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Bronze Alexander Hamilton Award In Corporate Finance

Intel Corp. is the bronze winner in corporate finance.

By Staff Writer | Updated on November 01, 2006

Since the early 1990s, Intel Corp. has enjoyed healthy cash balances and strong cash flow generation, requiring the company to issue almost no debt. In fact, in recent years Intel has financed billions worth of stock buybacks entirely from operational cash flows. So, when its bankers at JPMorgan Chase approached it with a proposal to use inexpensive debt to finance stock buybacks, executives expected to give it a pass. But Intel’s treasury saw an opportunity to structure a convertible contingent debt offering that could create a positive net present value (NPV) under most circumstances, while exposing the company to minimal stock price risk. The centerpiece was an IRS ruling on contingent interest debt payments and precedent transactions that allowed Intel to claim a tax deduction based on the “comparable yield” of a fixed-rate, non-convertible debt instrument. A portion of the proceeds was used to buy enough shares as a hedge, in the event of a conversion that required shares to be issued. “Others looked at raising cash for buybacks, but we looked at this as a pure NPV transaction,” says Intel Treasurer Ravi Jacob. “We want to do smart transactions based on the strength of our balance sheet and our name that will add value for our shareholders.”

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