Sentence examples for taking warrants from inspiring English sources

Often PSINet insisted on forgoing any cash payback, instead taking warrants in the fledgling firms.

The Treasury Department is injecting $250 billion into banks by buying preferred shares and taking warrants in firms it views to be strong and long-term survivors.

The Treasury also has authorization to invest in troubled banks by buying billions in preferred stock and taking warrants to purchase bank shares in the future, much as multibillionaire Warren Buffett has been doing with Goldman Sachs and General Electric.

One example: The $2.6 billion in losses from CIT Group and United Commercial Bank have already been offset by $4 billion in revenue that the Treasury reaped from taking warrants in the banks.

CircleUp makes money by charging a commission from the companies on its platform based on the capital they raise, as well as taking warrants in the companies that raise money on the platform.

The buyout is being facilitated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which is taking warrants and preferred shares worth $12 billion dollars in return for accepting most of the bad debt risk that may materialize from a portfolio of $300 billion in questionable loans.

"They take warrants for their services, and a lot of their clients have gone public or are in the pipeline to go public," Mr. McQuiddy said.

The government typically took warrants over shares worth 15percentt of the amount of its injection when it invested in banks under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

In real estate, where the equity-as-currency phenomenon is stirring up this fairly traditional industry, landlords are agreeing to take warrants in lieu of security deposits.

"It's part of a trend among professional-service firms to either invest cash in companies or take warrants from them in addition to the standard fee, or, in lieu of fees".

Whenever possible, she took warrants or equity to build a record of investment.