Financial Management

Short-Term Financing

Abdullah Al Mahmud PhD

Professor

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 Spontaneous Financing

Types of spontaneous
financing
• Accounts Payable
(Trade Credit from Suppliers)
• Accrued Expenses

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 Spontaneous Financing
Trade Credit – credit granted from one
business to another.
Examples of trade credit are:
• Open Accounts: the seller ships goods to
the buyer with an invoice specifying goods
shipped, total amount due, and terms of the
sale.
• Notes Payable: the buyer signs a note that
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evidences a debt to the seller.
 Spontaneous Financing
• Trade Acceptances: the seller draws a draft on
the buyer that orders the buyer to pay the draft
at some future time period.

Draft – A signed, written order by which the

first party (drawer) instructs a second party
(drawee) to pay a specified amount of money
to a third party (payee). The drawer and
payee are often one and the same.

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 Terms of the Sale
• COD and CBD - No Trade Credit: the buyer
pays cash on delivery or cash before delivery.
This reduces the seller’s risk under COD to the
buyer refusing the shipment or eliminates it
completely for CBD.
• Net Period - No Cash Discount – when credit is
extended, the seller specifies the period of time
allowed for payment. “Net 30” implies full
payment in 30 days from the invoice date.
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 Terms of the Sale
• Net Period - Cash Discount – when credit is
extended, the seller specifies the period of time
allowed for payment and offers a cash discount if
paid in the early part of the period. “2/10, net 30”
implies full payment within 30 days from the invoice
date less a 2% discount if paid within 10 days.

• Seasonal Dating – credit terms that encourage the

buyer of seasonal products to take delivery before
the peak sales period and to defer payment until
after the peak sales period.

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 Trade Credit as a
Means of Financing
What happens to accounts payable if a
firm purchases $1,000/day at “net 30”?
$1,000 x 30 days = $30,000 account balance
What happens to accounts payable if a
firm purchases $1,500/day at “net 30”?
$1,500 x 30 days = $45,000 account balance
A $15,000 increase from operations!
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 Cost to Forgo a Discount
What is the approximate annual cost
to forgo the cash discount of “2/10,
net 30” after the first ten days?
Approximate annual interest cost =
% discount 365 days
X
(100% - % discount) (payment date -
discount period)
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 Cost to Forgo a Discount
What is the approximate annual cost to
forgo the cash discount of “2/10, net 30,”
and pay at the end of the credit period?
Approximate annual interest cost =
2% 365 days
X
(100% - 2%) (30 days - 10 days)

= (2/98) x (365/20) = 37.2%

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 Cost to Forgo a Discount
The approximate interest cost over a
variety of payment decisions for
“2/10, net ____.”
Payment Date* Annual rate of interest
11 744.9%
20 74.5
30 37.2
60 14.9
90 9.3
* days from invoice date
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 S-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g
Account Payables
Postponing payment beyond the end of the
net period is known as “stretching accounts
payable” or “leaning on the trade.”
Possible costs of “stretching
accounts payable”
• Cost of the cash discount (if any) forgone
• Late payment penalties or interest
• Deterioration in credit rating
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 Advantages of
Trade Credit
Compare costs of forgoing a possible
cash discount against the advantages
of trade credit.

• Convenience and availability of trade

credit
• Greater flexibility as a means of
financing
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 Accrued Expenses
• Accrued Expenses – Amounts owed but not yet
paid for wages, taxes, interest, and dividends.
The accrued expenses account is a short-term
liability.
• Wages – Benefits accrue via no direct
cash costs, but costs can develop by
reduced employee morale and efficiency.
• Taxes – Benefits accrue until the due
date, but costs of penalties and interest
beyond the due date reduce the benefits.
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 Spontaneous Financing
Types of negotiated financing:
• Money Market Credit
• Commercial Paper
• Bankers’ Acceptances
• Unsecured Loans
• Line of Credit
• Revolving Credit Agreement
• Transaction Loan
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 Commercial Paper
Commercial Paper -- Short-term, unsecured
promissory notes, generally issued by large
corporations (unsecured corporate IOUs).
• Commercial paper market is composed of
the (1) dealer and (2) direct-placement
markets.
• Advantage: Cheaper than a short-term
business loan from a commercial bank.
• Dealers require a line of credit to ensure that
the commercial paper is paid off.
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 Cost of Commercial Paper

Face value - Sale value 360 days

Effective Interest Rate = X
Net sale value Repayment period in days
Example: Wall Mart wants to finance its working capital needs by issuing
$1 million commercial paper to be placed by Stanley Morgan Inc, who
charge 0.5% commission. The papers were sold at a price of 2% discount.
The fund is needed from 1st Aug. 2004 and will be repaid by 1st Dec. 2005.
If the firm can finance its working capital needs by short term unsecured
bank loan at a rate of 12% annually, should it finance its operation form
issuing commercial paper?

1000000 − 980000 360 days

 Solution

Effective Interest Rate = X

985000 120 days
= 6.10%
= 24.35% annually Decision?

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 Bankers’ Acceptances
Bankers’ Acceptances – Short-term
promissory trade notes for which a bank (by
having “accepted” them) promises to pay
the holder the face amount at maturity.
• Used to facilitate foreign trade or the
shipment of certain marketable goods.
• Liquid market provides rates similar to
commercial paper rates.

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 Short-Term
Business Loans
• Unsecured Loans – A form of debt for
money borrowed that is not backed by
the pledge of specific assets.

• Secured Loans – A form of debt for

money borrowed in which specific
assets have been pledged to guarantee
payment.

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 Unsecured Loans
• Line of Credit (with a bank) – An informal
arrangement between a bank and its
customer specifying the maximum amount of
credit the bank will permit the firm to owe at
any one time.
• One-year limit that is reviewed prior to renewal to
determine if conditions necessitate a change.
• Credit line is based on the bank’s assessment of
the creditworthiness and credit needs of the firm.

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 Unsecured Loans
Revolving Credit Agreement – A formal, legal
commitment to extend credit up to some
maximum amount over a stated period of time.
• Firm receives revolving credit by paying a
commitment fee on any unused portion of the
maximum amount of credit.
• Commitment fee – A fee charged by the lender for
agreeing to hold credit available.
• Agreements frequently extend beyond 1 year.

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 Unsecured Loans
• Transaction Loan – A loan agreement
that meets the short-term funds needs of
the firm for a single, specific purpose.
• Each request is handled as a separate
transaction by the bank, and project loan
determination is based on the cash-flow ability
of the borrower.
• The loan is paid off at the completion of the
project by the firm from resulting cash flows.

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 Detour: Cost of Borrowing
Interest Rates
• Prime Rate – Short-term interest rate charged
by banks to large, creditworthy customers.

• Differential from prime depends on:

• Cash balances
• Other business with the bank
• Cost of servicing the loan
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 Detour: Cost of Borrowing
Computing Interest Rates
• Discount Basis – interest is deducted from
the initial loan.
Example: $100,000 loan at 10%
stated interest rate for 1 year.

$10,000 in interest
= 11.11%
$90,000 in usable funds
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 Detour: Cost of Borrowing
Compensating Balances
• Demand deposits maintained by a firm to
compensate a bank for services provided, credit
lines, or loans.
Example: $1,000,000 loan at 10% stated interest rate for
1 year with a required $150,000 compensating balance.

$100,000 in interest
= 11.76%
$850,000 in usable funds
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 Detour: Cost of Borrowing
Commitment Fees
• The fee charged by the lender for agreeing to hold
credit available is on the unused portions of credit.
Example: $1 million revolving credit at 10% stated
interest rate for 1 year; borrowing for the year was
$600,000; a required 5% compensating balance on
borrowed funds; and a .5% commitment fee on
$400,000 of unused credit.
What is the cost of borrowing?

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 Detour: Cost of Borrowing
Interest: ($600,000) x (10%) = $ 60,000
Commitment
Fee: ($400,000) x (0.5%) =$ 2,000
Compensating
Balance: ($600,000) x (5%) = $ 30,000

Usable Funds: $600,000 - $30,000 = $570,000

$60,000 in interest +
$2,000 in commitment fees
= 10.88%
$570,000 in usable funds
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 Detour: Cost of Borrowing
Effective Annual Rate of Interest (generally) =
Total interest paid + total fees paid 360 days .
Usable funds X # of days loan is outstanding

Assume the same loan described on slide 11-26 except that the loan
is for 270 days and the 10% rate is on an annual basis. What is
the EAR?
• $45,000 in interest, $2,000 in commitment fees, and $570,000 in
usable funds. $45,000 interest = 10% x $600,000 x (270/360).

$45,000 + $2,000 X 360 = 8.246% x 1.3333 = 11.00%

$570,000 270

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 Secured
(or Asset-Based) Loans
• Security (collateral) – Asset (s) pledged by
a borrower to ensure repayment of a loan.
If the borrower defaults, the lender may
sell the security to pay off the loan.
Collateral value depends on:
• Marketability
• Life
• Riskiness

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