The Company |
12 Months Ended |
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| Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
| The Company |
The Company Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) actively partners with clients to deploy real assets that facilitate the energy transition. Our investments take various forms, including equity, joint ventures, real estate ownership, lending and other financing transactions. We generate net investment income from our portfolio, and fees through gain-on sale securitization transactions, asset management and servicing, broker/dealer and other services. We also generate recurring income through our residual ownership in securitization and syndication structures.
The Company and its subsidiaries are hereafter referred to as “we,” “us” or “our.” We refer to the income producing assets that we hold on our balance sheet as our “Portfolio.” Our Portfolio includes:
•equity investments in either preferred or common structures in unconsolidated entities;
•commercial and government receivables;
•real estate; and
•investments in debt securities.
We finance our business through cash on hand, non-recourse debt, recourse debt, convertible securities, or equity issuances and may also decide to finance such transactions through the use of off-balance sheet securitization structures.
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “HASI.” We intend to continue to operate our business in a manner that will maintain our exemption from registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended. We operate our business through, and serve as the sole general partner of, our operating partnership subsidiary, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., (the “Operating Partnership”), which was formed to acquire and directly or indirectly own our assets.
Transition to Taxable C Corporation
As a result of expanding opportunities in non-qualifying assets, effective January 1, 2024, we have elected to revoke our real estate investment trust (“REIT”) election, and will be taxed as a C Corporation beginning in tax year 2024. Commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2024, all of the Company’s taxable income is subject to U.S. federal and state income tax at the applicable corporate tax rate. Dividends paid to stockholders are no longer tax deductible to us. The Company is also no longer subject to the REIT requirement for distributions to stockholders when the Company has taxable income.
The Company anticipates that operating as a taxable C Corporation will provide the Company with flexibility to execute various strategic initiatives without the constraints of complying with REIT requirements, including investing in power generating, transportation, and alternative fuel assets which are not REIT qualifying assets. The Company’s transition to a taxable C Corporation is not expected to result in significant incremental current income tax expense in the near term due to the availability of net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards and tax credits typically offered by the assets in which we often invest. See Note 10 for additional information.
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