
Convertible bonds vs bonds with warrants: counting the dilution
Convert a CB and the bond disappears; exercise a BW's warrant and the bond stays. On the same 10 billion won raise, the cash reaching the company and the shares created both diverge.

Convert a CB and the bond disappears; exercise a BW's warrant and the bond stays. On the same 10 billion won raise, the cash reaching the company and the shares created both diverge.

Refixing on Korean convertible bonds cannot push the conversion price below 70% of its original level. A 30% price cut creates 43% more shares — here is the arithmetic on a 10 million share company issuing a 10 billion won CB.