Presentation: Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program

Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program
USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service
www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs

Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program

• Improve, develop, or finance business, industry, and employment, and improve the economic and environmental climate in rural communities.
• Bolster the existing private credit structure through the guarantee of quality loans that will provide lasting community benefits.

Location

Rural Area - not within the boundaries of a city or town with more than 50,000 inhabitants or the urbanized area of the city and town.
(http://eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibility/welcomeAction.do)

Borrower

• Any legal entity, Federally-recognized tribal group, public body or individual.
• Manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, service oriented.

Partnership with Lenders

• Traditional Lenders - Federal or State chartered banks, Farm Credit Bank, Savings & Loans
• Other Lenders - legal authority, sufficient experience and financial strength to operate a successful lending program
• All lenders must have adequate experience and expertise to make, secure, service, and collect B&I loans

Loan Purposes (common purposes)

• Real estate purchase and improvements
• Machinery and equipment
• Working capital
• Integrated agriculture production/processing facilities
• Debt refinancing and business acquisitions - under certain conditions

Fees and Percentage of Guarantee

• Fees
  - Annual Renewal Fee
  - Guarantee Fee
• Loan Limits
• Percent of Guarantee Limits

Annual Renewal Fee

The fee is calculated based on:

• The outstanding principal balance as of December 31
  multiplied by the percent of the guarantee
• Fee rate is annually published in the Federal Register
• Annual fee for B&I loans made in FY2007 is 0.25%
• Fee remains fixed at the percentage for the life of the loan

Loan Structure

• Negotiated by the lender and borrower and approved by the Agency
• Fixed/Variable/Combination
• Customary
• Maximum terms
  - Real estate - 30 years
  - Machinery and equipment - the lesser of 15 years or useful life
  - Working capital - 7 years
• No balloon payments

Preapplication/Application

• Preapplication optional but encouraged
  (Memo or State form must be signed by the lender and applicant)
• Application:
  - Form 4279-1 (Parts A & B)
  - Form 4279-1A (Parts I & II)
  (MUST be signed by the lender and borrower)
• Form 4279-2, DOL (if applicable)
• Form 1940-20, Environmental
• Personal and Commercial Credit Reports
• Appraisals
• Financial Statements

Application

Lender’s written analysis:

• Spreadsheets for three previous years for existing businesses
• Pro forma balance sheet at startup/loan closing
• Two years projected yearend balance sheets/income statements with ratios and comparisons with industrial standards
• Data shown in complete dollars and in common-size form, obtained by expressing all items a a percentage of assets (balance sheet) and sales (income statement)

Application, continued

Lender’s credit analysis:

• The lender is primarily responsible for determining credit quality through a written credit and financial statement analysis
• Repayment ability, including a cash flow analysis
• Must address borrower’s management
• History of debt repayment
• Necessity of any debt refinancing
• Credit reports of the borrower, its principals and any parent, affiliate, or subsidiary.

Application, continued

• Proposed Loan Agreement (See 4279.161(b)(11) for requirements to be included)
• Business Plan
• Feasibility Study
• Lender Certification

Feasibility Study

• Economic
• Market
• Technical
• Financial
• Management

Equity

Tangible Balance Sheet Equity -

• Financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for the Coop Stock Purchase Program where financial information may be provided that is generally accepted by commercial agricultural lenders.
• Minimum of 10 percent for existing businesses.
• Minimum of 20 percent for new businesses.

Equity, continued

Tangible Balance Sheet Equity –

• Minimum of 25 - 40 percent for energy projects.
• Intangibles - goodwill, R&D, amortized loan costs, customer lists, etc.
• Appraisal surplus not allowed
• Subordinated debt is debt not equity. Subordinated owner debt allowed when refinancing Federal direct or guaranteed loans.

Collateral

• Sound and sufficient to protect interests of the lender and Agency (normally discounted value will be at least equal to the loan amount).
• Appropriately discounted.
• B&I Guarantees are not collateral.
• Cannot secure unguaranteed portion with other collateral separate from the guaranteed loan.

Planning and Performing Development

Lender responsibilities include:

• Design policy
• Project control

Insurance

• Hazard
• Life
• Worker Compensation
• Flood
• Other

Conditional Commitment

• Agency requirements
• All conditions must be met and incorporated into the final loan agreement
• Don’t let it expire

7 CFR Regulations

• 4279-A
• 4279-B
• 4287-B

Examples of B&I Healthcare Projects

• Sabine Medical Center, Many, Louisiana. $7.28 million guaranteed loan to fund seller finance, working capital, and refinance existing debt. The SMC facility is a one story structure with slightly over 28,000 square feet of space has 48 acute care beds including 4 intensive care unit beds.
  
  
• Potomac Valley Hospital of WVA, Inc., Keyser, West Virginia. $10 million guaranteed loan to construct a new 25-bed Critical Access Hospital.
  
  
• Desert View Regional Medical Center, Pahrump, Nevada. $17.5 million guaranteed loan to construct a 25-bed acute primary care hospital.
  
  
• Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck, New York. $12.34 million guaranteed loan to take out construction financing and debt refinancing of a 68-bed acute care facility.
  
  
• CareSouth Carolina, Darlington, SC. $1.25 million guaranteed loan for permanent working capital to a private, non-profit health and human services provider located in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. During the past 2 decades, the Society Hill Family Health Clinic grew to become a national model of health care delivery in rural communities. Now called CareSouth Carolina, the private non–profit community owned business operates 9 medical centers in seven communities in the Pee Dee region.

Web Links

USDA Rural Development
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Area Eligibility

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