UPDATE 4-Hedge firm GLG's notes price, shares jump

Tue May 12, 2009 11:00pm BST
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* 5 pct notes to fund repurchase of loans at discount

* Co-CEOs, senior MD to buy $30 mln of notes collectively

* Shares rise 6.1 pct

* Dollar-denominated offering increased to $214 mln (Adds increase in dollar-denominated offering, updates share price)

By Laurence Fletcher and Joseph Giannone

LONDON/NEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters) - Shares of GLG Partners Inc (GLG.N: Quote, Profile, Research), a hedge fund manager hammered over the past year by redemptions and losses, jumped Tuesday after the pricing of notes to help it buy back outstanding loans at a discount.

The London-based, New York-listed firm, which announced most details of the private placement Monday, on Tuesday said it will pay 5 percent interest on $214 million of dollar-denominated convertible subordinated notes.

GLG had originally also planned to issue euro-denominated notes, but then later cancelled that part of the offering because of the strong demand for the dollar-denominated one, which was increased from an original $200 million.

Proceeds will be used to buy back $285 million of $570 million of outstanding loans at 60 percent of par value. The dollar notes have a conversion price of $3.72 a share, while the euro-notes convert at EUR2.74 a share.  Continued...

 
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