BUZZ-Tyler Technologies dips after $1 bln convertible deal announced

Tyler Technologies, Inc.

Tyler Technologies, Inc.

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** Public sector software provider Tyler Technologies TYL.N shares down 1.4% at $320 in premarket trading after planned capital raise news

** Plano, Texas-based firm early Mon announces private offering of $1 bln 5-yr convertible bonds (CBs)

** It intends to use some proceeds to fund cost of capped calls, derivative transactions used to reduce potential dilution, and up to $350 mln to repurchase its shares to facilitate hedging by investors in the CBs

** Remaining proceeds earmarked for general corp purposes

** TYL has $13.7 bln market cap

** Through Fri close, shares down ~29% YTD vs S&P 500 Tech sector's .SPLRCT nearly 16% advance

** 19 of 23 analysts rate the stock "strong buy" or "buy", 4 "hold"; median PT $435, per LSEG data