What is the meaning of ELKS?

Equity Linked Securities (sm). Salomon Brothers Inc's proprietary Equity Linked Debt Security (q. V.). A debt obligation of Corporation A, equivalent to a buy-write on one share of Corporation B. The' ELKS' is like a PERCS (q. V.), except that the company that issues the stock issues the PERCS, and another company issues the ELKS. Salomon Brothers Inc issued the first ELKS in 1993.

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