A swap agreement to exchange equity/ returns for debt returns or the converse over a prearranged length of time. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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debt-equity swap UK US (also debt/equity swap) noun [C] (also debt-for-equity swap, debt swap)
► FINANCE an agreement in which a company offers shares to its creditors (= banks and organizations that lend it money) so they will reduce the amount of its debt: »
The debt-for-equity swap could create more than 1.5 billion new shares.
► ECONOMICS, FINANCE a financial arrangement in which a country's government gives local currency, shares, etc. to foreign investors who agree to pay part of the government’s foreign debts: »
The Treasury Secretary needs to establish a viable debt-equity swap program if it hopes to attract private foreign capital.
Financial and business terms. 2012.