2. What
is commercial paper?
Commercial paper notes are short-term notes issued in denominations of $100,000
or in an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $100,000. Interest on the Notes
is payable at maturity and is calculated on the basis of a year consisting of
365/366 days and the actual number of days elapsed. The Notes mature and become
payable on such dates as an Authorized Officer or Authorized Representative authorizing
such Notes may establish at the time of issuance thereof, provided that no Note
shall mature or become payable more than 270 days from the date of issuance thereof,
not more than one half (1/2) of t he principal amount of the Notes outstanding
at any one time shall mature in any week, and no note shall mature after February
25, 2006.
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3. What
are fixed rate bonds?
Debt obligations with fixed interest rates issued
in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiples thereof.
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4. What
are variable rate bonds?
Debt obligations with variable interest rate issued
in denominations of $100,000 or in an integral multiple of $5,000
in excess of $100,000.
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5. What
is tax-exempt debt?
Debt obligations with interest excluded from gross
income for federal income tax purposes and State of Michigan taxation.
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6. What
is taxable debt?
Debt obligations with interest subject to federal
and State of Michigan taxation.
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7. What type of security does the
University offer in its debt issues?
The University presently issues debt backed
by a pledge of General Revenues and Hospital Gross Revenues.
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8. What
are General Revenues?
General Revenues means all receipts from fees, charges, and income
from all or any part of the students of the University, whether
tuition,
instructional fees, tuition surcharges, activity fees, general
fees,
health fees or other special purpose fees (before allowances
for scholarships);
all gross income, revenues and receipts from the ownership, operation
and control of the housing, dining and auxiliary systems of the
University
(before allowances for scholarships); all unrestricted revenues
from
departmental activities; all patient service or medical service
plan
revenues; all unrestricted grants, gifts, donations and pledges,
and
receipts there from (including but not limited to indirect cost
recoveries
allocated to general operations); and unrestricted investment
income;
but excluding all of the following:
(a) any deposits required by law or contract to be held in escrow;
(b) appropriations from the State Legislature;
(c) “Hospital Gross Revenues” as defined in the Master
Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1986 between the Regents of the
University
of Michigan and Comerica Bank-Detroit, as Trustee; and
(d) revenues from The Veritas Insurance Corporation, and Michigan
Health Corporation.
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9. What
are Hospital Gross Revenues?
Hospital Gross Revenues means all revenues, income, receipts
and money
received by or on behalf of the Regents with respect to or arising
from the operation of the Hospital, including but not limited
to (a)
gross revenues derived from its operation and possession of the
Hospital,
(b) proceeds with respect to, arising from or relating to the
operations
of the Hospital, and derived from (i) insurance (except to the
extent
such proceeds are required by the terms of the Master Indenture
to
be used for purposes inconsistent with their use for the payment
of
Revenue Obligations), (ii) accounts receivable, (iii) disposition
of inventory and other tangible and intangible property, (iv)
medical
or hospital expense reimbursement or insurance programs or agreements,
(v) investment earnings or profits on funds held by the Regents
for
the account or benefit of the Hospital and (vi) contract rights
and
other rights and assets now or hereafter owned, held or possessed
by or on behalf of the Hospital by the Regents, but excluding
(1)
appropriations received from the State or Michigan, (2) proceeds
of
borrowing an interest earned thereon if and to the extent such
interest
is required to be excluded by the terms of the borrowing, (3)
gifts,
grants, bequests, donations and contributions received by or
allocated
to the Hospital, (4) cash on hand or investments held by the
Regents
at any time for the account or benefit of the Hospital and (5)
medical
service plan or other physician, dentist or similar payments
to the
extent not treated as Hospital revenues for Hospital accounting
purposes.