Contingent capital instruments with trigger events based on book value, regulatory solvency ratio, and industry level loss are less exposed to the issue of multiple equilibrium. Although some trigger events are highly correlated with stock price and there could be value transfer between contingent capital holders and shareholders, the complexity and the uncertainty of the accounting and regulatory rules make it difficult to speculate based on the occurrence of conversion and the equilibrium price. Importantly, note that placing the trigger on firm value is not equivalent to placing the trigger on the market equity ratio. A trigger based on firm value is not affected by the multiple equilibrium issue.