The Complete Book of Raising Capital

Lawrence W. Tuller

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     Preface 
     Figures and Tables 
     About the Disk 

Part 1.  Debt Capital

1.  Commercial Banks

     The Current Status of the Banking Industry 
     Key Banking Terms 
     Choosing the Right Bank 
     When to Use Bank Loans 
     Bank Criteria for Granting Loans  

2. Applying for a Loan

     Management Experience 
     A Personal Statement of Financial Condition 
     The Business Financing Plan 
     Tips for Preparing a Winning Plan 
     Personal Guarantees 
     Closing the Deal: Negotiating Loan Terms and Conditions
     Gaining the Edge with Banks 

3. Secured Lenders

     The Best Application of Asset-Based Loans 
     Applicant Qualifications 
     Structuring a Loan 
     The Downside of Secured Loans 
     Preparing the Financing Package
     Contract Terms 
     Tips on Working with Secured Lenders 
     Secured-Lender Advantages and Disadvantages 

4.  U. S.  Government Loans and Guarantees

     The Small Business  Administration  
     Winning SBA Approval 
     Applying for a SBA Loan or Guarantee 
     Summary of SBA Programs 
     Helpful Tips on Working with the SBA 
     Cooperative Programs
     The Economic Development Agency
     Financing through Other Government Agencies 

5. U. S.  Government International Trade Financing
     Eximbank 
     U. S.  Department of Agriculture 
     Small Business Administration Export Financing 
     Trade and Development Program 
     The Foreign Credit Insurance Association 
     Private Insurance Companies 
     Creditworthiness  
     The Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
     U. S.  Agency for International Development 
     Internal Revenue Code Section 936 Financing 

6.  Leasing

     Leasing Terminology 
     The Advantages of Different Types of leases 
     The Tax Consequences of Leasing 
     Making a Lease-or-Buy Decision 
     Lease Contracts  
     Negotiating a Lease Contract
     Exploding Leasing Myths
     To Buy or Lease? The Pros and Cons 
     Sale-Leaseback As a Financing Tool 
     Who Does the Leasing?  

7. Transaction Financing
     Choosing the Right Bank
     Forfaiting  
     Factoring  
     Private Nonbank Transaction Financing 
     The Private Export Funding Corporation 
     Securitization 
     Project Finance

8. State and Local Government Funding
     State and Local Development Organizations 
     Local Development Companies 
     State Development Assistance
     Other Special Programs     
     Revenue Bonds 
     Using Revenue Bonds 
     Eximbank's City-State Agency Cooperation Program

Part 2.  Equity Capital

9. Partnerships

     Partnership Options
     The Mechanics of Selling Partnership Interests
     Advantages and Pitfalls

10. Limited Partnerships

     Structuring a Limited Partnership 
     Selling Partnership Units 
     An Informal Sale 
     Private Placements 
     Private Placement Memorandum 
     Transferring Capital to the Operating Company  

11.  Venture Capital Funds

     Venture Capital Investment Instruments 
     When to Use Venture Capital 
     Venture Capital Markets  
     Forming a Venture Capital Investment Group 
     Venture Capital for Business Acquisitions 
     Small Business Investment Companies 
     Applying for Venture Capital and SBIC Financing

12.  Employee Stock Ownership Plan

     Unleveraged ESOPs 
     Leveraged ESOPs   
     Alternative Financing Advantages

13. Strategic Alliances/Joint Ventures

     Joint Ventures   
     Offshore Joint Ventures    
     The Benefits of Foreign Joint Ventures  
     Joint Venture Structures   
     Joint Venture Contracts    
     Locating Joint Venture Partners   
     Using Intermediaries for Financing and Joint Ventures

14. Public Stock Issues

     Uses of New Equity Capital   
     Timing a Public Stock Issue 
     Major Hurdles 
     The Pluses and Minuses of Going Public 
     Organizing a Public Offering Team 
     The Offering Prospectus 
     Listing and Trading 
     The Eurotranche 

15. Exempt Registrations and Special Topics
     Simplified Registration 
     Private Placement Exempt Offerings 
     Emerging Company Marketplace 
     Securities and Exchange Commission Innovations
     Spinout IPOs 

16.  Penny Stocks, Blind Pools, and Reverse Mergers

     Penny Stocks    
     Subscription Warrants 
     Subscription Rights 
     Blank Checks 
     Blind Pools 
     Reverse Mergers  
     The Advantages of Blind-Pool Reverse Mergers 

Part 3. Special-Purpose Capital

17. Small Business Innovative Research Program
     A Three-Phase Program 
     Qualifying  for Awards
     The Bid Package 
     Professional Assistance  

18.  Foundations and Social-Purpose Ventures

     Program-Related Investments     
     Flow-Through Funding 
     Types of Foundation Assistance 
     Locating Appropriate Foundation Funding 
     Applying for Foundation Assistance 
     Social-Purpose Ventures 
     Selected References   

19. International Aid Programs and Foreign Banks
     UN/World Bank Organizations 
     Development Banks 
     Inter-American Investment Corporation 
     Canadian Assistance Programs 
     European Assistance Programs 
     Foreign Banks 

20. Debt/Equity Swaps and Foreign Acquisitions

     Direct Investments in Eastern Europe    
     Latin American Privatizations   
     Strategic Considerations   
     Evaluating Foreign Acquisitions 
     Targeting Foreign Acquisitions for Debt/Equity Swaps 
     Debt/Equity Swaps and Environmental Funding 
     Professional Assistance in Foreign Markets 
     Public and Private Placement Issues on Foreign Capital Markets

21. Countertrade: Transaction Financing

     Types of Countertrade Arrangements
     Barriers to Countertrade   
     International Consultants  
     The Pros and Cons of Countertrade
     Criteria for Choosing Countertrade
     Countertrade Survival Tactics 
     Using Countertrade to Finance Domestic Transactions      

Part 4 Raising Capital When Overleveraged

22. Recovery Tactics

     Purging Product Lines   
     Spin-Offs   
     Spinout Public Stock Issues   
     Partial Liquidation  
     Sale/Leaseback of Hard Assets 
     Preference Equity Redemption Cumulative Stock 
     Securitization  
     Credit Enhancements    

23. Restructuring Debt

     Eliminating Short-Term Debt 
     Converting Short-Term Debt to Long-Term Debt  
     Deferred Debt Payments    
     Nonbank Sources of Capital
     Capital from Customers 
     Capital from Suppliers 

24. Conserving Capital

     Budget Cash 
     Tactics for Scheduling Supplier Payments  
     Leveraging Better Payment Terms   
     Leveraging through the Bankruptcy Code 
     Negotiating Debt Reductions after Filing Chapter 11
     Trading Debt for Equity 
     Other Drop-Dead Tactics for Small Businesses  

Part 5.  Tax Strategies

25. Domestic Businesses


     Distributions to Partners
     Partnership Tax Traps
     Reporting Pass-Through
     S Corporation Definition
     Eligibility, Election, and Termination 
     Tax Treatment of S Corporation Shareholders
     Taxes Paid by S Corporations 
     The Benefits and Risks of S Corporations 
     Death of a Shareholder 
     When to Elect S Corporation Status 

26. Multiple Business Entities

     Tax Rules and Multiple Entity Hierarchies
     Dividends between Corporations 
     Tax Traps 
     Creating Separate Entities to Hold Business Assets  
     Creating Separate Entities to Conduct Different Businesses 
     Creating Separate Entities for Different Locations 
     Offshore Operations  
     Creating Separate Entities to Lower Corporate Tax Rates 

27. Foreign Operations

     Foreign-Source Income Subject to Taxes  
     Buying a Controlling Interest in Overseas Operating Companies 
     Controlled Foreign Corporations 
     Foreign Personal Holding Companies 
     Tax Planning and Controlling-Interest Investments 
     Tax Breaks and Financing Options in Puerto Rico
     Tax Haven Countries 
     What Tax Havens Do 
     Different Types of Tax Havens Worldwide 
     How Tax Havens Differ from Offshore Financial Centers 
     Selecting the Right Tax Haven 
     Strategies for Maximizing Tax Haven Benefits

Appendixes

     A. Sample Buy/Sell Stock Purchase Agreement
     B. Sample Buyback Agreement between Partners or Shareholders
     C. U. S.  Home Offices of Multinational Accounting Firms 
     D. Selected International Banks Handling Investment Banking and
          Securities Transactions
     E. U. S.  and Foreign Commercial Service Offices 
     F. Country Desk Officers 
     G. American Chamber of Commerce Offices
     H. Selected World Stock Exchanges 
     I. Cities and States Participating in Eximbank's City-State Agency
          Cooperation Program 
     J. Inter-American Development Bank's Latin American Offices 
     K. State Government Financing Programs 
     L. Small Business Innovation Research Funding Sources 
     M. Some Foundations Awarding Larger Grants and Low-Cost Loans
     N.  Selected Foreign Banks with U. S.  Offices 
     O. Selected Federal and Private Sources of Information 
     P. Intermediaries Handling Privatizations in Latin America 
     Index