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2.6 Companies: Debt Finance Flashcards

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Two ways companies borrow money

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Through loans or debt securities

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What does RoC issue once charge registered

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Certificate of reg

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Why is floating less secure than fixed (4 reasons)

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Ranks below fixed usually in priority, part of prescribed part, can be avoided in insolvency and administrators can pay costs out of it

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Funding costs of equity finance

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Dividends IF declared, which are not tax deductible

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What happens if security not registered at CH within 21 days

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Void

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What is the equation for gearing

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Non-current liability divided by total equity, times by 100

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Any person dealing in GF can deem Ds to be unrestricted - provision

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40(1)

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What is a floating charge

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Borrower can dispose until crystallisation, when it becomes fixed

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Why does Borrower not need to check D’s have appropriate authority to borrow

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Bank protected by s.40

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Example of on-demand loan

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Overdraft

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Example of committed loan

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Term loan

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How does debt finance affect finances of the company

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Regular interest makes it hard to build up reserves + agreement may contain financial performance targets

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What happens to priority if several F/F over same asset

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1st created + reg has priority, unless Deed of Priority agreed

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What is the effect of debt finance on power balance

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No impact - bank cannot affect decision-making, although it CAN control through e.g. undertakings

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What is the ratio for a highly geared company

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High debt:equity

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How does equity finance affect finances of the company

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No NEED to distribute profits (so can reserve in BS), but bad performance affects share capital value

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What kind of shares are debt/equity hybrid

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Preference shares

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Examples of floating charge asset

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Inventory, debts owed to C and cash

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What is a debt security

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Bond

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When does investor get investment back for equity finance

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On winding up, sale, or buy back by company

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Two kinds of loans

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On-demand or committed

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Effect on BS of debt finance

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Increase NCL

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Two kinds of charge

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Fixed and floating

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What is a debenture

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Doc creating security

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Priority of Ms on winding up
Ms are last, and some may have preference shares
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Provision on presumed to be unrestricted objects
31(1)
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What happens if mistakes are made on application to register company charge
Can try again, but Lender loses priority over any security granted in interim
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What does bank do before parties instruct lawyers
Sends draft term sheet to borrower
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Funding costs of debt finance
Interest for Lender is not dependent on profit, but IS tax deductible
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Priority of creditors on winding up
Paid before Ms + can take security + contractually agree priority/subordination w/ other Lenders
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Why does Borrower check if restriction in AoA against borrowing
Ms could get injunction and/or Ds may be personally liable
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Does person dealing in GF under 40 need to enquire as to Ds restriction?
No
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40(1) says what
Any person dealing in GF can deem Ds to be unrestricted
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What is the effect on future ability to raise money if equity finance
Decrease in gearing = more attractive to banks, but earnings/share decrease, so less attractive to equity investment
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Is the term sheet legally binding?
No, equal to heads of terms
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What is the ratio for a low geared company
Low debt:equity
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What inspection rules apply to company charges (+ provision)
Must allow inspection by creditor/M for free + any other person for fee (859Q)
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From what date does reg of charges apply
6th April 2013
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How might the raising of equity finance be restricted
May need SR to allot, and PrivC cannot offer to the public
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Effect on future ability to raise money if debt finance
Increase in gearing = riskier, and may be no security left for future loans
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Why does Borrower check Ds have appropriate authority to borrow
Ms could get injunction and/or D may be personally liable
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Four kinds of security
Lien, pledge, mortgage and charge
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Three kinds of guarantees
Downstream, upstream and cross-stream
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Degree of reg + procedure for debt finance
No specific provisions to follow (bar reg at CH)
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What restrictions apply to issuing debt securities (**_PCR ISSUE_**)
Privy cannot offer to the public + prospectus requirements under s.85 FSMA
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Provision on failure to register charge at CH = void against A/L/C and debt payable on demand
859H
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What can Borrower do on maturity on the loan if he can't/doesn't want to pay it back
Refinance
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Provision on validity of Cs act cannot be questioned by lack of capacity under AoA
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What does the loan agreement contain
Main commercial terms, e.g. undertakings, reps and conditions precedent
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Which kind of company enhances shareholder return - highly or low geared
High - low geared means shareholder earnings diluted
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General section provision in CA on registering security at CH
859
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Why does Borrower not NEED to check if restriction in AoA
Bank protected by s.39
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Why is the security doc separate from loan agreement
Privacy - security doc publicly filed at CH
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Degree of regulation + procedure for equity finance
Various steps (CADNB), and can be opposed by Ms
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Two effects of failure to register charge at CH
Void against A/L/C, and debt payable on demand
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Two ways creditors can protect their investment on winding up
Take security + contractually agree priority/subordination w/ other Lenders
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How do Ms, unsecured creditors and preferential creditors rank among themselves
Equal, subject to preferential share rights
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How might raising of debt finance be restricted
AoA, and undertakings in other loans (to e.g. not take on any other loans)
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Examples of fixed charge asset
Property, machinery, share capital in subs and goodwill
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31(1) ?
Presumed to have unrestricted objects
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Who register company charge at CH?
Anyone interested, but usually Lender's S
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What is a fixed charge
Creditor control disposal, but Borrower can use in ordinary course of business
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What shows Ds have sufficient authority to borrow
Board Minutes
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What is the effect of equity finance on power balance
Dilutes economic and/or voting power
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Degree of scrutiny for equity finance
Key decisions go through Ms, who can sway if significant voting power; Ms can also bring action for mismanagement
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validity of Cs act cannot be questioned by lack of capacity under AoA
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Time to register any security underpinning money borrowed w/ CH
Within 21 days, starting day after charge created
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What is the effect on BS of equity financing
Increase in total equity
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How does Creditor control its Borrowr
Through e.g. undertakings
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Where would you look to see if restriction in AoA on borrowing
Objects - if no objects clause (for CA '06 onwards), presumed unrestricted
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Scrutiny for debt finance
Monitoring through e.g. reps and undertakings; security reduces ability to deal w/ assets freely
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Docs to deliver to CH to register charge
MR01 + certified copy + fee
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Priority hierarchy
fixed, preferential creditors, crystallised floating + prescribed part, unsecured and Ms
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What can borrower do if he triggers an event of default
Ask for waiver or renegotiate terms
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What regulation applies to financing advice
Shares and bonds are 'specified investments' under FSMA, and advising is specified activity under RAO Part 2 if concerns merits.
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What may be the two effects of an event of default
Acceleration or enforcing security
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When does investor get investment back for debt finance
as agreed, or on sale of the debt
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Main finance docs are...
Term sheet, loan agreement and security doc
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What records must be kept of company charge + provision
Record of every charge + varying instruments, at reg office or other location, informing CH (859P)

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