Reserves

Reserves

In connection with Debt tranches Banks generally demand Reserve accounts. These are current blocked accounts (Balance Sheet) in the form of Debt Service Reserve Account (DSRA), Decommissioning Reserves or Restoration Reserves. The reserve accounts binds the required Cashflow (Cashflow statement) and unlocks it later (End).

Input FieldDescriptionUnitPresetting

Name

Reserve account nameFree text"Account" + Index

Driver

The available drivers per section are listed on the following page: Driver

SelectionFix

Look Ahead Period (Driver = Next Debt Service)

The Look Ahead Period contains all periods (in months since necessity) for the Next Debt Service calculation (Debt Tranches), if the driver is Debt Service orientated. For Example: "50% of next year Debt Service", which means Driver = "Debt Service", Value = "50%", Look Ahead Period = "12 months"; similar: Value = "100%", Look Ahead Period = "6 months" if the bank defines "Debt Service of the upcoming 6 months"

Month0

Value

Input of a value proper to the selected driver.

Value in combination with driver0

Start

Start date of the Reserve account necessity defined through a Date Choice Box. For example: "first time at transaction", that is Transaction + 0 months.

Date Choice BoxTransaction + 0 Months

End

End date of the Reserve account necessity defined through a Date Choice Box. For example: "Necessity till Project End", that is Project End + 0 months.

Date Choice Box Project End + 0 Months

Financing Mode

The Financing Mode allows to finance cost components with current cashflows (internal) or with external resources like Equity or Debt (external).

Internal

Financing with current cashflows. When they aren't suffices, a liquidity cap arises.

External

Financing with external capital demand (Equity or Debt).


SelectionInternal

Interest

Annualized interest rate (nominal) which is executed on closing balance of the previous period (this means after change of the previous period respective before change of the actual period). The interest charge is defined by the Method of Payment allocation (Interest).

The Interest is composed by the Base Rate and the Margin:

Base RateDefined Interest Base Rate.
MarginAdditional Margin on the Base Rate in % or in basis points (bps).

Percent nominal per year

Method of Payment (Interest)

Allocation of a Method of payment. For example: "first time at Transaction, every 3 month with a Target of 2 months". When no Method of Payment is used, the Profit & Loss statement is consistent with the Cashflow statement. Affected net current assets have a value of 0 in the Balancesheet.


Method of Payment allocationNone