State of Texas Debt – An Overview January 27, 2009 Texas Bond Review Board Texas Public Finance Authority Bob Kline, Executive Director kline@brb.state.tx.us 512-463-1741 www.brb.state.tx.us Judith Porras, Interim Executive Director judith.porras@tpfa.state.tx.us 512-463-5681 www.tpfa.state.tx.us 1. Introduction BRB vs. TPFA Bond Review Board – Oversight Agency • • • Approves state debt issues and lease purchases greater than $250,000 or a term longer than 5 years Collects, analyzes and reports information on debt issued by state and local entities – on our website Administers the state's Private Activity Bond Allocation Program Texas Public Finance Authority – Issuing Agency • • • Issues bonds and other forms of debt as authorized by the Legislature. Currently - 23 state agencies including 3 universities Administers the Master Lease Program 3 Texas Debt Issuers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Texas Public Finance Authority (Universities: MSU, SFA & TSU) Texas Department of Transportation Texas Water Development Board Texas Veteran’s Land Board (General Land Office) Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Texas State Affordable Housing Corp Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board The University of Texas System The Texas A&M University System Texas State Technical College System Texas State University System The Texas Tech University System Texas Woman’s University University of Houston System The University of North Texas Texas Agriculture Finance Authority (Dept. of Agriculture) Office of Economic Development & Tourism 4 TPFA Client Agencies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Midwestern State University Stephen F. Austin State University Texas Southern University Adjutant General Department of Agriculture Office of the Governor/Texas Dept. of Transportation – Colonias Roadways State Preservation Board Department of Aging and Disability Services Texas Department of Criminal Justice Texas Department of Public Safety Department State Health Services Texas Facilities Commission Texas Historical Commission Texas Military Preparedness Commission Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Texas School for the Deaf Texas Workforce Commission Texas Youth Commission TPFA Charter School Finance Corporation Texas State Technical College System* Texas Juvenile Probation Commission* Texas National Research Laboratory Commission (Superconducting Super Collider)* *Inactive 2. Debt Instruments What is a Bond? A contract between a borrower and a lender, specifying: • When the loan is due (“term” or “maturity”) Example: 20 years • What interest rate the borrower will pay Example: 5% • • When the payments will be made Example: Monthly, Semi-annually, annually What revenue source will be pledged to make the payments 7 Common Terms • Par – 100% of the face value of a security. • • • • • 8 - A “par bond” is a bond selling at its face value. Premium- the amount by which the price paid for a security exceeds par value. Discount – the amount by which the price paid for a security is less than par value. Maturity date– the date principal is due and payable to bond owner. Coupon – now, the term is used as a synonym for the interest rate paid on a security. (Used to be an actual coupon detachable from the physical bond, which was the interest rate on the bond.) Yield– generally, references the investor’s rate of return: calculated as “yield to maturity” or “yield to call.” Terms - Example Excerpt Stephen F. Austin State University Revenue Financing System Revenue Bonds, Series 2009 Underwritten 11:30AM 1.14.2009 Maturity Date Amount Rate Yield Price 10/15/2017 990,000 3.25% 3.09% 101.209 10/15/2018 1,025,000 3.50% 3.33% 101.271 10/15/2019 1,060,000 3.50% 3.58% 99.290 10/15/2020 1,095,000 3.75% 3.88% 98.782 Types of State Debt Instruments • Bonds: Long term (5+ years), fixed interest rate • Notes: Short Term (<5 years) • Commercial Paper (maximum maturity of 270 days), variable interest rate 10 Commercial Paper • • Can be secured by the state’s general obligation pledge or by a specified revenue source. Maturity ranges from 1 to 270 days. • As the paper matures, it can be paid off or reissued (“rolled over”) at a new interest rate • Variable interest rate – usually much lower than long term interest rate 11 Municipal Market Data 6.00% 5.00% Rate (%) 4.00% 3.00% 2.00% 1.00% 0.00% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Maturity Municipal Market Data (01/20/2009) 12 Fixed Rates vs. Variable Rates Bond Buyer Index vs. SIFMA Index vs. TPFA CP (as of 12-31-08) 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 1/1/2000 4/1/2000 7/1/2000 10/1/2000 1/1/2001 4/1/2001 7/1/2001 10/1/2001 1/1/2002 4/1/2002 7/1/2002 10/1/2002 1/1/2003 4/1/2003 7/1/2003 10/1/2003 1/1/2004 4/1/2004 7/1/2004 10/1/2004 1/1/2005 4/1/2005 7/1/2005 10/1/2005 1/1/2006 4/1/2006 7/1/2006 10/1/2006 1/1/2007 4/1/2007 7/1/2007 10/1/2007 1/1/2008 4/1/2008 7/1/2008 10/1/2008 0% Bond Buyer Index (BBI-20): Long-term, fixed rate tax-exempt, revenue debt index; SIFMA: Short-term, variable rate tax-exempt index; TPFA CP: Weighted average rate of TPFA commercial paper 13 Bond Buyer Index SIFMA TPFA CP Taxation • “Taxable” – Interest earnings are taxable for federal income tax purposes • “Tax-Exempt” – Interest earnings are exempt from federal income taxes • Lower Interest Rate – Investors will accept a lower interest rate than taxable bonds, such as corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury Bonds, because they don’t pay taxes on the interest • • $1.00 (interest) - $.25 (taxes) = $0.75 (tax-exempt) Federal tax law limits issuance, investment and use of proceeds of tax-exempt bonds 14 3. Types of Texas Debt General Obligation (GO) Debt • Constitutional Pledge: Legally secured by a constitutional pledge of the first monies coming into the State Treasury that are not constitutionally dedicated for another purpose. • Voter Approval: Resolution passed by a 2/3 vote of both houses of the legislature, and by a majority of the voters. • General Government functions: prisons, mental health facilities, parks. 16 Revenue Debt • Legally secured by a specific revenue source • Does not require voter approval • • Enterprise Activities: utilities, airports, toll roads, colleges and universities Lease Revenue or Annual Appropriation Bonds 17 TPFA Revenue Lease Purchase • • • • • • TPFA issues revenue debt to finance a specifically authorized project or a property acquisition under the Master Lease Program (MLPP). TPFA takes title to the financed project and leases it to a client agency. The client agency is obligated to make lease payments to TPFA. The lease payments are usually from general revenue appropriated to the client agency. TPFA uses the lease payments to pay debt service on the bonds or commercial paper. Administrative costs assessable to a client agency under MLPP and other related administrative costs, such as property insurance, are also paid by the client agency with general revenue appropriations. 18 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes (TRANs) • • • • Issued by the CPA, Treasury Operations to address the cash flow mismatch between revenues and expenditures in the general revenue fund Repaid by the end of the biennium in which they are used, but are usually repaid by the end of each fiscal year Repaid with tax receipts and other revenues of the General Revenue fund Approved by the Cash Management Committee (Governor, Lt. Governor, CPA. Speaker is a non-voting member). 19 Debt Issued by Universities • • • Revenue Bonds: Universities may issue revenue bonds or notes to finance permanent improvements for their institution(s), and pledge all system-wide revenue (Revenue Financing System Bonds), except legislative appropriations, to the repayment of the revenue bonds or notes. Tuition Revenue Bonds: The Legislature may also authorize “tuition revenue bonds”, usually for specific purposes or projects and appropriate general revenue to offset the institution’s debt service; legislative appropriations made directly for debt service would be unconstitutional. PUF/HEAF: The University of Texas and Texas A&M Systems may issue obligations backed by income from the Permanent University Fund (PUF), in accordance with Texas Constitution, Art. VII, §18. Texas’ other institutions may issue Higher Education Assistance Fund (HEAF) bonds, in accordance with Texas Constitution, Art. VII, §17. 20 Refunding Bonds • • • • • • Refinance - Issue new bonds to pay off old bonds Lower interest rate - BRB recommends 3% Change Bond Covenants Change Repayment Schedule (“Restructure”) One-Time - Federal tax law prohibits tax-exempt bonds issued after 1986 from being advance refunded more than one time. Can be current refunding or advance refunding 21 4. Bond Sale Mechanics Debt Issuance Process 1. Legislative authorization and appropriation 2. Issuer Board approval 3. Bond Review Board approval 4. Bond sale (Negotiated/Competitive) 5. Bond closing – Attorney General approval 6. Ongoing Administration: paying debt service, federal tax law, change in use, arbitrage rebate compliance 23 Finance Team • Financial Advisor • Bond Counsel/Disclosure Counsel • Underwriter • Commercial Paper Transactions: - Dealer - Paying Agent - Liquidity Provider 24 Methods of Sale Competitive • Straightforward structure • Well known credit and security pledge • Size will attract bidders Negotiated • Complex financial or legal structure • Market timing important to structure (e.g., • refunding) Bonds require intensive pre-marketing effort 25 Competitive • Underwriter determined through competitive bid for the purchase of the bonds, i.e. lowest True Interest Cost • Financial Advisor and Bond Counsel structure transaction and bond documents • The bidder (underwriter) determines structure of underwriting syndicate – not the issuer 26 Negotiated • Underwriter usually selected through RFP process • Underwriter and underwriter’s counsel work with FA and Bond Counsel to structure transaction, prepare offering documents • Price, interest rates, and other terms of the bonds negotiated with Underwriter on pricing (sale) date • More flexibility in timing of sale, structure of bonds, and composition of underwriting syndicate 27 Pricing/Trading • • • • • • • • The sale of negotiated bonds is through a “pricing” process. Underwriter, FA, and issuer closely check the market; reference MMD, assessing where the bonds are in relation to the MMD scale (ie, the “spread” to MMD). Spread to MMD dictated by credit quality of security. Before pricing Underwriter, FA, and issuer review structure and market update, discuss pricing views and agree on a preliminary pricing scale. The agreed preliminary scale is sent out to the market (via wire) for a “pricing period,” during which orders are received Depending on orders received, the preliminary scale may be revised up or down if necessary. At the end of pricing period, the Underwriter makes a formal offer to buy the bonds at specific rates, terms, structure. Issuer accepts offer, and Bond Purchase Agreement is signed. Trading on secondary market similar: investor/broker assesses credit factors and spread to MMD. 28 5. General Revenue Impact Self-Supporting vs. Not Self-Supporting Self-Supporting • • • Self-supporting debt is designed to be repaid with revenues other than state general revenues. Self-supporting debt can be either general obligation debt or revenue debt. GO: Water Development Board debt repaid from loans made to communities for water and wastewater projects. Revenue: State Highway Fund debt, Housing and Community Affairs debt 30 Not Self-Supporting • • • Not self-supporting debt is intended to be repaid with state general revenues. Not self-supporting debt can be either general obligation debt or revenue debt. GO: HEAF Bonds, TPFA Bonds, Water Development Bonds Revenue: TPFA Bonds, TPFA MLPP, armory improvement bonds (TMFC/Adj. Gen.) 31 6. Questions and Answers 7. Texas State Debt State Debt Outstanding Texas Debt Outstanding as of August 31, 2008* (millions) Self-Supporting Not Self- Supporting Total General Obligation $8,439 $2,339 $10,778 Revenue** $19,967 $509 $20,476 Total $28,406 $2,848 $31,254 *Includes commercial paper and variable rate notes; however does not include TRANs (short-term debt issued by the CPA, Treasury Operations for cash management purposes). **Includes $2.1 billion of Tuition Revenue Bonds 34 Historical State Debt Billions As of 8/31/08 (billions) 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 3 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 Revenue Not Self Supporting GO Not Self Supporting 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Revenue Self Supporting GO Self Supporting 35 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 Millions Texas Debt Service as of 8/31/08 (millions) $3,000 $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 $500 $0 REV/SS REV/NSS GO/NSS GO/SS 36 Constitutional Debt Limit • • The Texas Constitution prohibits the issuance of additional state debt if the percentage of debt service payable by general revenue in any fiscal year exceeds 5% of the average of unrestricted general revenue for the past three years. For FY2008, this percentage was 1.30% of issued debt and 4.09%, including authorized but unissued debt. 37 Constitutional Debt Limit Debt service payable by GR as a % of the previous three years of unrestricted GR average. Fiscal Year Issued Debt 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1.30% 1.32% 1.33% 1.51% 1.51% 1.51% 1.42% 1.47% 1.51% 1.58% Issued + Authorized but Unissued 4.09% 1.82% 1.87% 2.21% 2.31% 2.37% 2.22% 1.91% 2.03% 2.20% 38 College & University Debt Outstanding As of 08-31-08 (billions) 6 5 Billions 4 3 2 1 0 2004 2005 PUF 2006 Non TRB 2007 2008 TRB 39 College & University Debt Service as of 08-31-08 (millions) 500 450 400 Millions 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 - 2009 2010 PUF 2011 Rev Bonds 2012 2013 TRB 40 8. Texas’ Credit Ratings, Debt Affordability and Swaps Texas’ Credit Ratings Texas’ Credit Ratings are: – Moody’s – Standard and Poor’s – Fitch Aa1 AA AA+ Rating agencies consider the following four factors in determining a state’s credit rating: – Economy – Financial condition – Debt burden – General management practices 42 STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND RATINGS August 2008 Tier Ranking 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 State Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Utah, Virginia Minnesota South Carolina Florida Vermont Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee New Mexico TEXAS Washington Alaska Alabama, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Oregon,Montana Arkansas Oklahoma Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Mississippi, Rhode Island New Jersey, Wisconsin, New York Michigan, West Virginia California, Louisiana Moody's Investors Service Standard & Poor's Fitch Ratings Aaa AAA AAA Aa1 Aaa Aa1 Aaa Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa2 AAA AA+ AAA AA+ AA+ AA+ AA AA+ AA+ AAA AAA AA+ AA+ AA+ ** AA+ AA AA Aa2 AA AA Aa2 Aa3 AA AA+ ** AA Aa3 AA AA Aa3 Aa3 A1 AA AAA+ AAAAA+ ** Not rated Sources: Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch Ratings. 43 Texas’ State & Local Debt TOTAL STATE AND LOCAL DEBT OUTSTANDING: TEN MOST POPULOUS STATES Total State and Local Debt State Debt Local Debt Per Per Population Capita Amount Capita State (thousands) Rank (millions) Amount New York 19,306 1 $241,407 $12,504 Illinois 12,832 2 110,788 8,634 Pennsylvania 12,441 3 106,041 8,524 California 36,458 4 299,535 8,216 Texas 23,508 5 165,571 7,043 Michigan 10,096 6 70,826 7,015 Florida 18,090 7 119,674 6,615 Ohio 11,478 8 63,658 5,546 North Carolina 8,857 9 43,937 4,961 Georgia 9,364 10 42,086 4,494 MEAN $126,352 $7,355 Per Capita Amount Rank (millions) 1 $105,306 2 53,655 5 32,121 3 109,417 10 24,501 4 28,986 8 29,312 6 24,713 7 17,749 9 10,493 % of Total Debt 43.6% 48.4% 30.3% 36.5% 14.8% 40.9% 24.5% 38.8% 40.4% 24.9% Per Per Capita Capita Amount Amount Rank (millions) $5,455 1 $136,101 4,181 6 57,133 2,582 3 73,920 3,001 4 190,118 1,042 2 141,070 2,871 7 41,840 1,620 5 90,362 2,153 8 38,945 2,004 10 26,188 1,121 9 31,593 % of Total Debt 56.4% 51.6% 69.7% 63.5% 85.2% 59.1% 75.5% 61.2% 59.6% 75.1% Per Capita Amount $7,050 4,452 5,942 5,215 6,001 4,144 4,995 3,393 2,957 3,374 $43,625 34.3% $2,603 65.7% $4,752 $82,727 Note: Detail may not add to total due to rounding. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government and by State: 2005-2006, the most recent data available. 44 Texas Local Government Debt (as of 8/31/2007) ($48.5 billion) Public School Districts 34.3% ($1.5 billion) ($23.0 billion) Health & Hospital Water Districts & Districts Authorities 1.0% 16.2% ($4.3 billion) Other Special Districts & Authorities 3.1% ($10.0 billion) Counties 7.1% ($2.8 billion) Community and Junior Colleges 2.0% ($51.3 billion) Cities, Towns, Villages 36.3% $141.4 billion total outstanding debt Source: Texas Bond Review Board 45 BRB Online Database Local government searchable databases and downloadable data available on the Bond Review Board’s web site: http://www.brb.state.tx.us/lgs/lgs.aspx Texas Bond Review Board 46 Debt Affordability Study (DAS) • • • • • • Annual DAS is the responsibility of BRB in coordination with the LBB. Purpose is to provide state leadership with metrics to assess the general revenue impact of debt-service requirements for not selfsupporting debt over the next 5 years. Uses an Excel-based model (Debt Capacity Model) to calculate five key debt ratios to measure the state’s debt capacity. Debt capacity is defined as annual debt-service. Enables policymakers to run debt-service scenarios to ensure the state’s available revenues are used for the highest priority needs. Publication is planned for early February. 47 DAS of January, 2008 • • • • • Ratio 1 – Not Self-supporting Debt Service as a Percent of Unrestricted Revenues (T=2%, C=3%, 2.33% by FY2012) Ratio 2 – Not Self-supporting Debt Service as a Percent of Budgeted General Revenue (historically <1.5%, 1.38% for FY 2009) Ratio 3 – Not Self-supporting Debt to Personal Income (S&P <3%, 0.69% by FY2012) Ratio 4 – Not Self-supporting Debt per Capita ($299.38 by FY2012) Ratio 5 – Rate of Debt Retirement (50% of NSS debt retired in 10 yrs, for Texas: 71.9%) 48 What is an Interest Rate Swap? • • • • • • Form of Derivative Alternate way to access capital Does not represent debt – interest rate management agreement 2 parties agree to exchange different forms of interest rates for a definite period Achieve lower cost financing by using short-term interest rates rather than higher, long-term rates Huge market: > $150 trillion in notional amount, ~5X > sum of world’s stock markets 49 Pay-Fixed, Receive-Variable Swap 50 Swap Comparison Long-term, fixed-rate bonds 5.88% (coupon) + 0.05% (amortized COI) Swap VR% (floating bond rate) + 0.60% (remarketing and liquidity) 5.93% (all-in cost) Swap Financial Group + 2.58% (fixed swap rate) – VR (floating swap rate) 3.18% (all-in cost) 51 Major Swap Risks • Termination Risk – swap could terminate before scheduled termination date. • Credit Risk – swap counterparty fails to fulfill its financial obligations. • Basis Risk – variable-rate payment received doesn’t cover interest payment owed on underlying debt. • Rollover Risk – underlying variable-rate debt becomes unhedged if either party terminates the swap. • • Tax Risk – changes in federal or state tax codes. Fair Value – sum of net settlement payments based on yield curve; if negative, the issuer pays counterparty at termination. 52 Texas Swap Examples PAY-FIXED, RECEIVE VARIABLE (Synthetic Fixed Rate) Fixed-Rate Paid TDHCA Single Family Variable Rate Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series 2006A 3.86% UT Revenue Financing System Bonds, Series 2008B Veterans Housing Fund II Bonds Series 2008A 3.61% 3.19% Variable-Rate Received 63% of LIBOR +.30% SIFMA 68% of 1M LIBOR PAY-VARIABLE, RECEIVE FIXED (Synthetic Floating Rate) Veterans Land Tax Refunding Bonds Series 2006B Variable-Rate Paid 4.61% Fixed-Rate Received 100% of 6M LIBOR PAY-VARIABLE, RECEIVE-VARIABLE (Basis Swap) Veterans Land Tax Bonds Series 2000A/2002A TTC General Obligation Mobility Series 2006A Variable-Rate Paid 131.25% of SIFMA SIFMA Variable-Rate Received 100% of 1M LIBOR 69.42% of 10 yr LIBOR 53 Texas Swaps Outstanding PAY-FIXED, RECEIVE-VARIABLE (Synthetic Fixed-Rate) Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs University of Texas System Veterans Land Board Total Notional Amount as of 8/31/08 (in thousands) $359,930 $1,042,960 $1,457,920 $2,860,810 PAY-VARIABLE, RECEIVE-FIXED (Synthetic Floating Rate) Veterans Land Board $22,990 PAY-VARIABLE, RECEIVE-VARIABLE (Basis Swap) Veterans Land Board Texas Transportation Commission Total $211,580 $400,000 $611,580 Total Swaps Outstanding $3,495,380 54 9. The State of Texas Private Activity Bond Allocation Program in 2009 John Barton Financial Analyst & Program Administrator Texas Bond Review Board 512-463-9891 barton@brb.state.tx.us www.brb.state.tx.us Private Activity Bond Program A private activity bond is a tax-exempt bond the proceeds of which are used either partially or entirely for non-governmental purposes. General types of private activity bonds are: – an exempt facility bond (Ex: airports, pollution control) – a qualified mortgage bond – a qualified veterans mortgage bond – a qualified small issue bond – a qualified student loan bond – a qualified redevelopment bond – a qualified 501(c)(3) bond 56 PAB - Federal Program • • • • • • “State Ceiling” or “Volume Cap” - Each state’s annual limit on the amount of Private Activities financed by tax-exempt bonds 2009 Volume Cap $90 per capita = $2.18B for Texas 2008 Volume Cap $85 per capita = $2.03B for Texas Congress has allocated $15B of PAB authority to be allocated by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation for eligible Highway projects and RailTruck Transfer Facilities. Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 created $748 million in PAB authority for housing issues. Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 created $1.8 billion in authority for areas affected by Hurricane Ike. 57 How Texas Administers Its PAB • Texas Legislature determines Texas’ allocation breakdown • Bond Review Board (BRB) administers the program in Texas • Reserved by lottery and priority within each calendar year • Volume cap divided into six sub-ceilings for the first 8.5 months • August 15 - Any remaining cap is redistributed to ALL subceilings with remaining applications. 58 Sub-ceilings • Sub-ceiling #1 - Single Family Housing – 28% MRBs or MCCs benefiting residents of low to moderate income • Sub-ceiling #2 - State Voted Issues – 8% Bonds that have been approved by Texas voters • Sub-ceiling #3 - Qualified Small Issues – 2% Industrial Development Bonds & Empowerment Zone Bonds • Sub-ceiling #4 - Multifamily Housing – 22% Residential Rental Developments for low to moderate income residents • • Sub-ceiling #5 - Student Loan Bonds – 10.5% Sub-ceiling #6 - All Other Issues – 29.5% Exempt Facilities 59 Private Activity Bond 2008 Results 2008 STATE CEILING TOTAL $ 2,031,872,300 28.00% SC 1 MRB's $ 568,924,244 8.00% SC 2 State Voted $ 162,549,784 2.00% SC 3 IDBs $40,637,446 22.00% SC 4 MF Housing $ 447,011,906 10.50% SC 5 Student Loan $ 213,346,592 28.00% SC 6 All Other $ 599,402,328 RESERVATIONS $ 3,911,865,438 $ 469,735,556 $ 75,000,000 $63,000,000 $ 463,200,000 $ 426,530,886 $ 745,518,975 ALLOCATIONS $ $ 99,000,000 $ 74,997,184 $30,869,207 $ 38,530,714 $ 58,500,000 $ 668,300,000 CARRYFORWARD $ 1,043,014,493 970,197,105 60 10. Q & A