Additionally, in October 2015, ATSI (American Transmission Systems, Incorporated) “issued in total $150 million of senior notes: $75 million of 4.00% senior notes due April 2026 and $75 million of 5.23% senior notes due October 2045. The proceeds resulting from the issuance of the senior notes were used: (i) to fund capital expenditures, including with respect to ATSI’s transmission expansion plans; (ii) for working capital needs and other general business purposes; and (iii) to repay borrowings under the FirstEnergy regulated companies’ money pool.” (FirstEnergy Corp., p.38).
In 2015, FirstEnergy paid $879 million for redemptions and payment for outstanding unsecured notes, PCRBs, FMBs, term loans, senior secured notes, and long-term
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of no more than 65%, and 75%” for FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC (FET). (FirstEnergy Corp., p.34)
“FirstEnergy has a $1 billion variable rate term loan credit agreement with a maturity date of March 31, 2019. The initial borrowing under the term loan, which took the form of Eurodollar rate advance, may be converted from time to time, in whole or in part, to alternate base rate advances or other Eurodollar rate advances” (FirstEnergy Corp., p.35). “During the second quarter of 2015, FE refinanced a $200 million variable interest term loan, maturing on December 31, 2016 with a new $200 million variable interest term loan maturing on May 29, 2020” (FirstEnergy Corp., p.38). Overall, the increased cash flow from financing activities that FirstEnergy and its subsidiaries receive is being invested into the company’s goal of enhancing the reliability and efficiency of the electric system, being used for working capital, or reducing existing debt.
FirstEnergy’s competitor, AEP, relies primarily on cash flows from operations, debt issuances, and its existing cash and cash equivalents to fund its liquidity and investing activities (American Electric Power, p.38). AEP uses unsecured loans, Pollution Control Bonds, securitized accounts receivables, and letters of credit to meet short-term borrowing needs to finance activities. As for long-term borrowing needs, AEP “generally uses short-term borrowings to fund working
Wheeler Electrical Supplies, Inc. is a C corporation that used to be owned by four individuals. Because the business has been operating at a loss for the past several years, three out of the four shareholders decided to sell their outstanding shares to Angela Clay, the one shareholder convinced that becoming the sole owner herself will allow her to run a profitable business again.
“When AES undertook primarily domestic contract generation projects where the risk of changes to input and output prices was minimal, a project finance framework was employed.”
A2 Auto Corporation is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of automobiles and automobile ancillary parts. In its Form 10-K, filed with the SEC, the following information was disclosed.
d. SCE is also charging those who choose to use Sustainable Clean energy a flat fee each month regardless of the fact no energy was used from SCE.
Note: In review of the Board of Director Minutes (GA-3.2), it was noted that the other receivables was an advance to Mr. Lancaster’s secretary. This was reclassed to an employee receivable (AJE# 3). It was also noted that the note carried a 1% interest rate. For the six month period this would be $5,000. Due to the nature of the note and the concern of whether Mr. Lancaster’s secretary will ultimately pay this back, no accrual is made here. It will be noted in the footnotes, however.
The yieldco has evolved as an effective means for producers of renewable energy to raise public capital in a world where the MLP structure is unavailable due to the current definition of qualifying income.82 Essentially looking to create a synthetic MLP, the producers of the wind or solar energy producing assets (again, the sponsor) contribute these assets along with the tax credits they generated into a newly formed corporation.83 The tax credits are a key part of the equation in that they allow the yieldco to shield tax and thus make tax free distributions.84 In most circumstances, the sponsor has already completed building these assets and, in many cases, has already entered into long term contracts for the electricity these assets will produce.85 The result is a corporation owning completed projects with the ability to produce long term stable yield that will be tax free for a period of time.86 The sponsor will usually retain a voting majority
use. It has an estimated useful life of 20 years, though it is being financed over a 15
In 2015, SFS EF AM committed $50.0 million to the Borrower’s $200.0 million seven-year Holding Company Term Loan (the “HoldCo Term Loan”). The HoldCo Term Loan is subordinated to the debt at CEL. The SFS EF AM’s share of the Term Loan balance, at the end of August 2016, was about $48.0 million.
If Target issues 9% coupon bonds on 1/1/18 for $12,775,000 due 12/31/22 with semiannual interest payments on July 1st and December 31st, the company would receive $15,011,152 on the date of issuance (1/1/18). The present value of $15,011,152 was calculated using payments of $574,875 every 6 months, compounding for 10 periods, at the rate of 2.5% per period.
Challenges facing RJR: Of the $1.5 billion that had been funded, $500 million came from cash and the remaining was through bank borrowings and commercial paper. These borrowings added to the debt that RJR had issued in 1984 and brought their debt ratings down to A. The
Within this case analysis, we will examine Autozone's stock repurchasing program, as well as the mechanics behind it and the benefits it provides to the firm. Additionally, this report will analyze the alternative operating cash flow options Autozone should consider, detailing the benefits and costs of each option. A comprehensive examination of these operating cash flow alternatives will be presented, allowing for the determination of the most viable alternative for the use of Autozone's operating cash flows.
WorldCom has the option to extend its bank loan credit facility or to issue this large $6 billion in debt. It plans to use the rolling commercial paper program to pay British Telecommunications for MCI’s share purchases, and then use bond proceeds to pay off the commercial paper program. This signals that WorldCom does not need the money immediately for a single corporate purpose, and does not need the money immediately. Therefore, perhaps it makes sense for WorldCom to issue the bonds in smaller installments rather than flooding the market with $6 billion in debt all at once. The first reason for this is that, if an underwriter must first purchase the bonds before selling to investors, an underwriter may demand greater spread in order to justify taking down an entire $6 billion in debt using the bank’s capital assets. The second
Dixon is raising debt capital by issuing long3 and short term bonds; an interest rate of
It exceeds the Allen Electricity’s required rate of return. Thus it is reasonable to continue assessing this particular credit line. If an account does not exceed the required rate of return in best case scenario the account should be rejected in this phase. In the other hand if a company is a big and loyal customer its examination should be also continued even if it does not exceed completely the required rate of return. Nevertheless, we do not look at these situations more thoroughly since we are concentrating on marginal account evaluation process.