Hybrid bond holders get the call they dreaded

Hybrid bond holders get stung as ArcelorMittal exercises right to call bonds after downgrade 

Comment by: Anonymous. Posted 10 years ago [2014-01-23 00:36:35]

On its face, it appears ArcelorMittal made the right capital structure calculation. They likely won't make it to IG again soon. Why not issue lower coupon senior debt to pay down the higher coupon hybrid that no longer keeps the senior debt at the IG level?