Debt Financing

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Anonymous
 (CFO)
We are a LLC and a publicly reporting company, but our shares are not listed on the stock exchange. Some board members want a published distribution guidelines policy that is available to shareholders. I feel that is risky.
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Donald Doherty
Title: President/CEO
Company: Fleetwood Fixtures
 (President/CEO at Fleetwood Fixtures)
Due to a very large customer order, I may need a purchase order financing arrangement since the inventory will be in excess of my line of credit.  This need will be in excess of $5 million.  If you have experience with this type of transaction, please provide any...
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Annette Nellen
Title: Professor
Company: San Jose State University
 (Professor at San Jose State University)
  In preparing for an upcoming presentation that basically looks at beyond the current filing season for CPAs, I delved into some data on growing debt problems consumers face. It would appear that more return preparers will be seeing clients with cancellation...
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David Wittenberg
Title: Decision Architect
Company: Verax Point
 (Decision Architect at Verax Point)
Changes loom menacingly in the land of lease accounting. Be afraid… or not.   Many fiercely oppose pending changes to lease accounting, changes that would make leases look more like purchases on financial statements.  While it may cause temporary...
Anonymous
 (Director of Finance)
When calculating normalized EBITDA for bank covenants or valuation, do you exclude FX gains or losses? Situation: US corporate sells in Mexico and Canada and sales and receivables are denominated in local currency. Receivables are later settled in local currency. But when...
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Raffy Ohannesian
Title: Managing Partner
Company: Group Phoenix Advisors
 (Managing Partner at Group Phoenix Advisors)
For those with experience using or currently servicing asset-backed financing lines, what are some of the preconditions, covenants and cash controls your organization has agreed to with its ABL lenders?
Anonymous
 (CEO/CFO)
We are pitching a few Venture Debt folks on a $500K tranche of debt. We are an early stage, Silicon Valley, venture-backed (~$1.5M raised so far from quality VCs), in revenue, internet company. I'm looking for current rates of interest (e.g. prime + X%), warrant...
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Charley Kyd
Title: Founder
Company:
 (Founder)
Last year, in my ExcelUser blog, I introduced this index of investor confidence. As this figure shows, the index continues to head south. Here's how it works: If investors are optimistic about the future, they’re more likely to invest in high-interest bonds...
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Kim Supercynski
Title: CFO
Company: Lincolnway Energy, LLC
 (CFO at Lincolnway Energy, LLC)