Oppormunities in Chapter 9: What Distressed Investors Should Know?
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OpporMUNIties in Chapter 9: What Distressed Investors Should Know? The Bond Buyer California Public Finance Conference October 18, 2012 Lewis Feldman Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP Emanuel Grillo Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP Chief Judge Christopher Klein U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California William Nolan Senior Managing Director – Corporate Finance, FTI Consulting Municipal Bankruptcies: Chapter 9 Filings Cities, towns and counties are shown in red. Utility authorities and other municipalities are displayed in black. NORTH WASHINGTON DAKOTA MONTANA NEW HAMPSHIRE MINNESOTA VERMONT MAINE $ WISCONSIN SOUTH $ DAKOTA OREGON IDAHO WYOMING MICHIGAN NEW YORK $ $ IOWA NEBRASKA $ $ $ MASSACHUSETTS ILLINOIS INDIANA OHIO PENNSYLVANIA NEVADA $ NEW JERSEY RHODE ISLAND UTAH COLORADO $ CONNECTICUT KANSAS WEST $ VIRGINIA DELAWARE IOWA KENTUCKY VIRGINIA MARYLAND CALIFORNIA $ $ $ DISTRICT OF NORTH TENNESSEE COLUMBIA $ OKLAHOMA $ CAROLINA ARKANSAS ARIZONA NEW MEXICO $ SOUTH$ $ CAROLINA GEORGIA $ TEXAS $ MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA LOUISIANA FLORIDA Source: Governing. This map shows all municipalities filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection since 2010, along with local governments voting to approve a bankruptcy filing. Information current as of September 11, 2012. MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCIES: CHAPTER 9 FILINGS Cities, towns and counties are shown in red. Utility authorities and other municipalities are displayed in black. Source: Governing. This map shows all municipalities filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection since 2010, along with local governments voting to approve a bankruptcy filing. Information current as of September 11, 2012. Legend: Alabama California Jefferson County Mendocino Cost Recreation and Park District Status: Filed for bankruptcy Fort Bragg, CA Date: 11/9/2011 Status: Filed for Bankrupcy Debt or Deficit Amount: More than $4 billion Date: 12/29/2011 The county has laid off about 500 workers since declaring for bankruptcy in November 2011. A federal judge ruled in March Stockton that the bankruptcy was allowed under state law. Status: Filed for bankruptcy Date: 6/28/2012 Arkansas Debt or Deficit Amount: $26 million Centerton Municpal Property Owners’ Improvement Stockton, Calif., filed for bankruptcy after being unable to reach District No. 3 – Versailles an agreement with its creditors. The city must pay steep Fayetteville, AR pension and payroll costs while taking in less money from Status: Filed for bankruptcy property taxes. Date: 10/12/2011 Mammoth Lakes Sylamore Valley Water Association Public Facilities Board Status: Filed for bankruptcy of Izard County Date: 7/3/2012 Mountain View, AR Debt or Deficit Amount: $43 million Status: Filed for bankruptcy Mammoth Lakes, a small California resort town, voted to file for Date: 4/19/2012 bankruptcy July 3. The city has been unable to pay a $43 million legal judgment resulting from a 1997 property development dispute. MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCIES: CHAPTER 9 FILINGS California (cont.) New York San Bernardino Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation Status: Filed for bankruptcy Hauppauge, NY Date: 8/1/2012 Status: Filed for bankruptcy after initial filing in 2011 was Debt or Deficit Amount: $46 million rejected San Bernardino City Council voted to file for bankruptcy Date: 5/11/2012 protection after learning the city had only $150,000 left in its The New York State Legislature changed the state's laws to bank accounts. allow Suffolk OTB to file for bankruptcy after the agency's previous filing was rejected. Suffolk OTB, which manges six Georgia branches, reported a $5.1 million net operating loss for 2011. Hospital Authority of Charlton County Folkston, GA Oklahoma Status: Filed for bankruptcy Rural Water District No. 1, Cherokee County Date: 4/30/2012 Ft. Gibson, OK Status: Filed for bankruptcy Idaho Date: 1/23/2012 Boise County Status: Bankruptcy filing rejected Pennsylvania Date: 9/8/2011 Harrisburg Debt or Deficit Amount: $5.4 million Status: Bankruptcy filing rejected, defaulted on payments A federal judgment ordered the rural county to pay $5.4 million Date: 3/10/2012 in damages and attorney fees to developer Oaas-Laney for Debt or Deficit Amount: More than $300 million allegedly violating the federal Fair Housing Act. The county Harrisburg skipped about $5 million in debt payments in later filed for bankruptcy, but failed to prove it was insolvent. March. Much of the city's debt is related to a failed waste-to- energy plant. Lost Rivers District Hospital Arco, ID Rhode Island Status: Filed for bankruptcy Central Falls Date: 3/10/2010 Status: Filed for bankruptcy Date: 8/1/2011 Missouri Debt or Deficit Amount: $21 million of outstanding debt, plus Lake Lotawana Community Improvement District unfunded pension liabilities Lee's Summit, MO State-appointed receiver Robert Flanders filed for bankruptcy Status: Filed for bankruptcy protection and has since cut pensions for retirees. Date: 8/27/2010 South Carolina Nebraska Barnwell County Hospital Sanitary and Improvement District #512 of Douglas Barnwell, SC County Status: Filed for bankruptcy Omaha, NE Date: 10/5/2011 Status: Filed for bankruptcy Date: 11/1/2011 Bamberg County Memorial Hospital Bamberg, SC Status: Filed for bankruptcy Date: 6/20/2011 Goodwin Procter, LLP MUNICIPAL MARKET: ISSUER CONCENTRATION FIVE STATES DOMINATE THE $3.7 TRILLION MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET Of the $3.71 trillion in total outstanding debt sold, the top 10 states and their municipalities account for $2.15 trillion, or 58%. The top five states alone – California, New York, Texas, Illinois and Florida, account for almost 46 % of the entire market. Amount Outstanding Amount Outstanding Investors Investors State ($ Billions) State ($ Billions) California 585.7 Oregon 37.4 New York 373.6 Alabama 36.5 Texas 320.0 Nevada 33.4 Illinois 190.8 DC 30.5 Florida 182.5 Mississippi 26.1 Pennsylvania 148.4 Utah 24.8 New Jersey 135.5 Kansas 24.2 Ohio 113.4 Iowa 21.2 Massachusetts 107.1 Oklahoma 20.5 Puerto Rico 105.1 Nebraska 18.4 Michigan 88.7 New Mexico 17.9 Washington 83.9 Hawaii 16.5 Georgia 79.1 Rhode Island 15.0 Colorado 69.9 Montana 14.2 Virginia 66.5 Arkansas 13.0 Arizona 61.7 New Hampshire 12.2 Indiana 61.1 Alaska 11.8 North Carolina 60.3 West Virginia 11.8 Missouri 58.9 Idaho 11.5 Minnesota 55.8 Delaware 9.3 Tennessee 50.5 Maine 8.8 Maryland 50.3 South Dakota 7.8 Connecticut 47.8 Vermont 6.1 Wisconsin 47.3 North Dakota 4.1 South Carolina 40.9 Wyoming 4.0 Kentucky 38.5 Virgin Islands 2.5 Louisiana 38.3 Guam 2.0 Total (including other territories) 3,712.4 SOURCE: Bloomberg Visual Guide to Municipal Bonds, “Bloomberg Brief: Municipal Market” (June 21, 2011) MUNICIPAL BONDS OUTSTANDING IN AUGUST 2011 WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM? Municipal Bonds Outstanding in August 2011: Where Is The Money Coming From? Primarily Private in Blue and Primarily Public in Green Amount Outstanding % of Outstanding % of Total Type of Revenue ($ Billions) Market Monetary Defaults State General Fund or Ad Valorem property tax (GO) 727 20 Ad Valorem property tax (school districts) 426 12 Hospital revenues 270 7 3 Water and sewer revenue 260 7 Higher education revenues 215 6 Miscellaneous taxes 204 6 Housing revenues 187 5 18 Nuclear, public power, solid waste and municipal utility 185 5 system revenues Economic or corporate-backed industrial development 134 4 9 Government-backed leases, public facility leases 128 3 Tobacco settlement 106 3 Toll-backed roads/bridges/tunnels 101 3 Airport revenues 86 2 Land-secured 62 2 33 Public transport revenues 54 1 Long-term care revenues 46 1 15 Cultural and human service provider charities 22 1 2 Other 455 12 TOTALS 3,668 100 80 SOURCE: Bloomberg Visual Guide to Municipal Bonds, “Bloomberg Brief: Municipal Market” (June 21, 2011) NUMBER OF BORROWERS WHO DEFAULTED ON MUNI BONDS AND THEIR INDUSTRY DISPERSION 2007 – 2010 Number of Borrowers Who Defaulted on Muni Bonds and Their Industry Dispersion (2007 – 2010) Primarily Private in Blue and Primarily Public in Green All Monetary and Technical Defaults: 737 Monetary Defaults: 392 % of Total Issuers / Borrowers with Monetary Issuer / Borrower Category Defaults Land-secured 33 Housing 18 Long-term care 15 Economic or corporate-backed industrial 9 development Hospitals 3 Government-backed leases, public facility leases 3 Charter schools 3 Cultural and human service provider charities 2 Universities 2 Local public utilities 2 Private schools 1 Public Education 1 Native American 1 GO 1 Public transportation 1 Toll roads/bridges/tunnels 1 Parking facilities 1 Other 3 TOTAL 100 SOURCE: Bloomberg Visual Guide to Municipal Bonds, “Bloomberg Brief: Municipal Market” (June 21, 2011) GOODWIN PROCTER MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY AND RESTRUCTURING Municipalities and state governments are in crisis. The prolonged economic downturn, followed by a weak economic recovery and exacerbated by the historic unwillingness of local governments to address legacy liabilities, has led many cities to seriously consider the once unthinkable prospect of municipal bankruptcy. The potential impact of municipal bankruptcies reaches far beyond the municipality itself. Unions, pension funds, bondholders and bond insurers, as well as vendors and other parties need to understand municipal bankruptcies and restructurings and how each could affect their interests. With this comes a host of legal questions and challenges. Goodwin Procter’s Public Finance and Financial Restructuring Groups have formed an interdisciplinary Municipal Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice to advise on issues of public finance, restructurings and Chapter