Topic 3: Debt vs Equity Flashcards
Types of Equity (6)
- public issue
- private issue
- rights issue
- preference share issue
- convertible bond
- share buy back
Types of Equity
PUBLIC SHARE ISSUE (4)
- 2 types - IPO, Subsequent issues
- Listing on stock exchange can be costly, but can source broad and deep capital
- Generally underwritten by broker or bank
- Normally use prospectus. Subject to listing rules
Types of Equity
PRIVATE SHARE ISSUE
- Private placement of shares directly to investors
- Can be done by listed & non listed companies
- Often issued at a discount to mkt p
- Consider existing shareholders. Dilutive?
- May need to be approved by existing shareholders
- Can be underwritten
- Reverse enquiry
- If issue is material, may have specific demands in relation to control of company (eg seats on board)
Types of Equity RIGHTS ISSUE (6)
- Issuance of new shares to existing shareholders
- Each existing share gives owner right to purcashe
- Dilutive?
- New equity without taking on additional shareholders
- Discount to mkt p
- Rights can be sold if not exercised
Types of Equity
PREFERENCE SHARE ISSUE
- Pref S/H are given preference over common S/H (eg have priority over dividends and in the event of liquidation)
- Generally pay fixed div
- Don’t normally have voting prices
- 5 Types: Cumulative (any divs not paid will accrue); Non Cumulative (divs lapse if not paid); Participating (divs plus earnings based on specific conditions); Convertible (exchangeable for pre agreed umber of ordinary shares); Redeemable (fixed or voluntary redemption date)
Types of Equity
CONVERTIBLE BONDS
- Bond converts into equity at predetermined date & predetermined # shares
- Conversion is usually by bond holder but could be mandatory
- Effectively a bond with embedded stock option.
- Generally issued at lower rate to outright debt of same maturity
- Debt is extinguished when/if conversion takes place
Treasury’s role in dividend process
- Set Policy - progressive vs static payment, dividend amount, timing of dividend payment, setting of exchange rates, special dividends
- Funding of the dividend payment
- Managing the physical payments to shareholders
- Liaising with key shareholders
Returning funds to Shareholders
- Buy Backs (2 types)
- Treasury’s Role
- Buy Backs (2 types)
On Market (Co. stands as buyer of own stock, buying at current mkt p - predetermined level)
Off market - Treasury’s Role
Determine amount / price, execute buy back, oversight of process if outsourced
Off Market Buy back
- offered equally to all shareholders
- Offer is public at agreed price on agreed date
- may buy back fixed # shares on first in basis or as % of S/H holding
- Can be done by tender
Project Finance
- Finance specific project or asset on stand alone basis, based on its CF, financial viability, credit worthiness
- Does not rely on financial strength of owner
- Loan generally on non recourse basis secured by project’s assets and CFs
- More restrictive covenants than general corp financing, and at higher rate
- May be underwritten / guaranteed by Economic Development Agency
Economic Devt Agency Loans
- EDAs promote FDI in dev countries to support economic growth etc
- EDAs guaantee bank or private loans by providing political risk insurance and can also underwrite and form loan syndications
- Largest EDA is Multilateral Investment GUarantee Agency (MIGA) (member of World Bank)
- MIGA: outstanding guarantee portfolio of over USD 10bn
- Insurance over currency nconvertibility and transfer restrictions; expropriation; war and civil disturbances, including terrorism; breach of contract; non-honouring of financial obligations
Debt Instruments
BOND / MTN / FRN (13)
- LT bearer instrument, 10+ years
- one-off or part of programme
- diversified funding
- tighter pricing, but costs of establishment
- deep & liquid secondary mkt
- various currencies
- suit large companies with good credit rating
- documentation / reporting onerous
- lead manager = underwriter, supported by co-managers
- common to be listed on an exchange to enhance secondary market trading
- Coupons generally semi annual.
- Structure fixed or floating, zero coupon available
- Markets: Domestic or international (kangaroo, yankee, samurai)
Debt INstruments Private Placements (6)
- Private offering rather than public offer
- STand alone or reverse inquiry to extend existing offer
- investor diversification
- can be done without shelf registration and the normal documentation process
- Attracts professional investors (insurance, money market, hedge funds)
- Highly illiquid secondary, may be difficult to buy back
Debt Instruments
HYBRID (7, including debt-like and equity-like features, accounting / tax treatment, cost, why issue)
- Debt & equity features
- Position in capital structure
- Debt- like: fixed coupon, redeemable by issuer, cannot be converted in equity, rank higher than eq
- Equity like features: long dated (60 years, perpetual); early call options (5 years); coupon step up post call date; issuer defined coupons; subordinated senior debt
- Generic hybrids are treated as debt for accounting & tax purposes; rating agency treats as 50% debt and 50% equity
- 200 - 300bps more expense than senior bond
- Why issue: proactive mgmt of B/S; financial flexibility, support credit rating, cheaper than new equity, enhance funding diversification)
Debt Instruments
Securitisation (5)
- Pool series of similar financial assets, transfer to SPV & sell pooled debt to investors via private placement or open sales process
- Res mortgages, credit card rec’, motor vehicle loans
- cash collected is paid to investors on amortised basis
- Investment is secured against the assets of SPV, therefore has higher standalone rating
- Very liquid, esp in US
Debt Instruments
LEASING (4)
- Lessor purchases fixed asset, provides it to lessee for a series of payments
- Pmts are fixed rate, P&I
- OPerating and Finance Leases
- Accounting changes impact treatment on B/S
Debt Instruments
SALE & LEASE BACK (3)
- Sell asset, lease back for set time period
- Frees up cash
- Use for large items (buildings, capital equipment)
Debt Instruments
LIABILITY MANAGEMENT
- Drivers
- Actions
DRIVERS - Cash balances higher than expected - Costs higher than current facilities - Maturity date no longer ideal ACTIONS - repay loan (penalties?) - invest surplus cash until debt matures - restructure the pricing - buy it back - restructure (eg curve trade)
Working Capital Management (5)
- Alternative to new funding
- Free up cash from business
- Cash, AR, Inventory, AP
- Reduce credit terms to customers; extend payment of invoices, reduce outstanding inventory, manage operating cycle
- Receivables -> cash -> raw materials -> work in progress -> finished goods -> receivables….
Long Term CF
Forecasting & Stress Testing) (5
- ST CF forecast to approx 3 mths
- LT CF forecast used to manage debt issues, dividend
- Prepare monthly, align to broader business plan
- Run stress tests through model to ensure it is robust (high p vs low p; high/low interest rate; high / low exchange rate; perfect storm; specific scenarios (GFC))
- Could be used to model different business scenarios.
Risks: Debt Portfolio (8)
- Re financing
- Re pricing
- Maturity Profile
- Instrument concentration
- Market concentration
- Lender concentration (spread concentration to mitigate risk of 1 lender changing lender policy)
- Uncommitted facilities (If too many, funds may not be available when required)
- Covenants (convenants are in place to ensure creditworthiness doesn’t deteriorate. Risk is breach. Should monitor and report regularly against covenants)
Refinancing Risk factors (4)
- Unable to raise funds when needed (aka liquidity risk)
- Adverse market conditions prevail when debt raising required (pricing / access)
- Mitigate: ensure not all debt securities mature at same time
- Limits on maturities within 12 months
Repricing risk factors (4)
- Adverse market conditions on rate set days
- Relevant for fixed & floating resets
- Mitigate: mix of maturity and reset dates
- FRAs or forward start swaps can also be utilised to manage risk
Maturity Profile (2)
- Spread maturities across the curve
2. Max tenor driven by underlying structure of business
Debt Risks: Debt Instrument (2), and Market / COuntry Concentration (2)
Debt Instrument concentration
- Spread different types of debt to reduce disruption in a particular segment of the debt market
- Tradeoff between diversification and price
Market / country concentration
- Spread markets / countries
- Reduce disruption of a particular market segment
Features of an Effective Debt Portfolio (8)
- Diverse maturities
- Lack of refinancing concentration to any one period
- Spread of repricing dates
- Variety of debt instruments
- Variety of markets / countries
- Variety of lenders
- Committed facilities
- Minimise restrictive covenants, put in place detailed governance process to ensure covenants are adhered to.
Support for Commercial Paper…
Committed revolving facility in place to support CP programme
Issuance: end to end process (8)
- Beauty parade from potential lead managers, mandate lead and co managers
- Investor road show prep / document prep / due diligence
- Hold investor road show
- Obtain indiciative pricing
- determine market, tenor, amount
- Announce; order book filled, final allocation occurs
- Pricing finalised, secondary trading begins
- Bonds listed / funds received
Bond pricing depends on: (8)
- creditworthiness
- credit spreads
- bond prices (ie ACGB)
- demand from investors (size of order book)
- new supply in market
- maturity
- size
- Note trade-off: once trading in secondary should be a guide to pricing accuracy of the primary deal.
Verizon Case Study (8)
- Sep 2013 Verizon to acquire 45% stake in Verizon Wireless for 130bn
- 49bn bridge loan facility (for 12 mths, but extinguished in 10 days)
- Largest ever bond issue, USD 49bn; 8 tranche Sep 13
- Rating downgraded 1 notch by all agencies to Baa1/BBB+/A-.
- 2x oversubscribed
- USD 264m in fees; USD 2.2bn in profit to investors on 1st day. Size over price. Premium of 50 - 75bps paid
- Debt profile then needed adjusting. Jul 14; announced world’s biggest liability trade. Pool of 37.4bn existing bonds ffor 12bn in 3 maturities
- This addressed maturity towers, locked in borrowing rates, extended duration of debt. Investors = +vs NPV, extend duration, pick up yield, additional spread vs existing
Brisbane Airports Corp Case STudy
- 1997 purchased airport from Fed Govt under 50 yr lease for 1.4bn
- Non listed QLD company, BBB rating
- 2.5bn planned infrastructure improvements over 10 years
- Raised debt in US PP market. Also, 200m in local bond mkt