Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Dollars in millions, except per-share data and unless otherwise indicated)
Note 12 – Liability to Subsidiary Trust Issuing Preferred Securities
The Liability to Subsidiary Trust Issuing Preferred Securities included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets of $632 and $624 as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, reflect our obligations to Xerox Capital Trust I (“Trust I”) as a result of their loans to us from proceeds related to their issuance of preferred securities. This subsidiary is not consolidated in our financial statements because we are not the primary beneficiary of the trust.
In 1997, Trust I issued 650 thousand of 8.0% preferred securities (the “Preferred Securities”) to investors for $644 ($650 liquidation value) and 20,103 shares of common securities to us for $20. With the proceeds from these securities, Trust I purchased $670 principal amount of 8.0% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2027 of the Company (“the Debentures”). The Debentures represent all of the assets of Trust I. On a consolidated basis, we received net proceeds of $637 which was net of fees and discounts of $13. Interest expense, together with the amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts, was $54 in 2007, 2006 and 2005. We have guaranteed, on a subordinated basis, distributions and other payments due on the Preferred Securities. The guarantee and our obligations under the Debentures and in the indenture pursuant to which the Debentures were issued and our obligations under the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust governing the trust, taken together, provide a full and unconditional guarantee of amounts due on the Preferred Securities. The Preferred Securities accrue and pay cash distributions semiannually at a rate of 8% per year of the stated liquidation amount of one thousand dollars per Preferred Security. The Preferred Securities are mandatorily redeemable upon the maturity of the Debentures on February 1, 2027, or earlier to the extent of any redemption by us of any Debentures. The redemption price in either such case will be one thousand dollars per share plus accrued and unpaid distributions to the date fixed for redemption.
