WMI Assets...what are they and what are they worth?
We still don't know very much about what are the assets of WMI and their value, even after 19 months in bankruptcy court.
1) $4 billion cash - This is currently on deposit at JPM. At the time of the seizure, WMI had $4 billion of cash on deposit at WMB. JPM acquired the assets and deposit liabilities of WMB but has refused to turnover this money it holds on deposit and has also refused to pay a reasonable interest rate on the balance.
2) WMB stock - At the time of the seizure, WMI held 100 percent of the stock in WMB and gave it a book value of $20+ billion. After the seizure, the stock is essentially valueless except as ownership of litigation claims against the FDIC and JPM. However, WMI has obviously sustained a capital loss for which the tax benefit has been estimated at $9 billion when the loss is declared and the stock written off.
3) WMI Investment Corp - This is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WMI. What is its value?
4) Operating Losses - The WMI operating losses result in tax benefits of approximately $5.2 billion. Under the current POR, most of these are to be gifted to JPM and the FDIC. The FDIC is objecting to JPM getting so much and wants the money for itself. Neither JPM nor the FDIC has a real claim to any of the NOL money, gifts notwithstanding.
5) Wind Power Farm - WMI apparently owns a portion of a wind power farm. What is a fair market value of that?
6) VISA shares - WMI owns VISA shares. What is their fair market value?
7) Other subsidiaries - WMI has claimed in its DC court complaint that it owned other subsidiary assets that were wrongfully seized and sold to JPM. What were they referring to and what is the value of those?
The EC needs to investigate and determine the value of each of these so that the final value of the estate can be determined and appropriately distributed.