipal government's shareholding or reduced municipal support may result in a downgrade.
It, by the way, was one of two whiskies in our top 10 that were about 53 percent alcohol, calling for dilution with a little water.
"Carrefour's Q4 sales confirmed ongoing European challenges, but less dilution than feared from French protests," wrote brokerage Jefferies, which kept its "hold" rating on the stock.
"Non-voters cannot experience vote dilution because they cannot cast a vote that could possibly be diluted," the state argued in its brief for the justices.
Mark: There are those purists who have dilution anxiety, so what you can do is leave it in let's say 30 seconds and fish it out.
Likewise, Mr. Gouez said Moët Ice is blended with base wines that have more flavor intensity, prettiness on the nose and acidity, to anticipate the dilution.
That change now effectively values the company at $22 billion in its Series C round, and earlier investors will receive small adjustments to offset the dilution.
"We do not believe Marriott is willing to incur earnings dilution to facilitate the transaction," analysts at Wells Fargo wrote in a research note on Monday.
Red may be the color of all-out rebellion, but pastels, which by definition are a dilution of pigment, can provide a sneakier kind of insurrection.
A sub US$20bn valuation would force SoftBank to inject another US$1bn to anchor the US$3bn-plus IPO to limit dilution of its ownership.
But consumer spending and investment remained muted throughout the year following a blow to sentiment inflicted by the dilution of a landmark pension overhaul in Congress.
A significant weakening YUCH's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the municipal government's shareholding, and/or reduced municipal government support, may result in a downgrade.
His would be instead a reassertion of a Christianity defined as a church militant, opposing the dilution of its religious values by alien, even hostile forces.
What often gets overlooked by founding teams when SAFE or convertible notes are issued is that a majority of the dilution has already occurred, by issuing notes.
"It precludes shareholders from holding any substantive discussions about the company because of the threat of crippling dilution of their ownership interest in the company," he said.
"The overall Marketo dilution likely came in higher than investors anticipated," Guggenheim Partners analysts led by Ken Wong wrote in a note distributed to clients on Friday.
Significant weakening of the entity's strategic importance to the prefecture, dilution of the prefecture's shareholding, or reduced explicit and implicit prefectural support may result in a downgrade.
To ensure completion of the plan, Vale would pay owners of Valepar a 10 percent premium for their shares, implying a 3 percent dilution for all shareholders.
Much-needed reforms, such as a dilution of the country's extreme centralisation, have been shelved for fear that they will bring advantage to one side or other.
Because Sweat Equity doesn't have to come into a company during a funding cycle and doesn't write the check, founders suffer significantly less dilution down the road.
Pre-seed founders should raise $500K because it's better than bootstrapping, and eliminates the potential for the high valuations and dilution inherent with raising large seed rounds.
This can be worrisome, because tritium can bond with oxygen to form water molecules: because of its chemical structure, it can't be filtered out, hence the dilution.
At the time, Brazilian tycoon Abilio Diniz was the controlling shareholder in GPA, but was slated to cede control to Casino via a previously negotiated dilution arrangement.
Although the U.N. Security Council has mandated a political transition process, Assad's government has refused to consider any formula that might involve a dilution of his power.
A significant weakening of WCDI's strategic importance to Wuxi, a dilution of the government's shareholding, and/or reduced explicit and implicit municipality support, may cause a downgrade.
In addition to the Crestor hit, 2016 results will also be suppressed by short-term profit dilution from the recent acquisitions of Acerta Pharma and ZS Pharma.
I read criticism of a film called Girlhood by a black girl who asked why we black girls call ourselves brown, when it's a dilution of blackness?
The HyperChiller is equipped with two layers of food-grade stainless steel to chill coffee, tea, and even white wine by up to 130 degrees without dilution.
They have resisted any dilution of the purity of Brexit, arguing that it means not just leaving the EU but also its customs union and single market.
A dilution of the PHE's legal status or control from the sponsor or a weakening of financial support from the state could also trigger negative rating action.
Significant weakening of Huafa's strategic importance to Zhuhai Municipality, a dilution of the government's shareholding, or reduced explicit and implicit government support may lead to a downgrade.
The plaintiffs in the Gill case challenged a Republican-favoring gerrymander in Wisconsin, and they proceeded for years primarily on a "vote dilution" theory of the case.
But the study points out that buybacks are aimed not necessarily at benefiting shareholders, but rather at offsetting the dilution that results from awarding stock to executives.
Restructuring should enabled Citrix to partially offset profit margin dilution as company's ramp aaS revenue to scale, resulting in a strengthening of an already solid FCF profile.
To ensure completion of the plan, Vale would pay owners of Valepar a 210.5 percent premium for their shares, implying a 210.7 percent dilution for all shareholders.
The DHT board said the Frontline proposal did not properly value DHT's contribution to a combined company and would result in an "unacceptable" dilution to DHT's shareholders.
In contrast, Nguyen said Adidas failed to show that consumers would associate it with Skechers' Cross Court, causing the dilution of Adidas' reputation as a "premium" brand.
The mashup is a form of dilution, whereas mixing, blending—in the now-traditional sense as we know it—is about a musical kind of spatial awareness.
"Following 1Q18 results, we are making significant cuts to our near-term and long-term auto margin forecasts and allow for marginally greater equity dilution," he wrote.
"We believe that risks of additional dilution of the total fiscal savings in the Senate are very low," Credit Suisse analysts wrote in a note to clients.
But unlike the mainstream dilution of queer aesthetics that can be found in contemporary fashion, Posture and the subjects it elevates are on an even playing field.
Overextending one's social media friend group, by increasing connections to folks with whom we are not actually close, can lead to a dilution of the positive effects.
But it could face an obstacle in existing investors who are already upset over mismanagement — and who would then be asked to accept dilution of their holdings.
Yet there are wide disparities within the state and a dilution of community rights, according to research by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai.
The Golden Compass was famously criticised for shying away from the darkness of the novel's ending, as well as for its dilution of the book's religious themes.
Valuations and the economics of dilution (the portion of ownership that entrepreneurs must sell in order to bring more money on board) are spurs to faster growth.
The team of scientists placed a Lego figure along with four Lego blocks inside the dilution refrigerator to see if Legos could be a good thermal insulator.
"Very low temperatures provided by the dilution refrigerator are necessary for the operation of existing quantum computers, such as Google's, to cool down their qubits," Zmeev said.
Significant weakening of XICI's strategic importance to Xi'an Municipality, a dilution of the government's shareholding, or reduced explicit and implicit government support may lead to a downgrade.
Aberdeen said it applied the dilution adjustment to reflect the fact that properties would have to be sold for below market value in order to provide liquidity.
" And at long last, Petrie shares with me his ritual: "Under the spotlights of the bar, I stir, drain off the dilution, and top it up with ice.
Independent and unaffiliated voters in New York have long called for a dilution of the power the Republican and Democratic parties have over state and federal election systems.
Significant weakening of the entity's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the municipality's shareholding, and/or reduced explicit and implicit municipal support, may result in a downgrade.
Control signals, sent by wire from classical computers outside the dilution refrigerator, tell each qubit how to behave, including which of its neighbors to interact with and when.
Margin Dilution: Globe's operating EBITDA margin is likely to decline by 100bp-150bp annually due to competitive pressure and the ongoing structural shift to lower-margin data services.
Further dilution in the state's shareholding to less than 51% would lead Fitch to rate REC on a standalone top-down basis, which could result in a downgrade.
"Fear of dilution in the face of relatively limited diagnostics M&A has dampened investor enthusiasm for small-cap diagnostics stocks over the past several months," they said.
"The measure was necessary due to the 11 percent dilution for all shareholders resulting from the entrance of Qatar Airlines into (LATAM's) share structure," said LATAM unit TAM.
Another option would be to introduce so-called "anti-dilution" safeguards, meaning a discount on the amount of money handed back to investors who want to exit quickly.
Incremental funding will probably come with extra dilution, and pre-IPO preferences that will favor the VCs if the startup's hot streak falters and it doesn't get public.
Papa John's said earlier this week that it would implement a "poison pill" stock dilution that would act against any move by Schnatter to take a bigger stake.
Although raising money while navigating dilution can be tricky, with the right preparation and mindset, it's possible to close your round with the best value for your company.
Significant changes to CQNA's strategic importance, dilution of the government's shareholding or reduced implicit government support could lead to a wider rating gap between CQNA and its sponsor.
Significant changes to YWSCOC's strategic importance, dilution of the government's shareholding or reduced implicit government support could lead to a wider rating gap between YWSCOC and its sponsor.
Significant changes to BIG's strategic importance, dilution of the government's shareholding or reduced implicit government support could lead to a wider rating gap between BIG and its sponsor.
Proceeds from the offering will go toward content and technology investments as well as capped call transactions to reduce potential dilution to shareholders upon conversion of the notes.
Its new offer will provide immediate liquidity of 6.8 billion rupees for cash-strapped Fortis with no equity dilution for shareholders, Radiant said in the letter on Tuesday.
Conversely a dilution of PAT's ownership or income losses not compensated by support from PAT may lead to a downgrade, thereby widening TS's rating differential from the sponsor.
To achieve a proper dilution, Mr. Gouez recommends the Champagne be poured into a large glass first and ice added after, otherwise it will foam and lose effervescence.
"In contrast to significant dilutive asset sales or equity dilution, this merger looks like an inventive solution," analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein said in a note to clients.
Taxes, spending, the dilution of wealth through children and their children's children, and the inevitable spoiling effect of so much money, eventually take a toll on family fortunes.
Weekly viewers on the other hand, showed the weakest memory performance 24 hours after finishing the show, but also demonstrated the least amount of memory dilution over time.
The company, in the lawsuit filed on Friday in U.S. district court in Tampa, charged trademark dilution and infringement, unfair competition, injury to business reputation and unjust enrichment.
And you don't necessarily care about the stock price on day one per se, except that that's less dilution for you and your employees and your current shareholders.
But then again, Harley could also simply cut to the chase in those regions and reduce the inevitable brand dilution that the so-called "small displacement" business implies.
Many states consider a smell to be too smelly if it can still be perceived at a dilution of seven parts clean air to one part sampled air.
The No. 2 U.S. bank by assets said the buyback was meant to offset the share count dilution resulting from equity incentive compensation awarded to retirement-eligible employees.
It removes sulfur and other impurities to create lighter grades of oil that do not require dilution to move through pipelines, lowering costs and making shipping more efficient.
The higher overhead of a full-service carrier and the risk of brand dilution make the implementation of a basic economy-type product unfeasible for most international airlines.
In December, Fast Company's Mark Wilson described a "slow dilution" of Prime, including shipping times much longer than the two-day promise and markups from third-party sellers.
Burden attributes the decrease in voter turnout to a "dilution of the power of Election Day" — that having many days of voting reduces the pressure to vote altogether.
Anger at the dilution of national identity that is an unavoidable corollary of the mass movement of people has simmered in the background of Britain's political conversation for years.
Disney shares rose 393 percent, spurred on by the company's plan to buy up to $239 billion of its own shares to offset dilution from the all-stock deal.
A significant dilution in ownership by the parent or perceived weakening of support for MIF would exert downward pressure on MIF's ratings, including the possibility of multi-notch downgrades.
Dilution of support from the guarantor as well as a change in or termination of the guarantee will result in a review of the rating of the bond issue.
The company has filed for at least $25 million for "infringement, dilution, and unfair competition" and demands that Netflix remove any "choose your own adventure" references relating to Bandersnatch.
With the adverse foreign exchange effects removed, Inditex is under pressure to show it can deliver strong like-for-like sales without the margin dilution that has affected others.
And in the age of Donald Trump and the dilution of the term of "fake news," it's hard not to be suspect of possible attempts to hoodwink the media.
But it does let existing shareholders trade shares without dilution and is an efficient way of going public if you're not in need of an immediate, large cash injection.
When we started investing in 2012, we were sometimes shocked by the dilution founders faced from the first capital round and the harsh terms they settled for with investors.
"The restructuring of our convertible debt will enable us to significantly reduce our interest expense and potential future dilution for our shareholders," CEO John Chen said in a statement.
Even in the event of a Fed rate cut, positive EPS revisions (from better fees, tax rates, provisions, and buy-backs) should more than offset any related NIM dilution.
For the most part, there is supposed to be one core investor strategy; the maintainers, who use reserves and then opportunity funds or SPVs to avoid or minimize dilution.
Dividends are handy for corporate insiders in that they mask the impact on earnings of the massive and ongoing dilution of shareholders by the issuance of shares as compensation.
It added that none of its shareholders with a stake of at least 3 percent had yet committed to exercise their rights to buy new shares and avoid dilution.
The research, which examined data from a specialty apparel retailer with more than 400 traditional stores and 100 outlet stores, did not find evidence of cannibalization or brand dilution.
Nokia shares have fallen since the announcement of Alcatel-Lucent deal last April, partly due to the dilution of the patents business and also due to worries about integration.
Same with the C, D and subsequent rounds, so you could also factor in the time involvement with the firm as a lens which to judge dilution and ownership.
Aside from monitoring the sugar levels, Dr Qian and Mr Fang also made use of a technique called aroma-extract dilution analysis to study aromatic compounds in the grapes.
He said such issuance also achieves attractive conversion premiums with no immediate dilution of a company's stock or their shareholding in listed companies, in the case of exchangeable bonds.
Significant changes to CCDG's strategic importance, a dilution in the government's shareholding, and/or reduced government support, could lead to CCDG no longer being credit-linked to its sponsor.
The filing on Thursday confirmed that Caixa will exercise the option, avoiding dilution of its stake after improvement of its own balance sheet and a turnaround at Banco Pan.
Rating Downgrade: Significant weakening of Huafa's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the municipality's shareholding, and/or reduced explicit and implicit municipality support, may result in a downgrade.
Moreover, in the developing world, where mothers can't afford formula, they try to stretch it through dilution, severely depleting its nutritional value, leading to thousands of additional infant deaths.
The family has been the largest SJW Group shareholder for decades, the letter notes, adding that dilution to their stake could affect the operation of San Jose Water Company.
The placement is aimed at broadening AMS's shareholder base and preventing dilution of existing shares, the company said, as treasury shares are not granted subscription rights under Austrian law.
To protect the VCs, they say, offer full anti-dilution protection in case the founders are wrong, and they need to expand the option pool before the next financing.
And making up for the selling, general and administrative costs that the business was supporting contributed to a surprise 7% earnings dilution in the year after the deals close.
Significant reduction of the company's strategic importance or a dilution in the municipality's shareholding, resulting in a loss of control, could lead to a downgrade of the company's rating.
However, if we exclude the losses associated with its DTC investments, as well as the dilution from the Fox deal, the multiple is more in-line with historical levels.
" It went on to say that the use of the band's logo is "likely to cause dilution by tarnishment of the famous mark" and "harms the reputation of the Doors.
Downgrade Triggers: A sovereign downgrade, a dilution of government ownership or control or weakened government links, or a languishing importance of KORAIL's public-policy role may lead to a downgrade.
The rum definitely benefitted from a little dilution, as it gave those layers a little separation and I could taste it better, but I don't love Vic's old fashioned recipe.
The recreational vehicle manufacturer reported gross margin profits fell to 13.3 percent from 15.3 percent in the previous year, "due primarily to acquisition-related dilution," according to a press release.
"I think [dilution] is an important consideration moving forward," Jeff Ondocsin, an ethnographer at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) who's studying changes in the heroin market, told me.
The chip is placed into a dilution refrigerator the size of a closet, which cools the wires to a hundredth of a degree above absolute zero, causing them to superconduct.
"Mexico could be the next step ... a 30-40 percent dilution is something that could be achieved," finance chief Massimo Mondazzi said in a conference call for third-quarter results.
The department has handled cases related to redistricting and allegations of voter dilution under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act within the past decade, according to the DOJ's website.
LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Aberdeen Asset Management has reduced the dilution adjustment on its UK Property fund and UK Property Feeder Unit Trust to 7 percent, it said on Thursday.
Any significant dilution in ownership by, or perceived weakening of support from, the parent would exert downward pressure on the ratings of MIF, including the possibility of multi-notch downgrades.
Significant weakening of Jiangsu NHL's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the municipality's shareholding to below 75% or reduced explicit and implicit municipality support may result in a downgrade.
Beyond its dilution and loss of influence, France remains concerned about the impact on technology centers, industrial jobs and tax revenues from a combined group headquartered elsewhere, the sources said.
According to the same sources, the lenders were ready to share this guarantee with bondholders but only after Benjumea had left the company and he had accepted the share dilution.
Significant changes to HFI's strategic importance, a dilution in municipal shareholding, and/or reduced explicit and implicit governmental support, could lead to a wider rating gap between HFI and Hangzhou.
The source also said the state's EDF stake should remain around 85 percent as the state's partial subscription to the share issue would compensate the dilution of the share dividend.
Significant reduction of the entity's strategic importance or a dilution in the city's shareholding that results in a loss of control could widen the notching down from the sponsor's rating.
Michinoku Bank Ltd fell as much as 15.8 percent on share dilution fears after it said it will issue about 30.4 million stocks via a public offering to raise funds.
XiangJiang Group is 100% owned by the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Changsha Provincial People's Government (Changsha SASAC) and we do not expect any dilution in ownership.
"This approach allows the drinker to compare the two; one room temp, and the other throughout the natural dilution as the ice melts over time," Weaver wrote in an email.
He hoped that PayPal would help create a new world currency, free from government control and dilution, and that Facebook would help people form spontaneous communities outside traditional nation states.
This is creating a vicious cycle for entrepreneurs that will force many of them to increase dilution, and possibly face the dreaded down round, from which few startups have recovered.
Significant weakening of Jiangsu NHL's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the municipality's shareholding to below 275% or reduced explicit and implicit municipality support may result in a downgrade.
Vivendi said it purchased the shares in order to bring its stakeholding back up to previous levels following an earlier dilution of its holding after a Telecom Italia bond issue.
A rating downgrade could result from any weakening in the linkage between AVICIL and its parent, including significant ownership dilution or a reduction in AVICIL's strategic role in the group.
A downgrade of Indonesia's sovereign ratings or a demotion in IIGF's status due to a dilution of its legal status or control by the sovereign could trigger a rating downgrade.
This was enough for the coffee giant to lawyer up, and in June, Landgraf and Hitman Glass were each hit with a trademark dilution, trademark infringement, and copyright infringement lawsuit.
But there's more to it than that: Ice balls last longer and stay colder than regular ice cubes, so it helps cocktails stay cool — with less dilution — all night long.
No, it's not to get a buzz going, but to test the temperature and dilution so we can stop stirring exactly when it's perfect, not a second before or after.
Voting rights inquiries of vote dilution in the past typically concerned the suppression of vote choice of a single racial or language minority group living in a majoritarian white district.
Today, homeopathic practitioners and brands like Boiron and Hyland use the same process of extreme dilution to make treatments for nausea using the vomit-inducing syrup of ipecac, for example.
Could the U.S. Government Be Your Next Investor: No founder likes dilution, which is why the U.S. government is becoming an increasingly popular source for early-stage, ambitious venture capital.
INTESA SANPAOLO CEO SAYS BANK'S SHAREHOLDERS WOULD SUFFER VERY MINOR DILUTION IF UBI DEAL GOES THROUGH, JUST 10% OF THEIR HOLDING, NEW GROUP WOULD HAVE CORE BASE OF ITALIAN INVESTORS
Kyushu Electric Power Co slid 21 percent on wariness towards share dilution after the power company announced on Tuesday it will issue 2114.6500 billion yen ($1.31 billion) in convertible bonds.
By allowing for a potentially more cost-effective solution to producing dilution refrigerators, using ABS as a thermal insulator in those refrigerators could aid in the development of quantum computing.
While HMIT owned about 22016% of HMNY following the Zone merger and introduction of Farnsworth in 2016, that percentage has dwindled to less than 1% today, primarily because of dilution.
China Resources, which currently owns a 15.3 percent stake in Vanke before dilution, criticized the manner in which the property developer struck the deal soon after it was announced in March.
The company said it would raise its first-quarter dividend by 3.2 percent, while scrip shares issued in January for the second 2017 interim dividend were bought back to prevent dilution.
It said the uncertainty was causing Abraaj's investment platform to be unstable and that there could be significant dilution in the value of Abraaj's limited partners' stakes in the short term.
"We always said we would have a certain amount of dilution at the end of Inzalo, we are just going to have more," said Joint President and Chief Executive Stephen Cornell.
" The brand argued that they have suffered substantial damages in the form of "destruction of trade, loss of income and profits, and dilution and destruction of the value of its rights.
" The letter goes on to add that the use of the band's logo is "likely to cause dilution by tarnishment of the famous mark" and "harms the reputation of the Doors.
"We currently believe that a comprehensive restructuring plan will require a substantial impairment or conversion of our bonds, as well as impairment, losses or substantial dilution for other stakeholders," Seadrill said.
Doing this quickly while keeping an eye on spending ensures the company can minimize the dilution of its shares and maximize the return on investment for those who fueled its growth.
Lower Importance, Weaker Municipal Profile: Significant weakening of SPD's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the municipality's shareholding, or reduced explicit and implicit municipality support may result in a downgrade.
The Scoville scale is based on dilution: 1,000 SHUs means that you have to dilute the extract from 103 gram of dried pepper 1,000 times before you stop tasting the heat.
The ratings also reflect BAWAG's planned significant growth in the medium term, especially through further opportunistic acquisitions, which could also result in a moderate dilution of the bank's strong capital ratios.
There may also be some halfhearted attempts to get preferred shareholders to waive their anti-dilution rights, but the waiver has to be unanimous, so don't expect it to happen often.
The companies had sought dilution of the central bank directive, requesting they be allowed to store data both locally and at their offshore offices, a practice widely known as "data mirroring".
The results showed that even the lowest dilution of the honey solution reduced the amount by which the bacteria clung to the lab's plastic plates by 35 percent after 48 hours.
The Privacy Shield framework is predicated in part on the United States having a single, lead consumer privacy agency, and the dilution of the FTC's authority puts this agreement at risk.
The company had tried to persuade investors that the issuance would benefit them in the long run, saying dilution would be more if the preferred shares were converted into regular stock.
The company wants to finalise the capital injection plan by year-end because it would need shareholder approval depending on the offering price and scope of share dilution, the person said.
So if dilution is a sensitive issue, you need either a larger denominator which is the value of the company and you can get that through potentially proving out more before.
RATING SENSITIVITIES Any significant dilution in ownership by, or perceived weakening of support from, JACCS would exert downward pressure on the ratings of MPMF, including the possibility of multi-notch downgrades.
Yet Britain has long supported the first two; and it seems fanciful to expect workers and unions to accept a dilution of employment rights that business is not even calling for.
When companies authorize additional shares to pay employees and management, that also creates "dilution," or a decrease in how much of the company a shareholder owns when new stock is issued.
That dilution process, in which debt will be converted into equity, has not yet occurred, though executives have told Reuters they hope to complete the process before the end of June.
Margin Dilution: Fitch sees the operating EBITDAR margin narrowing to 45%-47% in 7503 and 2018 due to the larger mix of revenue from lower-margin data services and competitive pressures.
"We are the only force of resistance to the dilution of France, its social model and identity," Le Pen said in a televised address in her northern fiefdom of Henin-Beaumont.
A failure to secure a new manager for APEF IV would lead to a dilution of the fund's value and its eventual liquidation, the three sources close to the matter said.
An overall dilution in share values is a point of particular sensitivity as a flood of new IPOs was widely blamed for contributing to a massive stock market crash last summer.
This could include a significant dilution of Central Huijin's stake in CICC or if CICC's strategic importance to the Chinese government declines, which may be reflected in CIC reducing strategic involvement.
You can limit the risk of misaligned interests, and increase your flexibility, by raising only the money you need and managing the post-money valuation to better balance dilution against upside.
At the same time, loyalist paramilitary groups challenged the I.R.A., supposedly to protect a Protestant majority, fearful that any dilution of the bond with Britain might destroy its power and identity.
Depending on the terms of the public funding you're seeking, that flexibility may not be part of the arrangement, which ultimately could be more important than a bit of equity dilution.
All of this in some ways is good for startup founders (and their earliest investors) — higher markups are going to result in more resources with less dilution, and that's always nice.
"When a bartender is stirring or shaking a drink, they are chilling that drink to the optimal temperature, but they are also diluting it to the optimal dilution," Ms. Hoffman said.
Its mash-up Caribbean culture has long encompassed strains of ardent American patriotism and concerns about the dilution of a unique Hispanic heritage, and its compatibility with the broader American project.
He said stock dilution is likely at some point, given the capital needed to deliver 2 million units in 10 years, which is what Langan thinks is priced into the stock.
Their ratings would also suffer from an ownership dilution that resulted in a loss of control over their respective bank and/or changes in the regulatory supervision approach of the group.
As a result, the sheer size of their operations and high demand for domestic travel creates such economies of scale that negates much of the concern over brand dilution and overhead.
Holders of unsecured claims were offered 14.3 percent of the stock after dilution in the reorganized Seadrill, and current shareholders will get 1.9 percent, but only if unsecured creditors accept the plan.
"Both of these papers report on research done in dilution refrigerators, similar to those used for superconducting qubits," UC Berkeley postdoc Sydney Schreppler, who was not involved in the studies, told me.
The extent of the improvement would hinge on the degree of participation of investors in the plan, since many of them would seek to avoid dilution of their stakes, the note added.
While it would obviously be better if fentanyls were not in the street opioid supply at all, if dilution made them safer and cheaper, it really might help ease the opioid crisis.
Increasingly, the largest venture capital funds are leading seed deals in fledgling upstarts, offering larger checks, limited dilution and the opportunity to stamp a legacy brand name on a months-old project.
A significant dilution in BSD's ownership of DUTI, although not likely to occur in the medium term, may lower BSD's access to DUTI's recurring cash flow and increase risk to BSD's creditors.
"The effects of the lower corporate tax rate, including the dilution from planned equity issuances, will partially offset ... organic growth," said Chief Financial Officer Steve Young said on a post-earnings call.
Twitter said it will use net proceeds for general corporate purposes and to purchase call spread options to offset future dilution and to repurchase part of a convertible that matures in 2019.
In addition, a significant perceived weakening of Woori Bank's propensity to support its subsidiary including, but not limited to, a significant dilution in ownership, could exert downward pressure on BWS's National Ratings.
The new money may also insist on super-contractual protections, like more aggressive anti-dilution rights and higher liquidation preferences that put it in a superior position to the old preferred money.
Mr Baudet has warned of the "homeopathic dilution" of the Dutch people, and his apocalyptic speeches accuse an elite "cartel" of all the other parties of bringing Dutch civilisation to its knees.
Many growth-stage software companies have used debt very effectively; Square, Xactly Software, Maxymiser and Box all used forms of growth debt to minimize dilution on their path to IPO or exit.
The IMF said there was room to "fine-tune" U.S. financial regulations, but it warned against a "wholesale dilution" of the stronger U.S. bank capital requirements enacted after the 2008 financial crisis.
He believes that men in particular might be open to Trump's appeals, and even a minor dilution of the Democratic lock on this constituency could have huge implications in closely contested states.
Significant changes to Hanrui's strategic importance to the municipality, dilution of the municipality's shareholding or lower explicit and implicit municipality support could lead to a wider rating gap between Hanrui and Zhenjiang.
The share sale will lead to an up to 6.7 percent dilution of existing share capital and an up to 6.3 percent of the post-issue capital, according to the term sheet.
Any dilution of support of the guarantor as well as any change in or termination of the guarantee will result in a review of the expected rating of the proposed bond issue.
Glasenberg subscribed for shares valued at £22017m to maintain a stake of 22018%, while Daniel Mate, the head of zinc and copper, spent £24.7m to neutralise the dilution of his 24.2% holding.
"When Foundry offered us attractive terms and an amount of dilution we could live with we felt the best choice was to take it and save months of fundraising hassle," she added.
The source told Reuters that Toshiba wants to finalize the capital injection plan by year-end because it would need shareholder approval depending on the offering price and scope of share dilution.
Impostor martinis, however—just orders of straight vodka with a tiny bit of dilution—are only a small step away from pouring the stuff straight from the bottle and into your mouth.
Opinions vary on whether these changes count as an evolution or a dilution of the genre — but many hit songs of the past decade reveal how complicated "country" can be to define.
For a "fair and transparent fight" between types of funds, the risk of suspension or dilution would be properly factored into the pricing and redemption terms of open-ended funds, Brazier said.
For a "fair and transparent fight" between types of funds, the risk of suspension or dilution would be properly factored into the pricing and redemption terms of open-ended funds, Brazier said.
Italian-American restaurant cooking is not an endangered species in New York just yet, but enough of its practitioners have closed or slumped into irrelevance to raise concerns about gene pool dilution.
Financially, dilution isn't really a big deal, because even a shrinking slice of the proverbial pie is still valuable if the size of the pie — the value of the company — continues to grow.
A lower court found that the challengers had standing to bring vote-dilution claims with respect to the statewide map, and that the state had engaged in unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering in drawing lines.
Bezuidenhout batches the negronis without dilution in a Cambro in the bar's basement, then pours in the Cocoa Puffs to soak for about a day to yield hints of chocolate and milky creaminess.
India risks facing more conflicts over land and legal challenges to acquisitions as the dilution of laws hurts farmers and other vulnerable communities, said a former minister who helped frame the 2013 law.
Scale is an investor in early-in-revenue enterprise technology companies, so we wanted to better understand how this trend in Seed-stage dilution impacts companies raising Series A and Series B rounds.
The ratings take into account a likely material but manageable dilution of BAWAG's strong capital ratios as a result of the Suedwestbank acquisition, as well as possible medium-term pressure from future acquisitions.
I regularly see entrepreneurs agonize over a percent of dilution, while ignoring the fact that they are surrendering their most likely exit options for a low-probability shot at building a superstar startup.
This gradual dilution of the original "shock and awe" threat to hit everyone and every product with a 10 percent tariff is why the aluminium premium was steadily retreating from its earlier highs.
Vipul Parekh, co-founder of Bigbasket's parent group, noted that the venture debt allows the company to limit dilution for its shareholders, but did not provide details on the nature of the debt.
This gradual dilution of the original "shock and awe" threat to hit everyone and every product with a 10 percent tariff is why the aluminum premium was steadily retreating from its earlier highs.
Brian J. Winterfeldt's letter mentions Lawyer Morty's pog collection, inter-dimensional cable, and the Council of Ricks, before stating that the bar violates copyright infringement, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and unfair competition laws.
"They would not permit the home dilution of the insulin, which the parents have done for years," Nate Crippes, a lawyer with the Disability Law Center who is representing the Watkins family, said.
The findings, published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, showed three stages: pre-migration, migration, and then a dilution of the genetic footprint within the local population a couple hundred years later.
"I assume they need to free up a bit more capital," he said of the decision to take a slimmer holding, lowering its investment and any exposure to dilution in further capital raising.
The utility wants a dilution in nitrogen oxide emissions standards and claimed in last month's presentation that the lowered standards can be achieved with minor retrofits, without the need to install new equipment.
Minister Carlos Marun said the dilution of state control of Brazil's largest utility would be done by decree or some other executive measure that does not require the passage of a new law.
SoftBank also said it recorded a 332 billion yen dilution gain related to its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd following the Chinese e-commerce giant's secondary listing in Hong Kong in November.
Analysts have said one big risk for Volvo, as it combines more with its parent, is the dilution of Volvo's brand image by sharing its technology and know-how with a Chinese auto upstart.
Their gawky, playful range of voices and personalities, as will naturally arise in any boy band with seven members, saves them from dilution, as do their buzzy beats, anthemic choruses, and synchronized dance moves.
Driving the investment: Sonatype CEO Wayne Jackson said he's been in talks with TPG for "well over a year," but wasn't willing to accept the dilution that accompanies such a large investment until now.
The ratings could be downgraded if links between LP and the state weaken due to, among other things, a dilution of control, a decline in strategic importance or a weakening of public service compensations.
They pointed to bumps from expectations for increased fiscal spend and cuts to corporation tax as key reasons for their optimism although they broadly viewed dilution of free trade treaties as a potential negative.
The move is a retreat for CEO Elon Musk, who had previously been adamant that he would raise no fresh equity and who was cutting costs aggressively in an attempt to avoid such dilution.
Furthermore, by giving brands a direct connection between them and the customer, TrueFacet can control prices and reduce some of the brand dilution that comes from gray market goods being sold at steep discounts.
In the third article, we learned what happens when growth markers aren't hit, and saw how full ratchet and broad-based anti-dilution protections come into play when a company raises a down round.
It has not agreed to underwrite the debt, and WeWork wants to see how much debt can be raised without leading to a dilution for existing shareholders before making a decision, the source added.
"We currently believe that a comprehensive restructuring plan will require a substantial impairment or conversion of our bonds, as well as impairment, losses or substantial dilution for other stakeholders," Seadrill said in a statement.
With widespread worries about energy companies collapsing under debt loads, analysts and investors said that shareholders could more easily stomach the dilution of their holdings if it means adding cash to strengthen balance sheets.
There were also concerns that specific measures targeted against U.S. goods might prompt Washington to enact more sanctions on Moscow and it is unclear whether the current draft law may yet undergo further dilution.
Despite considering a potential share dilution, Silva told Valor that Pharol had a long-term interest in Oi, adding it was "highly unlikely" Pharol would relinquish its equity stake during Oi's court-supervised reorganization.
"Moreover, substantial tranches of E-Coins were issued without sufficient asset backing, leading to a progressive dilution of the E-Coin system to the detriment of investors," the watchdog said in a press release.
"I can unequivocally tell you…that there's zero, absolutely no evidence whatsoever, that there's any dilution in the Starbucks brand, reputation, or core business as a result of being compassionate," Schultz said to applause.
What's more, Holmes said, lateral hiring (which usually means hiring a midlevel professional from another company) "has generally been a dilution to our diversity," so the bank looks explicitly for candidates with different backgrounds.
"Malacalza Investimenti has confidence in this board ... but this is a transaction which would require us to invest... more than 100 million euros...to avoid a strong dilution of our stake," the representative said.
The new estimates followed "rigorous examination of leases that included an updated geological model, updated mine layout, revised coal product classifications and revised loss and dilution and productivity assumptions," Rio said in a statement.
Venture capital as a financing vehicle only makes sense to a certain point with respect to risk, margin and dilution, so many founders attempting to execute this strategic playbook have turned to debt financing.
This would be DraftKings' first round of funding since federal regulators blocked its proposed merger with FanDuel, and the ultimate figure could relate to how much more dilution existing investors are willing to swallow.
"However we believe that LGEN should be able to deploy this cash proceeds sooner than later leading to limited dilution from the disposal," they said, flagging an "underweight" rating and 218 pence price target.
Long-simmering tensions boiled over on Friday, when hundreds of students staged an hourslong sit-in at the school to protest a perceived dilution of LaGuardia's arts focus in favor of stricter academic requirements.
Joshua Apte, a professor of environmental engineering at the University of Texas Austin, explained that air quality is a function of pollution and dilution: how much is emitted and how much it spreads out.
Steve Bannon, the president's chief strategist, seems to see red rural states as the essence of the "American spirit" and places like New York and Los Angeles as centers of internationalist dilution and defeatism.
Vanke said in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange late on Friday that Shenzhen Metro will hold 20.65 percent of its enlarged issued share capital upon deal completion, surpassing Baoneng's 19.27 percent after dilution.
A rating downgrade could be driven by weakening linkage between CEL and CEG, which could result from a significant dilution of CEG's stake in CEL or a lower strategic role for CEL in the group.
Edit (5/15/2019): According to Celebrity Net Worth, due to Uber's current market cap of $67 billion and likely dilution of shares since 2015, Beyoncé's Uber stock is most likely worth about $9 million.
"We have done everything that we want to do in response to the financial crisis, but then there is the all-important implementation, and some people are concerned about backsliding, delays and dilution," Coen said.
But if it's run-of-the-mill moisturizers you find too strong for your liking — too rich, too heavy, too creamy — forget your anti-dilution prejudice: Their watered-down counterparts strike just the right balance.
If it was a planned $200 million raise at $2 billion market cap but orders can only be filled at a $1 billion valuation, then just raise $100 million and the dilution is the same.
"If we do those things right, we more than pay for ourselves in the dilution the founders don't have to take in later funding rounds, and ultimately wind up with a better valuation," Portillo said.
The intention is to make big business work better for ordinary people, but the result would be clumsy government intervention, a dilution of property rights and the spectre of heavily regulated firms under politicised supervision.
She further explained that while there is no doubt that shrinking U.S. business will weigh on future revenues; it could also provide Deutsche Bank immediate relief from capital pressures, which would also reduce dilution risk.
But the sultans of Silicon Valley's VC industry insist on a wide range of rights before they invest their capital, including protection against dilution of their stakes and (sometimes) the right to nominate board members.
Allianz's chief economic advisor, Mohamed El-Erian, told CNBC on Friday that Deutsche Bank's recent volatility is not necessarily a "Lehman moment," but should serve as a warning to investors about the danger of dilution.
A gain on the sale of shopping center assets in Chile, a tax benefit related to its agreement to sell its Mexican Suburbia business, and dilution from the earlier-than-expected completion of its Jet.
It would be easy to map the emergence of the new house lad as a process of dilution or commercialization and, of course, the proliferation of watered-down music is as responsible as anything else.
A sovereign downgrade, a dilution in state ownership and control or a weakening in KLHC's links with the government - including the importance of its public policy role and budgeting relationship - could trigger a rating downgrade.
Norwegian's stock plunged 30 percent in early Tuesday trading as shareholders anticipated a dilution in their stakes and a big discount for the share sale, whose underwriters include shipping to oil services billionaire John Fredriksen.
"The Walt Disney Company seeks to force out the remaining minority shareholders by offering them a new public offer, under penalty of having to undergo a strong dilution later," said the letter, dated March 6.
We acknowledge that Rcom could raise further capital to pay down holding company debt through the sale of its pay-TV business, dilution of some of its stake in GCX and selling surplus real estate.
While refranchising will cause some near-term EBITDA dilution, the company will receive upfront cash proceeds that will be used for debt reduction and an annuity stream related to bottling assets to offset this decline.
Then I ask them another question; if I could grow it faster in that same time period with more capital, what would that number be and what dilution are they willing to take for that?
Where Congress and the administration might well wish to be more cautious is to guard more vigilantly against the dilution of the strong U.S. voice in the World Bank by a profusion of special interests.
Japan's Sharp Corp scrapped a plan to issue up to $2 billion in new shares, changing its mind in a matter of weeks after its shares slumped as investors worried about dilution to its earnings.
The deal is scheduled to close early the second quarter and is expected to be a slight dilution to non-GAAP earnings for the fiscal year 2017, in the range of 6 to 7 cents.
While refranchising will cause some near-term EBITDA dilution, Coca-Cola will receive upfront cash proceeds that will be used for debt reduction and an annuity stream related to bottling assets to offset this decline.
The proposal has the potential of reigniting a rift between creditors and shareholders including largest stakeholder Pharol SGPS SA, because of the high degree of dilution that the debt-for-equity swap entails, analysts said.
A rating downgrade for Huarong Real Estate could result from a material reduction of Huarong Real Estate's role in supporting the group's core functions or a signification dilution of China Huarong's stake in the company.
Speaking at a news conference, executives said they expected a dilution of 20 percent to 22 percent in the IPO, which means the company could be valued at 22.5 billion rupees after the share sale.
Performing with a full band creates a kind of self-consciousness; for a performer so deeply cerebral as Clark, seeing her perform with other musicians always felt like a dilution, of sorts, of her ideas.
Even as they welcome the opportunities opened up by having an ally in the White House, some worry that the continued emphasis on executive actions is just another step in the dilution of legislative power.
RATING SENSITIVITIES Downward rating pressure could arise from any negative changes to SMF's legal status through a dilution of the government's ownership or a reduction in the MOF's influence on the company's strategy and operations.
The Justice Department says it wants to add the question to aid its defense of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (which prevents the dilution of minority populations so their power cannot be weakened).
In their note published on Wednesday, analysts at Berenberg halved their target price on the stock to 1,200 pence, citing greater-than-expected investor dilution following the lender's cash call and the impact of slower growth.
Other portions are relevant to even the most experienced serial entrepreneurs — like how to think through potential drag-along and pay-to-play provisions, full-ratchet anti-dilution clauses and other tricky terms one might find.
More so than other major entrepreneurial centers, Brazil's founders are known for bootstrapping early-stage companies and avoiding global expansion, as the capital can be costly and lead to a dilution in shares in their startups.
In the most difficult situations, companies that IPO at a lower valuation can trigger an anti-dilution provision called a ratchet, which rewards later investors with more shares at the expense of employees and early investors.
Aberdeen Asset Management said withdrawals from its U.K. property fund would face a 17 percent dilution levy, and that it would not fulfill later orders, but Exane BNP Paribas raised its price target for the stock.
The dilution of that toxicity comes from the personal connections that are maintained and grown through these interactions online, where I see Fannibals that I have chatted with interacting with other Fannibals and being incredibly supportive.
Significant changes to JWC's strategic importance, a dilution in municipal shareholding, or reduced explicit and implicit governmental support could lead to a wider gap between JWC's ratings and Fitch's internal view of the creditworthiness of Jinan.
"We teach our junior doctors that the solution to pollution is dilution, and that using soap and water can minimize that concentration and remove the chemical immediately — it doesn't need to be more complicated than that."
Our dilution is quite naturally protected in these situations, but still, when increasing capital is needed for growth acceleration on mature companies, our early-stage funds may not always see a possible full pro rata participation.
However, as the transaction is initially dilutive on an earnings basis, the issuer has some incentive to maintain or increase leverage to reduce the amount of dilution and the time frame for it to turn accretive.
A fourth industry source familiar with discussions said one of the suggestions for dirty oil evacuation was to reverse the pipeline and pump oil from Poland, Germany and Belarus back to Russia for storage and dilution.
Company-branded, click-based ad revenue and revenue from instant booking rose 11.6 percent in the first quarter, despite continued revenue dilution from last year's launch of instant booking in certain non U.S. markets, TripAdvisor said.
Meanwhile, a potential dilution of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement process in the political gyrations of the 2020 U.S. presidential election race if U.S. lawmakers do not ratify it soon also weighs on the outlook.
The Outlook may be revised back to Stable if PMI's superior price/product mix growth and evidence of RRPs breaking even, without profit margin dilution, translate into strengthening FCF generation, while maintaining a conservative financial policy.
"We currently believe that a comprehensive restructuring plan will require a substantial impairment or conversion of our bonds, as well as impairment, losses or substantial dilution for other stakeholders," Seadrill said in a statement on Tuesday.
Dilution risk - from issuing more stock thereby diluting the percentage ownership of existing shareholders - remains one of the main drawbacks of convertible bonds, but a high conversion premium can make it more palatable for existing shareholders.
Even at the height of the VW scandal, in October last year Germany led the dilution of separate new rules to restrict how much pollutants cars are allowed to emit above official limits, EU sources said.
"This comes at a cost, with a significant dilution for existing shareholders," Chief Executive Peter Fankhauser said, adding it was a "pragmatic and responsible solution to secure the future of the Thomas Cook business and brand".
In a note titled "Unicredit: The gains are worth the pain", the U.S. broker noted the stock was highly discounted and that it reckoned asset sales would help limit any dilution from a potential equity raise.
"Now, it's as though we're perceived, and perceive ourselves, as only a subset of U.S. fiction, lost in its margins and eventually, this dilution of the community of writers plays out in the writing," she added.
The recapitalization plan will result in a significant dilution in existing shareholders' interests, the company said, but it had decided it was the best way to secure the future of the group for all its stakeholders.
Conversely a dilution of provincial support as evidenced by material unsubsidised borrowing or income losses not compensated by support from PAT may lead to a downgrade, thereby widening PDT's rating differential from the sponsor to two notches.
Triggers for Downgrade: A sovereign downgrade, significant changes leading to a dilution of SBC's state ownership or control, or weakened government links or a languishing importance of its public-policy role may lead to negative rating action.
Significant changes to REC's legal status that lead to a dilution of state control or a deterioration in the likelihood or timeliness of state support may lead to the ratings being notched down from the sovereign's ratings.
"This is obviously negative in share price terms given the significant dilution, although it's an expected and necessary step to allow the company to continue trading on a far steadier footing," said analysts at Cenkos Natural Resources.
Although I was fortunate to have academic parents who actively educated me about Black history, I still felt the impact of the omission and dilution of these stories in school, on field trips, and in the media.
Working backwards from exit, the new equilibrium valuation from our perspective is closer to $120 million now (which works out to 33x today, not 10x), a level which would allow for a 3x return after expected dilution.
"We believe that there has been a dilution of the tenets of flexible inflation targeting framework under the new regime compared with the old regime," said Nomura analysts Sonal Varma and Neha Saraf in a Tuesday note.
Le Maire told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Paris could accept a dilution of the French state's stake in a merged Renault-Fiat group as the French industrial policy of taking stakes in companies had proven unsuccessful.
Another official said Anatel was seeking to press Oi shareholders to agree on a capital injection and a subsequent dilution of their stakes, should creditors decide to swap part of their debt for shares of the carrier.
As I wrote last month, founders can use the ICO process to not just finance their companies without dilution, but also to increase user engagement, optimize governance, and potentially edit the signals they send to traditional VCs.
Labour representatives including trade unions fiercely oppose the merger because they fear a dilution of the influence they enjoy under German law since the headquarters of the new company are planned to be in another European country.
A rating downgrade could be driven by a weakening in the linkage between CEL and CEG, which could result from significant dilution of CEG's stake in CEL or a reduction of CEL's strategic role in the group.
Marseilles-based CMA CGM offered 30 francs per share in cash, less dilution effects such as any dividend payments made before the deal closes, according to a prospectus published on Monday by the manager of the Vontobel.
Shares of BOK fell 5.4 percent and analysts attributed the decline to the dilution in BOK's tangible book value - a measure of a company's value based solely on its tangible assets - as a result of the acquisition.
Mr. May of Citigroup lowered his price targets this month on Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, eBay, Yahoo and Twitter to "fully capture the likely ongoing dilution from future share grants as part of employee compensation," he said.
Noble said the restructuring proposes a debt-to-equity swap that, along with the issuance of equity to retain and incentivise the management team, is expected to result in dilution of existing shareholders' interest in the company.
A dilution of provincial support as evidenced by material unsubsidised borrowing or income losses not compensated by support from PAT may lead to a downgrade, thereby widening the rating differential between TT and PAT to two notches.
Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Wednesday leading UniCredit shareholders, including CariVerona which owns 2.7 percent of the bank, were all inclined to buy into the share sale to avoid a dilution of their stakes.
While refranchising will cause some near-term EBITDA dilution through 2018, the company will receive upfront cash proceeds that will be used for debt reduction and an annuity stream related to bottling assets to offset this decline.
"Investors in the oil and gas space are a little skeptical of the synergies that can come from this and whether the share dilution is warranted," Kelly said, adding he views the transaction as a buying opportunity.
But homeopaths believe this dilution in water or alcohol helps retain the "memory" of the original substance, and invoke quantum physics as an explanation for how the final mixture then triggers a healing response in the body.
The usual result when too many producers get in the same room to oversee a megapop album isn't range but dilution, as the combined product gets watered down into digital paste, no matter how bubbly the singer.
Domestic American political paralysis, the dilution of American moral authority, Trump's rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the withdrawal from the Paris climate accord — all this has favored China, now the world leader in renewable energy.
More shares, less profitTo get a sense of how all this could affect our estimates of Musk's potential future wealth, let's consider a scenario where the number of outstanding Tesla shares doubles via share dilution to 360,490,000.
"I looked at what was around me, and I looked at the dilution of wages — because Europeans are coming in," said Franco Passarelli, the son of Italian immigrants, explaining why he voted to leave the European Union.
If your startup completed a $5 million Series A on a $83 million pre-money valuation, (option pool aside) you would have 20 percent dilution, and everyone will own 20 percent less than they did before the transaction.
Late on Wednesday, Aberdeen Asset Management said withdrawals from its 3.2 billion pound UK Property Fund which it had received before 1100 GMT would face a 17 percent dilution levy, and that it would not fulfil later orders.
"The proposed Berkshire second tranche appears to offer nominal additional reputation and strategic benefits to those already established under the Berkshire first tranche, while dilution cost of the discounted second tranche is substantial," ISS said in a statement.
But although the 1987 double-LP Sign 'O' the Times was his greatest album by acclamation, his obsessive overproduction led to musical dilution, his cinematic dreams were barely pretensions, and his sales never again approached Purple Rain levels.
The pension reform is seen as the most important economic reform for Brazil and its mounting fiscal deficit, but investors worry that dilution of the original plan may not result in the savings promised by President Jair Bolsonaro.
Bankers say, however, that keeping the floor proposal is a U.S. condition for accepting a dilution of the curbs Basel has proposed on the use of models at banks for capital calculations - a more widespread practice in Europe.
"The proposed Berkshire second tranche appears to offer nominal additional reputational and strategic benefits to those already established under the Berkshire first tranche, while dilution cost of the discounted second tranche is substantial," ISS said in a statement.
Vanke's shares in Hong Kong lost as much as 30 percent in the first half of last year, hit by uncertainty over the power struggle and share dilution that would have occurred under the deal with Shenzhen Metro.
Whether you delay or even skip an equity financing altogether, this form of capital provides your business the financial runway required to wait for more favorable equity valuations, without suffering anywhere close to the same amount of dilution.
A European source familiar with the matter told Reuters that the QIA had sold some shares but that the bulk of the drop in its voting stake was due to dilution of its holdings during a capital increase.
That is, not as a substitute to using equity to fund growth, but in lieu of having to raise more money than is immediately needed — with the attendant equity dilution — for cash-flow smoothing and emergency purposes, i.e.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The biggest shareholder in Oi SA, the Brazilian telephone carrier operating under bankruptcy court protection, is not opposed in principle to a share dilution, newspaper Valor Econômico cited an executive at the shareholder as saying.
RATING SENSITIVITIES Linkage with Parent: Significant weakening of COAMI's strategic importance to its parent, dilution in the parent's shareholding, or reduced explicit and implicit parental support could lead to a wider rating gap between COAMI and its parent.
These drinks work by diluting your urine to the point where THC won't show up, and then replacing the vitamins, minerals, and color that are also lost in the dilution process so it doesn't raise any red flags.
The company took pains to note that the $55 billion estimate factors in only already existing sources of share dilution, and that further shares will almost certainly be created, further reducing the maximum potential value of Musk's payout.
Together, that would give Musk a net worth from his Tesla holdings just shy of $100 billion, still putting him in the neighborhood of the world's richest person, even with our hypothetical very high degree of share dilution.
Negotiation and compromise are, of course, part of the legislative process, but COPRA's accommodation of state rules, distributed enforcement through state attorneys general and private causes of action, and protections against dilution through contracts must be non-negotiable.
How many of those legions of figures who gambol through stage adaptations of animated movies — teapots, lions, fake Russian princesses, ad infinitum — seem to have been transliterated from the screen without any dilution of their inked-in essence?
On one side, the targets represent long overdue opportunities for the mass population, while the cynical side views it as a dilution of a once proud team—that spots are awarded based on skin color, rather than merit.
Its proponents claim you can dilute a substance in water to the point of it literally not existing anymore, but also that this dilution can still somehow affect the body, helping treat the same symptoms the original substance causes.
"We now believe a more negative outcome on these liabilities (equity dilution is one) is at least partially discounted, and it's possible the company can execute its way through an elongated workout that limits near-term downside," Tusa added.
NEW DELHI, June 7 (Reuters) - India's central bank on Friday fined Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd 20 million rupees ($288,525) for not furnishing details about the shareholdings of its majority stakeholders and its plans for complying with stake dilution norms.
Fitch granted ratings flexibility to ABC for the $600 million of three-year notes due 2017 due to their specified and temporary use for offsetting dilution associated with the expected exercise of warrants by Walgreens in 2016 and 2017.
"The combination of initial dilution, oceanic diffusion, and bacterial mortality reduces the bacteria to very low, safe levels," said Ernest Sonnenberg, a Councillor for the City of Cape Town and member of the city's Mayoral Committee for Utility Services.
We think an elegant way to do this and avoid shareholder dilution would be for these 42 million shares to come as a gift out of the 50 million founder shares currently held by Shervin and [another primary investor].
Astra Agro shares plunged as much as 10.9 percent to a six-month low earlier on Thursday partly due to concerns about a potential dilution for minority shareholders if they do not subscribe to the rights issue, traders said.
Citi acknowledged headwinds facing the sector such as pressure on profits from ultra-low interest rates, regulatory costs and potential dilution, but added it saw negative risks as being more on selective, individual banks rather than being system-wide.
This will be achieved by penetrating new markets, but along with that will come fewer paying subscribers as a percentage of total users, and perhaps lower average revenue per customer, due to a dilution effect of cheaper subscription plans.
"The price paid (by BOK) equates to roughly 9 percent (tangible book value per share) dilution, which are large numbers and likely on the higher side of what the market would like to see," said KBW analyst Brady Gailey.
KEY RATING DRIVERS IDRS, NATIONAL RATINGS AND SENIOR DEBT The RWN continues to reflect the potential dilution of Yuanta Group's credit profile due to the increase in commercial banking assets, and potentially weaker capitalisation as the group's leverage increases.
SAO PAULO, March 16 (Reuters) - Brazilian telecom Oi SA said on Friday that it had received preliminary information regarding the option chosen by bondholders to receive their credits, which would result in a dilution of 71 percent for shareholders.
Developments that May, Individually or Collectively, Lead to Negative Rating Action - A significant dilution in Axiata's ownership or board control of Dialog, removal of the common brand name or a weakening of the current moderate ties between the companies.
Opting for another study will raise hopes among bankers of a dilution in the rules after Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said in May it was necessary to ensure fair implementation of a new capital "floor".
A photo of a dilution refrigerator inside the IBM Q labPhoto: Connie Zhou/IBM (Flickr)Entrepreneurs and physicists are pursuing a new kind of computer—one based on the physics of the subatomic particles—that promises to revolutionize various fields.
Taisei Lamick Co shed 4.7 percent on dilution concerns after the packaging film manufacturer announced it would issue 650,000 shares via a public offering and 13,500 shares through a private placement in a bid to raise up to 2.12 billion yen.
RATING SENSITIVITIES Linkage with Parent: Significant weakening of Dong Yin's strategic importance to its parent, dilution in the parent's shareholding, or reduced explicit and implicit parental support could lead to a wider rating gap between Dong Yin and its parent.
The cooperative lender said it would sell 465.6 million new shares at 2.14 euros each, roughly half the closing price of 4.17 euros or a third less than its theoretical price taking into account share dilution and the amount raised.
Not being able to vote on whether Trump could accept emoluments was the type of "abstract dilution" affecting all members of Congress that was identified in Raines, argued Brett Shumate, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's Civil Division.
"The potential impacts of that are a dilution on the returns in that particular business ... there is also the potential that would have an impact on both the availability and pricing of credit in the New Zealand market," Comyn said.
The competitive nature of funding means that it's never been easier for a founder to raise funding, but Portillo said one of the upsides to the equity model is it lowers dilution and helps increase a startup's valuation down the road.
Yellen said it would "not be a good thing" if reforms of the financial services industry since the crisis were unwound, and urged those who had helped manage the fallout at the time to be vocal in preventing such a dilution.
How it works: Chegg will essentially issue stock grants to employees from an equity pool that already existed (so there's no dilution), and the equity will be converted to cash and paid out annually to employees through a platform called Tuition.io.
They can even be set off in an initial public offering, as was the case in the Square I.P.O. Anti-dilution rights provide that when the new money comes in at the lower valuation, investors from prior rounds get compensated.
FanDuel also was in talks to raise new capital at the time, but a source says that those talks were later shut down as the company felt it had enough cash on hand to close the merger without accepting extra dilution.
If used in the right situations and for the right kinds of companies, venture debt is the perfect tool for raising growth capital while avoiding dilution and maximizing the potential financial return of the equity already invested in the business.
The share buyback, which Zurich said would help offset dilution from shares paid out as part of the group's employee remuneration policy, marks a one-off event, which management said would not be repeated at a similar scale in years ahead.
Insurer Baloise is to acquire a majority stake in Pax Anlage AG and to make a public takeover offer for the remaining shares in the real estate group at a price of 1,600 Swiss francs per share (subject to dilution effects).
A significant weakening in JIC's strategic importance to the state, dilution of the state's shareholding to less than 51% or lower state support could result in the entity no longer being credit-linked to its sponsor, leading to negative rating action.
PIRC said its concerns included the debt that Restaurant Group will take on to help finance the acquisition and the shareholder dilution that will be caused by the rights issue the company is also undertaking to partly fund the deal.
Sharp Corp jumped 15.19 percent and was the biggest percentage gainer on the board as dilution fears faded after it cancelled plans to issue up to $2 billion in new shares over fears of market volatility driven by trade disputes.
Morelli will need to convince investors that if the bank is to survive they have no choice but to accept a further dilution of their shares - which in 2008 traded at nearly 4 euros but are now worth around 20 cents.
She also fleshed out an entirely different theory from the dilution claim, based on the First Amendment and potential plaintiffs' ability to organize and freely associate, and explained how these or other plaintiffs might establish standing for that claim too.
This year, we have a dedicated "Extra Crunch" stage focused on helping founders build their companies, from how to fundraise without dilution, to massively growing a team at scale, to how to build a brand and reach out to media.
The reason the startup is raising both equity and debt is worth a note: Nazari said Credit Sesame is profitable and has been "for some time," so when it raises money now, it would prefer to do so with less dilution.
Villiers, a cabinet minister under Prime Minister David Cameron and who campaigned to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum, used an article in the Sunday Telegraph to warn against a deal that could lead to a "a dilution of Brexit".
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 20 (Reuters) - South African hotelier and casino operator Tsogo Sun on Tuesday posted flat half-year profit, citing economic pressures on consumers and earnings per share dilution after its acquisition of gaming businesses Vukani Slots and Galaxy Bingo.
"The dilution (effect) of raising 1 billion pounds, or 3.2 times the current market cap, will effectively write off those investors who do not participate, but our concern is that this is not enough," Numis Securities analyst Robbie Duncan said.
A downgrade of the sovereign's rating, significant changes leading to a dilution in government ownership and control or weakening links with the government - including the strategic importance of MTRC to Hong Kong and government policy support - could trigger a rating downgrade.
"Notwithstanding the potential for dilution, Lynas Directors have concluded that approval of the proposed amendments is important to assist the continued operation of the Lynas business as a going concern," the company said in a statement to the Australian stock exchange.
Takeda has promised to bring the net debt of the enlarged group down to two times EBITDA within three to five years, from 4-5 times when the deal closes, and believes it can do this without significant disposals or shareholder dilution.
"This is obviously very positive for Interoil shareholders, but it's positive for Oil Search shareholders, too, because through Exxon coming in they get the benefit of the alignment of projects without the (share) dilution in the near term," said Bernstein analyst Neil Beveridge.
SAFE notes gone awry create undue negotiating tension between CEOs/founders and new investors, especially if this interaction occurs during the first priced equity round, because it is truly the first time founders and other common stockholders see the dilution in real terms.
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There will always be good music out there, but thanks to this democratization—and dilution—of traditional music criticism, and its creaky old warhorse, the album review, you, the listener, are on your own, left to the mercy of your own opinions.
With a 20 percent bounce in oil prices in the last quarter of 2017 to $5.43 a barrel, BP had a surplus of cash that allowed it to buy $343 million worth of shares in the fourth quarter, offsetting the scrip dilution.
For companies that raise funds through a token sale and that have had traditional angel or venture rounds previously, for example, their equity investors get to skip one or two rounds of dilution, which is great; it means their returns are hyper-levered.
RATING SENSITIVITIES Changed Ownership, Weakened Links: A rating downgrade may be triggered by changes to IIF's legal status in the form of dilution of public-sector ownership to less than 75% or reduced Ministry of Finance influence on its board of commissioners.
"I would rather pay the banks their fees, accept a little dilution and have the benefit of a tried-and-tested ecosystem with a network of sponsors that will be there to help," another investment manager, who declined to be named, said.
The Wayfair founders owning more than half the company even at the IPO, and having raised money on their terms with limited dilution, were able to control their own destiny to a much greater degree and still run a phenomenal business today.
One of our founders has done two startups before, but valuations in the space where he's operating all went down 50 percent, so he's just accepting that he'll have to raise his (extension) round with a lot more dilution than he wanted.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp scrapped a plan to issue up to $2 billion in new shares, changing its mind in a matter of weeks after the initial announcement prompted investors to dump its shares on fears of earnings per share dilution.
He said the professional products' carve out would result in a margin dilution of 0.6 percentage percent but that he expected U.S. factory upgrades to boost efficiency and allow the consumer unit to meet the group target of at least 6 percent margins.
TOKYO, Nov 2794.14 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell sharply on Friday morning hit by drops in tech shares after their U.S. counterparts languished overnight, while Toshiba Corp stumbled on dilution fears after media reported it will issue new shares to raise funds.
While fancy drink people might claim there are benefits to a huge cube — like slower drink dilution (though this is doubtful) and possible taste enhancement — they're still extra AF, challenging to make, and might raise the price of your drink, which is absurd.
RATING SENSITIVITIES Links with Municipality: Significant changes to BII's strategic importance, a dilution of municipal shareholding to below 75%, or reduced explicit and implicit municipal support could lead to a wider gap between BII's rating and Fitch's assessment of Beijing municipality's creditworthiness.
According to their reporting, beginning in late 2018, some clandestine manufacturers of unregulated and counterfeit THC vapor cartridges began to use the oil as an additive in an effort to thicken the consistency of their cannabis e-liquids and to mask dilution.
However, we forecast SLT's EBITDA margin to dilute by about 50bp a year over 2018-0003, as improving profitability on fixed-broadband and mobile internet usage will only partly offset margin dilution from a falling share of profitable fixed-voice and international operations.
From the sounds of it, Plaid ran a fairly open process for its Series C round, which allowed a lot of firms to look at the deal, helping to drive the valuation up while limiting dilution for earlier investors and the founder.
But looking at dozens of preemptive rounds versus non-preemptive rounds, we've seen that companies wind up giving up 1.4% more in dilution for nearly $1 million less in funding when they do this, and that's quite a lot of your company.
The BRRD, which was implemented formally into Dutch law in November 2015, represents a small incremental risk to state support being made available to BNG's senior unsecured creditors in a timely manner, as well as dilution of national discretion over resolution decisions.
"I want to assure the people that there has been no dilution whatsoever by my government, rather after coming to power and examining the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, we have taken a decision to strengthen it," Singh said in parliament Tuesday.
There are many things about the world today that might have seemed unfathomable in 2011, but what my colleague Vanessa Friedman described in this column as the dilution of "Black Friday" to the point of utter meaninglessness is not one of them.
Significant changes to its strategic importance or a dilution of state shareholding to below 51% could result in Cinda no longer being classified as a credit linked public-sector entity and, therefore, it may no longer be notched from the sovereign rating.
Hue is the shade (blue, green, red, etc.), value is determined by how close the hue comes to black or white, and intensity, or a saturation, is determined by the purity of the pigment — how free the color is from dilution by black or white.
Following nearly two years of backlash since the laws' introduction in April 2014, critics of the laws argue that they're bad for the nightlife economy, also causing an exodus of young people and diminishing the overall vibrance of the city, leading to cultural dilution.
Accordingly, the rating and Outlook assume that CVB will adhere to its criteria and that the deal will be structured in a way that capital dilution as well as overall CRE concentration remains manageable and in line with our expectations for the rating level.
A sovereign downgrade, significant changes that would lead to a dilution in state ownership and public control, or evident weakening of links with the government, including erosion of the importance of SBC's public-policy role and budgeting relationship with the government, could trigger a downgrade.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department has taken a first step toward possible derailment or dilution of its controversial rule on retirement advice as it begins to re-examine it at the directive of President Donald Trump, according to a notice made public on Wednesday.
Tesla also has a relatively small count of shares outstanding, 145.9 million, compared with 4 billion for Ford, more than 3.3 billion for Toyota and more than 1.6 billion for General Motors, and Whiston expects the market would forgive the dilution of the stock.
So if we invested in a $33 million company at $200 million valuation, and expected a 3x return, we would need to achieve close to a $1 billion valuation (after accounting for the post-money valuation and at least one more round of dilution).
In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, New York-based BlackRock accused Black Rock Funding of trademark infringement, trademark dilution and deceptive acts and practices in violation of New York's General Business Law.
"The group continues to make good progress toward our 2017 to 2019 targets and remains strongly capitalised after returning around $3.8 billion to shareholders year-to-date through the increased dividend and the previously announced anti-dilution measures," Chief Financial Officer George Quinn said.
He said the company is more likely to just issue equity, adding that "the share count is so small relative to big automakers and the cash raise would ease any investor anxiety that the market probably would not severely punish the dilution, if at all".
This in turn allows Norwegian Air Chief Executive Bjoern Kjos and his business partner, the group's chairman, to sell some of their subscription rights and reinvest the proceeds in new shares, thus limiting the dilution of their joint stake which stands at 24.66 percent.
According to economist William Lazonick, in order to issue stock options to top executives while avoiding the dilution of their stock, corporations often use free cash flow for stock buybacks rather than spending on research and development, capital investment, or increased wages and new hiring.
Weaker sovereign linkage as evidenced by dilution of government control, group debt growing to higher than the expected EUR13bn-14bn, or a material shrinkage of the liquidity cushion with corresponding growth in current receivables towards the public sector could be negative for the ratings.
Hallmarks of the movement were an emphasis on Slavic folk traditions; exotic flavors, invented or borrowed from the southern fringes of the Russian empire; and a deep-seated suspicion of expertise as a vehicle for cosmopolitan — today one might say globalist — dilution of national identity.
Brand dilution is bad for any esports team because it divides company resources and audience attention, but it's especially harmful to a team like 100 Thieves, which has built its success on being a highly desirable lifestyle brand influenced by the surging popularity of streetwear.
So we're going to use the cash flow leverage of the business to drive enormous returns to the equity in terms of not taking on that significant dilution, and still being able to grow the business in a in a responsible and exciting way.

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