Section 817 Of Chapter 10. Legal Investments For Nonbank Licensees From California Financial Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 10.
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. Evidences of indebtedness of companies incorporated in the
United States and, directly or indirectly, engaged in manufacturing,
extraction, merchandising, or commercial financing and in bonds of
authorities established pursuant to the California Industrial
Development Financing Act (Title 10 (commencing with Section 91500)
of the Government Code), to which these companies are obligated with
respect to payment subject to the following conditions:
(a) Any unsecured evidences of indebtedness shall be issued by a
company substantially all of whose property is free of mortgage and
shall carry a covenant by the obligor that they will be secured
equally with any mortgage bond, except a purchase money mortgage,
which may be later issued.
(b) The company is of a size as to attract at least statewide
interest in its publicly held securities and its gross income shall
have averaged not less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and its
net income shall have averaged not less than one million dollars
($1,000,000) for the five fiscal years preceding the investment and
its gross income was not less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000)
and its net income not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for
at least three of these five fiscal years.
(c) Working capital, as measured by consolidated current assets
less consolidated current liabilities as shown in the latest
published balance sheet, shall exceed 150 percent of the total of
consolidated debt due in longer than one year and "minority interest."
For that purpose, "minority interest" means any outstanding interest
in a subsidiary having a prior claim on the earnings of the
subsidiary. However, the foregoing ratio requirement shall not apply
in the case of evidences of indebtedness of any corporation whose
consolidated gross assets less any valuation reserves exceed five
hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) and whose consolidated current
assets exceed consolidated current liabilities by at least one
hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) as shown by the latest
published balance sheet. When new financing is involved, the changes
in gross assets, capital structure and working capital shall be
considered and reliance may be placed on the representations made in
the official prospectus prepared under the rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission as to the application of the proceeds of the
financing.
(d) The total consolidated debt of the company including current
liabilities and "minority interest," as shown on the latest published
balance sheet, does not exceed 33 1/3 percent of its gross assets
less valuation reserves.
(e) The consolidated annual net income for the five fiscal years
next preceding the investment, before deduction of state and federal
taxes imposed on or measured by income or profits but after deducting
all charges, including reserves, regularly recurring charges for
amortization of discount, and expense allocable to funded debt (1)
shall have averaged not less than six times the annual consolidated
interest charges existing at the time the investment is made; (2) in
at least three of the five fiscal years shall have been at least four
times the annual consolidated interest charges for the same year;
and (3) for the fiscal year next preceding the investment shall have
been not less than six times the consolidated interest charges for
that year and not less than six times the annual consolidated charges
on the funded debt outstanding at the time of the investment.