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Access
Leasing, through the products described below, typically acquires
interests in low obsolescence
equipment under leases expiring in five years or less. The typical
investment is in the range of one to ten
million dollars. Access is also active in acquiring older intermodal
equipment which is placed under third
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Access Leasing
purchases up to 100% of the lessor's interest in the equipment subject
to the existing
lease.
Access typically pays cash for such equity interest and assumes
any associated non-recourse debt.
In the past Access has consummated such transactions with a variety
of institutional lessors,a partial list
of which includes those presently owned by JP Morgan Chase, Mellon
Bank, Merrill
Lynch, BankOne,
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, DeutscheBank and Wells Fargo.
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Access
Leasing purchases call options on the residual values of leased equipement.
By paying the lessor
an option premium today, Access obtains the right to either purchase
the underlying equipment at the lease
expiration date for a specified strike price or, alternatively, share
in the residual proceeds in excess of such
strike price. The strike price typically equals the lessor's booked
residual value, which enables the lessor to
book the option premium as current income. Thus the lessor monetizes
the residual upside without having
to sell the underlying lease. This effective lessor portfolio management
tool was invented by Access Leasing.
In the past Access has consummated such transactions with a variety
of institutional lessors, a partial list
of which includes those presently owned by Citibank, Household International,
JP Morgan Chase,
Chrysler Capital, BankofAmerica and Lazard Freres. |
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