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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000

 

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                to

Commission File Number 333-79328

 

RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE GRANTOR TRUST (SOYLAND) 1993-B2

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

NEW YORK

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

36-7051620

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

2201 Cooperative Way, Herndon, VA 20171-3025

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code, is 703-709-6700)

 

Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes X No __

The Registrant has no common or voting stock.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

None.


 















Part I

 

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

 

 

 

 

None.

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

 

 

None.

 

 

Part II

 

 

Item 5.

Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

 

 

 

 

a)

There is no established trading market for the certificates representing ownership of the beneficial interest in the Trust.

 

 

 

 

b)

As of December 31, 2000 there was one record holder of certificates representing ownership of the beneficial interest in the Trust.

 

 

 

 

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

 

 

 

See attached audited financial statements.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.

Disagreements on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

 

 

 

None.

 

 

 

 

Part III

 

 

 

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

 

 

 

 

None.

 

 

Part IV

 

Item 14.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K

 

 

The following documents are filed as part of this report:

 

 

1.

Financial Statements

 

 

Report of Independent Public Accountants

 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2000 and 1999

 

 

Statement of Income and Expenses for the Year Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998

 

 

Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

 

2.

Financial Statement Schedules are omitted because they are inapplicable.

 

 

 

 

3.

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Trust Agreement, including the form of Rural Electric Cooperative Grantor Trust Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on form S-1 [No. 33-79328].)

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

Loan Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 [No. 33-79328].)

 

 

 

 

 

10.2

 

Loan Guarantee and Servicing Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 [No. 33-79328].)

 

 

b)

Forms 8-K dated September 15, 2000 and March 15, 2000.

 

 

Semi-annual Reports to Certificateholders dated September 15, 2000 and March 15, 2000.

 

Supplemental information to be furnished with reports filed pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act by Registrants which have not registered securities pursuant to Section 12 of the Act.

No annual report, proxy statement, form of proxy or other proxy soliciting material has been sent to Certificateholders, and the Registrant does not presently contemplate sending any such material subsequent to the filing of this report.

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Fairfax, Commonwealth of Virginia on the 28th day of March, 2001.

 

RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE GRANTOR TRUST (SOYLAND) 1993-B2

 

By:

     NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE

 

            FINANCE CORPORATION as Servicer

   
   
   
   
 

By:

   
   

Sheldon C. Petersen, Governor and

   

Chief Executive Officer


 

 





RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE GRANTOR

TRUST (SOYLAND) 1993-B2

 

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2000 AND 1999

TOGETHER WITH AUDITORS' REPORT

 

 


 

 






Report of Independent Public Accountants

 

 

 

 

 

To the Trustee of

Rural Electric Cooperative Grantor Trust

     (SOYLAND) 1993-B2, and

To the Board of Directors of

National Rural Utilities Cooperative

     Finance Corporation

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Rural Electric Cooperative Grantor Trust (SOYLAND) 1993-B2 (the "Trust") as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related statements of income and expenses and cash flows for each of the three years ended December 31, 2000. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Rural Electric Cooperative Grantor Trust (SOYLAND) 1993-B2 as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years ended December 31, 2000, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

 

 

Vienna, Virginia

March 9, 2001

 

 

 

 

 


 















 

 

RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE GRANTOR TRUST (SOYLAND) 1993-B2

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2000 AND 1999

 

 
ASSETS
 

2000

     

1999

 
               
Interest receivable
 
$          1, 082,564
     
$          1, 157,204
 
               
Notes receivable
 

38,870,000

     

41,550,0 00

 
               
     Total Assets
 

$        39,952,564

     

$         42,707,204

 
               
               
 
 
LIABILITIES
 

2000

     

1999

 
               
Interest payable-Grantor Trust Certificates
 
$          1 ,054,835
     
$ 1, 127,563
 
               
Servicer fees payable
 
27,729
     
29,641
 
               
Rural Electric Cooperative Grantor Trust Certificates
 

38,870,000

     

4 1,550,000

 
               
     Total Liabilities
 

$        39,952,564

     

$        42,707,204

 
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 


 















 

RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE GRANTOR TRUST (SOYLAND) 1993-B2

STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND EXPENSES

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000, 1999 AND 1998

 

   

2000

     

1999

     

1998

 
                       
INCOME:
                     
Interest on note receivable
 
$       3,485,987
     
$      3,702,34 5
     
$       3,770,580
 
                       
EXPENSES:
                     
Interest to certificateholders
 
3,396,697
     
3,607,513
     
3,674,000
 
                       
Servicer fees
 

89,290

     

94,832

     

96,580

 
                       
Total Expenses
 

3,485,987

     

3,702,345

     

3,770,580

 
                       
Net Income
 

$                       -

     

$                      -

     

$                      -

 
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 









 

 

 

RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE GRANTOR TRUST (SOYLAND) 1993-B2

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000, 1999 AND 1998

 

   

2000

     

1999

     

1998

 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                     
                       
  Principal received on note receivable
 

$      2,680,000

     

$      2,450,000

     

$                    -

 
  Interest received on note receivable

3,560,627

3,770,580

3,770,580

  Interest paid to certificateholders
 
(4,306,823)
     
(4,306,823)
     
(4,306,823)
 
  Principal paid to certificateholders
  Fees paid to servicer
 
(91,202)
     
(96,580)
   
(96,580)
 
   

 

     

 

     

 

 
  Net cash provided by operating activities
 

-

     

-

     

-

 
   

 

     

 

     

 

 
NET CHANGE IN CASH
 

-

     

-

     

-

 
   

 

     

 

     

 

 
CASH, beginning of year
 

-

     

-

     

-

 
   

 

     

 

     

 

 
CASH, end of year
 

$                     -

     

$                     -

     

$                     -

 
   

 

     

 

     

 

 
ACCRUAL TO CASH BASIS RECONCILIATION:
 

 

     

 

     

 

 
   

 

     

 

     

 

 
  Accrual basis income
 

$                     -

     

$                     -

     

$                     -

 
  Change in accrual accounts:
 

 

     

 

     

 

 
      (Decrease)/Increase in interest receivable
 

74,640

     

68,235

     

-

 
     (Decrease)/ Increase in interest payable
 

(72,728)

     

(66,487)

     

-

 
      (Decrease)/Increase in servicer fees payable
 

(1,912)

     

(1,748)

     

-

 
   

 

     

 

     

 

 
     Total change in accrual accounts
 

-

     

-

     

-

 
   

 

     

 

     

 

 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 

$                     -

     

$                     -

     

$                     -

 
   

 

     

 

     

 

 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF
 

 

     

 

     

 

 
CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
 

-

     

-

     

-

 
           

 

     

 

 
Cash paid during the year for interest expense
 

$      3,469,425

     

$      3,674,000

     

$      3,674,000

 
                       
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 


 

 








RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE GRANTOR TRUST (SOYLAND) 1993-B2

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2000 AND 1999

 

1.  ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

Rural Electric Cooperative Grantor Trust (Soyland) 1993-B2 (the "Trust") was formed under a Trust Agreement dated October 1, 1993 among National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation ("CFC"), Soyland Power Cooperative, Inc. (the "Cooperative") and Bank One, formerly The First National Bank of Chicago (the "Trustee"). On that date, CFC made a loan to the Cooperative which issued a note (the "Note"), evidencing the borrowing, to the Trust. The Trust issued to CFC, Rural Electric Cooperative Grantor Trust (Soyland) 8.35% Certificates, due 2009 (the "Certificates") in the amount of $44,000,000. The Certificates are solely the obligations of the Trust and are not insured or guaranteed by CFC, the Cooperative, the Trustee, the Rural Utilities Service ("RUS") of the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") nor any other governmental agency. Each Certificate represents an undivided fractional interest in the Trust. CFC is the depositor of the Trust and acts as servicer of the Note. CFC filed, on behalf of the Trust, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-79328) which became effective on May 24, 1994, and resold the Certificates thereunder. The offering of the Certificates occurred on October 6, 1994.

The assets of the Trust consist primarily of the Note, bearing interest at 8.43% and maturing 2009, which is guaranteed (the "Guarantee") as to timely payment of principal and interest by the United States of America, acting through the Administrator of RUS. The amounts of principal and interest payments on the Note held by the Trust are sufficient to cover the scheduled principal and interest payments on the Certificates issued by the Trust and the scheduled servicer fees. The General Counsel of the USDA has issued an opinion that the Guarantee is supported by the full faith and credit of the United States of America.

The Trust also receives a conversion fee of .1395% from the Cooperative. This fee was derived when the Note from the Cooperative was converted from a variable to a fixed interest rate. The fee is paid over the term of the Note as a yield adjustment. The conversion fee is passed through to the servicer.

Debt service and servicer fee payments on the Note are made to the Trustee semi-annually (March 4 and September 4) by the Cooperative. The Trustee deposits all such receipts in the Trust account. The Trustee is authorized by the Trust Agreement to invest all funds in the Trust account at the direction of CFC in certain eligible investments that mature no later than the business day preceding the day (March 15 and September 15) such amounts are to be distributed to the certificate holders and the servicer. The interest earned on the investments is distributed to the Cooperative. Any funds that are not so invested must be held by the Trustee in the Trust account. The Trustee may not reinvest any returns of principal or investment earnings on eligible investments and the Trustee may not sell any eligible investment prior to its maturity except, at the direction of CFC, to preserve the value of the corpus of the Trust.

On or before five business days after each date on which payments are made on the Certificates, the Trustee is obligated to supply the holders of such Certificates a report provided by the servicer, which includes certain pertinent information as to how the payment is to be allocated to principal, interest, servicer fees and premium, if any, as well as the principal balance outstanding after such payment.

The fiscal year of the Trust is the calendar year. Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes, after the end of each calendar year during the term of the Trust Agreement, the Trustee is obligated to prepare and mail to each certificate holder of record for the Trust, at any time during such year, a report setting forth the information as is reasonably necessary for the preparation of such certificate holder's Federal income tax return.











Principal payments on the Certificates began in 1999 and are scheduled to be repaid over a period of eleven years. The principal payments over the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

2001

$ 2,930,000

2002

3,210,000

2003

3,510,000

2004

3,840,000

2005

4,205,000

Thereafter

21,175,000

   

Total

$38,870,000

The Certificates are not subject to redemption prior to September 15, 2003. Thereafter, such Certificates are subject to optional redemption, in whole and without premium, upon redemption or purchase of the related Note. The Trust Agreement will terminate after payment in full has been made on the Certificates issued thereunder.

2.  TAX STATUS OF THE TRUST

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Counsel to CFC, has advised CFC with respect to the Trust that, in its opinion, (i) the Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation, but will be classified as a grantor trust and (ii) each certificate holder will be treated for Federal income tax purposes as the owner of an undivided fractional interest in each of the assets held by the Trust.

It is expected that the Trust will not have any liability for Federal or state income taxes for the current or future years.

3.  INTEREST AND SERVICER FEE ACCOUNTING

The Trust records interest income as it is earned and accrues interest expense and servicer fees as they are incurred. Servicer fees represent eight basis points of the outstanding principal balance of the Certificates and the Note and recognition of conversion fees occurs over the life of the loan.

4.  FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reported period. The estimates involve judgments with respect to, among other things, various future factors which are difficult to predict and are beyond the control of the Trust. With regards to the fair values below, actual amounts could differ from these estimates.

The following disclosure of the estimated fair value of financial instruments is made in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, "Disclosure about Fair Value of Financial Instruments." Whenever possible, the estimated fair value amounts have been determined using quoted market information as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, along with other valuation methodologies. Below is a summary of significant methodologies used in estimating fair value amounts and a schedule of fair values at December 31, 2000 and 1999.

The carrying amounts reported for interest receivable, interest payable, and servicer fees payable approximate air values due to the short-term maturity of these instruments.

Note Receivable

Fair value is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.

Rural Electric Cooperative Grantor Trust Certificates

The fair value of the Certificates is estimated using quoted market prices for similar notes over the same remaining maturities.

 

The carrying and estimated fair values of the Trust's financial instruments as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 are as follows:

 

2000

 

 1999

 

Carrying

Value

 

Fair

Value

 

Carrying

Value

 

Fair

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest receivable

 

$ 1,082,564

 

 

 

$ 1,082,564

 

 

 

$ 1,157,204

 

 

 

$ 1,157,204

 

Note receivable

 

38,870,000

 

 

 

44,425,550

 

 

 

41,550,000

 

 

 

45,097,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest payable - Grantor

 

1,054,835

 

 

 

1,054,835

 

 

 

1,127,563

 

 

 

1,127,563

 

   Trust Certificates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Servicer fees payable

 

27,729

 

 

 

27,729

 

 

 

29,641

 

 

 

29,641

 

Rural Electric Cooperative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Grantor Trust Certificates

 

38,870,000

 

 

 

44,477,268

 

 

 

41,550,000

 

 

 

45,133,744