THE WORLDCOM CASE: LOOKING AT BANKRUPTCY AND COMPETITION ISSUES
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EnronBankruptcy
December 2, 2001
Arthur AndersenCourt Case
Winter/Spring 2002
WorldCom Restatement June 25, 2002;
BankruptcyJuly 21, 2002
Sarbanes-Oxley ActSigned
July 30, 2002
SECRegulations
Stock ExchangeGuidance
Public outrage grows, governance credibility falls
FIGURE 2.1GOVERNANCE REFORM TIMELINE
$ 90.00
$ 80.00
$ 70.00
$ 60.00
$ 50.00
$ 40.00
$ 30.00
$ 20.00
$ 10.00
$ 0.00
Enron Corp. (last price N/A)
US
Do
llar
s
FIGURE 2.2ENRON STOCK CHART, WEEKLY PRICES, 1997–2002
$132Revolving
Credit
$240 Loan
$11.4Loan*
$11.4$0.125
Sources
Bank $251.4
Non-cash 132.0
Investors 0.1
BARCLAYSBANKPLC
KOPPER & DODSON’s Company
DODSONCompanies
ENRON
JEDI
CHEWCO
FIGURE 2.3CHEWCO FINANCING, IN MILLIONS
SPE SCHEME PURPOSE IMPACT
Chewco/JEDI Syndicated investment Off balance sheet liabilities hidden ($628 million)Revenues recognized earlyProfits on own shares
LJM Provided market for assets
Artificial profitsOff balance sheet liabilities hiddenEquity overstated ($1.2 billion)
LJM1/Rhythms Investment “hedge” Unrecognized losses ($508 million)
LJM2/Raptors Investment “hedge” Unrecognized losses ($544 million)
TABLE 2.1ENRON’S KEY SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES (SPEs)
INVESTMENTRETURN,IN MILLIONS
OTHER,IN MILLIONS
A. Fastow $25,000 $ 4.5 in 2 mo. $30 + stock options
M. Kopper 125,000 10.0 incl. Dodson $2 in fees
B. Glisan 5,800 1.0
K. Mordaunt 5,800 1.0
TABLE 2.2PAYMENTS TO FASTOW & HELPERS
BLEW TO ACTION SUBSEQUENTLY
Cliff Baxter, Vice Chair
Lay None Exercised $32 million in stock options, just agreed totestify to Congress, found shot dead in his car—an apparent suicide—on Jan. 25, 2002
McMahon, Treasurer Fastow None Reassigned, later returnedas CEO
Kaminski, Risk Mgr. Fastow None Continued
Sherron Watkins Lay None Discussed with Skilling and asked Vinson & Elkins to review
TABLE 2.3ENRON WHISTLE-BLOWERS
Lou Pai Chairman, Enron Xcelerator $353.7 million
Ken Lay Chairman 101.3
Rebecca Mark-Jusbasche Director 79.5
Ken Harrison Director, Portland General Electrics 75.2
Kenneth Rice Chairman, Enron Broadband 72.8
Jeffrey Skilling Director (former CEO) 66.9
Mark Frevert Vice Chairman 50.3
Stanley Horton Global Chairman 45.5
Joseph Sutton Vice Chairman 40.1
J. Clifford Baxter Vice Chairman 35.2
Joseph Hirco CEO, Enron Broadband 35.2
Andrew Fastow Chief Financial Officer 30.5
SOURCE: © 2002 The Washington Post. Reprinted with permission.
TABLE 2.4ENRON STOCK PROCEEDS, OCTOBER 1998 TO NOVEMBER 2001, OVER $30 MILLION
FIGURE 2.4ENRON’S GOVERNANCE AND CONTROL STRUCTUREWAS SHORT-CIRCUITED
Outside Law Firm
SPEs
CEO: Lay, SkillingCFO: FastowCAO: CauseyCRO: BuyOthers: Kopper, McMahon, Glisan
Watkins, Kaminsky
MANAGEMENT
BOARDKen Lay: Chair; Co-Chair ZZZCommittees: Audit and Compliance
Compensation, Finance,Nominating
Internal Audit … AA
Company PoliciesCode of Conduct
Consultant: Arthur Andersen
Whistle-blowers
AUDITORArthur Andersen
MissingGuidance
SuspendedGuidance
MissingCompliance
LEGEND
FinancialReports
TABLE 2.5ENRON’S ACCOMPLICE BANKS’ LAWSUIT SETTLEMENTS
$ COMMENT
Merrill Lynch 80m March 2003 Fine imposed by the SEC.Four of the Bank’s executives were found guilty of fraud and conspiracy, facing sentences of up to fifteen years in prison(Daniel Bayly, Robert Furst, William Fuhs & James Brown).
JPMorgan Chase 2.2bn
135m
August 2005. First Enron-related US Bank settlement. The bank denied wrongdoing.
August 2003. Fine imposed by the SEC. JPMorgan’s Q2/Q3 profits were $1.83bn.
Citigroup 1.7bn
120m
June 2005. Citigroup did not admit liability, and said money already set aside for legal costs would cover the payment.
August 2003. Fine imposed by the SEC. Citigroup’s Q2/Q3 profits were $4.3bn.
Canadian Imperial Bankof Commerce
2.8bn
80m
June 2005. More than annual profit yr 2005.
December 2003. Fine imposed by the SEC.Two CIBC executives also will pay fines totaling $600,000.
Toronto Dominion Bank 130m August 2005
Royal Bank of Canada 25m August 2005
Royal Bank of Scotland 42m August 2005
Sources: SEC files, newspaper articles and Enron’s website at http://www.enron.com for press releases on Megaclaims settlements.
TABLE 2.6ENRON KEY EXECUTIVE INDICTMENTS
INDICTED BY FOR PLEA/ COOPERATE RESULT
Ken Lay, Chair,Chair and CEO
Jul 2004, 2 trials:
1 jury, 1 judge
Conspiracy, fraud & false statements
Not guilty
Not guilty
Guilty in both trials, but died
before sentencing, so
verdicts vacated
Jeffrey Skilling, CEO Feb 2004 Conspiracy, fraud, false statements, insider trading
Not guilty 24 yr, 4 month sentence
Restitution $45 million
Andrew Fastow, CFO Jan 2004 Securities fraud Plea agreement (guilty) 10 yr sentence, later reduced to 6 yrs, forfeit $23.8 mil
Lea Fastow,Assistant Treasurer
May 2004 Tax fraud Plea agreement (guilty) 1yr sentence
Richard Causey, CAO Dec 2005 Securities fraud Plea agreement (guilty) 7yr sentence Forfeit $1.25 million
Michael Kopper Aug 2002 Fraud andmoney laundering
Plea agreement (guilty) 37 month sentence
Forfeit $12 million
Mark KoenigInvestor Relations
Aug 2004 Securities fraud Plea agreement (guilty) 18 month sentence Forfeit $1.49 million
Ben Glisan, Treasurer Dec 2002Sep 2003
FraudFraud
Denied wrongdoing,
later 5yr sentence, later brought
favors, forfeit $625,000.
Kenneth Rice, CEO Broadband Services
Apr 2005 Securities fraud Plea agreement (guilty) 10yr sentence Forfeit $29.4 million
Kevin Hannon Sep 2005 Securities fraud Guilty 5yr sentence Forfeit $250,000
Timothy Despain Assistant Treasurer
Apr 2004 Securities fraud Plea agreement (guilty) 5yr sentence, released on $100,000 bail
Enron Board of Directors (18 members)
Jan 2005 Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Settlement $168 million; $155 million covered by insurance
Source: SEC Files, newspaper articles, see also http://www.chron.com/news/specials/enron/ = Cooperates with prosecutors
2000 1999 1998
Summary Income Statement (millions)Revenues $101,789 $40,112 $31,260Operating income 1,953 802 1,378IBIT 2,482 1,995 1,582Net Income before Cumulative Accounting Changes 979 1,024 703Net Income 979 893 703EPS (in dollars) - basic 1.22 1.17 1.07
- diluted 1.12 1.10 1.01
Detail of IBIT (millions)Transport & distribution
Trans. Services $391 $380 $351Portland General 341 305 286
Wholesale Services 2,260 1,317 968Retail Energy Services 165 (68) (119)Broadband Services (60)Exploration & prod. - 65 128Corporate and other (615) (4) (32)IBIT 2,482 1,995 1,582
Summary Balance Sheet (billions)Current assets $30.4 $7.3Investments, other 23.4 15.4Property, plant, equip, net 11.7 10.7Total Assets 65.5 33.4
Current liabilities 28.4 6.8Long-term Debt 8.6 7.2Deferred credits and other 13.8 6.5Shareholders’ Equity 11.5 9.6
Total Liabilities & Shareholders’ Equity 65.5 33.4
TABLE 2.7SELECTED ENRON FINANCIAL STATEMENT DETAILS
ANNOUNCED SOURCE OF CHANGE
1994The Dey Report, “Where were the Directors?,” Toronto Stock Exchange To review corporate governance and make recommendations for best practice.
1999 Five Years to the Dey Report on Corporate Governance, Toronto Stock Exchange and The Institute of Corporate Directors To survey and analyze governance procedures at TSE companies.
May 2000 The Combined Code: Principles of Good Governance and Principles of Best Practice Based on the Hempel (1998), the Cadbury (1992) and Greenbury Reports (1995), used by companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
2000 Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code, The Turnbull Report. See Combined Code purpose.
Nov. 21, 2001 The Saucier Report, “Beyond Compliance: Building a Governance Culture,” Joint Committee on Corporate Governance, CICA/TSE To review the current state of corporate governance in Canada, compare Canadian and international best practices, and make recommendations for changes that will ensure Canadian corporate governance is among the best in the world.
Apr. 26, 2002 Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) Guidelines Amended Revisions effective Dec.31, 2002 to adopt some Saucier Report recommendations.
Apr. 4, 2002 SEC Blue Ribbon Committee Discussions
2002 Various Business Roundtable—various statements
June 6, 2002 NYSE Corporate Governance Listing Requirements, Effective Aug. 2002, after SEC approval A review at the request of Harvey Pitt, SEC Chairman, to enhance the accountability, integrity, and transparency of companies listed on the NYSE.
June 28, 2002 SEC Order effective Aug, 14, 2002 CEO and CFO to certify 8-K, quarterly and annual financial reports.
July 9, 2002 President George Bush’s Proposals Speech Visit the text’s website for links to the organizations’ websites
TABLE 2.8KEY CHANGES IN GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS
TABLE 2.9ORGANIZATION OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT of 2002
SECTIONS TITLE
1, 2, 3 Short Title, Definitions, Table of Contents
101–109 I Public Company Oversight Board
201–209 II Auditor Independence
301–308301
III Corporate ResponsibilityPublic Company Audit Committees (including whistle-blower encouragement)Corporate Responsibility for Financial Statements (including CEO and CFO certification)
401–409404406
IV Enhanced Financial DisclosuresManagement Assessment of Internal ControlsCode of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers
501 V Analyst Conflicts of Interest
601–604 VI Commission Resources and Authority
701–705 VII Studies and Reports
801–807 VIII Corporate Criminal Fraud Accountability
901–906 IX White Collar Crime Penalty Enhancements
1001 X Corporate Tax Returns
1001–1007 XI Corporate Fraud and Accountability