Patent ID: 7747499

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating the generation of a source of contingent capital for a company, the method comprising: modeling, with a computer system comprising one or more computers, economic effects of a put option agreement entered into by an entity with the company, wherein the put option agreement permits the company to put preferred stock of the company to the entity in exchange for a put option strike price payment; modeling, with the computer system, economic effects of a warrant agreement entered into by the entity with the company, wherein the warrant agreement permits the entity to buy equity securities of a corporate entity related to the company from the company in exchange for a warrant strike price payment; and periodically calculating, with the computer system, a value of eligible assets purchased by the entity with proceeds from the issuance by the entity of instruments to investors, wherein the instruments include: a fixed income instrument; and a warrant to purchase equity securities of the related corporate entity; and wherein at least one computer of the computer system comprises a processor and a memory that stores software code to be executed by the processor.