Études de cas

Stabilisation d'un distributeur de produits de chauffage

J.S. Held fait l'acquisition de GLI Advisors, renforçant ainsi ses services d'assistance aux projets de construction dans l'ouest des États-Unis et à Hawaï.

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Contexte

Distributor of fuel and heating products throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Electricity supplier to Ohio residents. $800 million in annual sales. Annual volume: 350 million gallons of petroleum and 345 million kilowatt-hours of electricity. $50 million bank debt.

  • Oil prices plummeted to record lows due to a global supply surplus and other macroeconomic reasons.
  • The company purchased commodity contracts to hedge supply contracts with its customers. The significant decline in oil prices triggered margin calls of $9 million at the company.
  • The $9 million of cash payments resulted in non-compliance with their Financing Agreement’s Minimum Availability Covenant and depleted most of the company’s line of credit availability and liquidity.
  • The company needed a plan to absorb and fund its operating expenses and cash requirements while complying with its existing credit facilities.

Nos conseils

Our experts were engaged to assess short-term liquidity and longer-term viability, explore all strategic options, assess the company’s hedging contracts and existing hedging practices, and recommend changes to their policies and procedures.

  • We provided the analysis (daily, weekly, and monthly) to prepare and negotiate three separate Forbearance Agreements. The Forbearances covered 6 months and initially required a $6 million over-advance, $1 million Minimum Availability Covenant, and $1 million subordinated debt.
  • We also prepared a documented procedure for preparing the company’s liquidity and borrowing base forecasts, along with supporting documents.
  • The financial forecasts were expanded to include monthly income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows.
  • The financial forecasts provided by our team and the resulting Forbearance Agreements provided stakeholders with the necessary time and information to initiate thoroughly analyzed business decisions.
  • Management pursued a multi-path strategy including a) company sale in whole or in part, b) refinancing with the Agent Bank, or c) refinancing with another lender. Ultimately, management decided not to pursue a sale, and the Agent bank decided to exit the credit. However, a Participant Bank was interested in financing 100% of the credit. The Participant Bank initiated due diligence with their team, working closely with our experts and the company.
  • The Agent bank was refinanced and paid out 100% by the Participant Bank. Closing was achieved within 60 days of initiating due diligence and prior to year-end.
  • The company now has a robust financial forecasting system and a new hedging policy with tighter procedures and increased management oversight.

Personne de contact :

Mike Boudreau, CPA, CTP, CFF 
Directrice
Cabinet de conseil stratégique
+1 248 227 0978 
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Domaines d'activité associés

> Gestion des liquidités 
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