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by | June 18, 2025 |

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June 12, 2025
$1.75bn + $250mm Greenshoe
Maturity: 5 Years
Execution Structure: 1-Day Public Marketing
Structure: Provisional Call with Make-Whole in Year 3
Coupon: 0.00% (0.00 - 0.25% marketing range)
Premium: 45.0% (40.0 - 45.0% marketing range)
Effective Premium: Up 175% ($469.73) with Capped Call
Matthews South Role: Financial Advisor
Lead Left Bookrunners: Goldman Sachs
Active Bookrunners: Citi / Morgan Stanley / Wells Fargo

$2 billion Convertible + Capped Call

Structuring

  • Matthews South advised Cloudflare on its $2 billion convertible issuance, representing the company’s third equity-linked financing since its 2019 IPO
  • We helped Cloudflare navigate multiple workstreams, focusing on optimal structuring, syndicate selection, documentation, accounting analysis and tax considerations, and pricing and execution of the transaction

Capped Call Process

  • Matthews South ran a capped call auction with 20+ banks which were asked to provide pricing on multiple structures and allocations, ultimately allowing Cloudflare to secure efficient pricing with an effective conversion premium of up 175%
  • The up 175% cap is the highest call spread upper strike ever achieved in the corporate call spread market

Marketing and Pricing

  • The new convertible offering was priced at the low end of the marketed coupon range (0.00% vs. 0.00 – 0.25%) and the high end of the marketed conversion premium range (45.0% vs. 40.0 – 45.0%)
  • This represents the best priced convertible offering (coupon + conversion premium pairing) since 2021 and the 13th zero coupon convertible financing YTD

Additional Deals for Cloudflare

  • August 2021: $1.294bn Convertible + Capped Call
  • May 2020: $500mm Convertible + Capped Call

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To learn more about our solutions or to schedule a demo of our software, please contact us by filling out the form below, or email us at info@matthewssouth.com.






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