On December 24, 2015, the
Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
(Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, or “SHCP”) published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the
Disposiciones de carácter general relativas a la asunción por parte del Gobierno Federal de obligaciones de pago de pensiones y jubilaciones a cargo de Petróleos Mexicanos y sus empresas productivas subsidiarias
(General provisions regarding the assumption by the Mexican Government of the payment obligations related to pensions and retirement plans of Petróleos Mexicanos and its productive state-owned subsidiaries). These regulations stated the terms, conditions, financing mechanisms and payment arrangements pursuant to which the SHCP would assume a portion of the payment obligations related to PEMEX’s pensions and retirement plans. An independent expert reviewed the calculation, the methodology used, the maturity profile and all of the information provided by PEMEX
.
In accordance with these provisions and prior to the completion of the independent expert’s review described above, on December 24, 2015, the Mexican Government issued in advance payment, through the SHCP, a Ps. 50,000,000
non-negotiable
promissory note due December 31, 2050 payable to Petróleos Mexicanos. The promissory note, which accrued interest at a rate of 6.93% per year, was recognized as a long-term note receivable in
non-current
assets once the independent expert named by SHCP concluded its review.
On August 5, 2016, Petróleos Mexicanos received promissory notes issued by the Mexican Government at a discount value of Ps. 184,230,586 as of June 29, 2016, as part of the Mexican Government’s assumption of a portion of the payment liabilities related to Petróleos Mexicanos and Subsidiary Entities’ pensions and retirement plans, which notes were delivered in exchange for the Ps. 50,000,000 promissory notes issued to Petróleos Mexicanos on December 24, 2015. On August 15, 2016, Petróleos Mexicanos exchanged Ps. 47,000,000 of these promissory notes for short-term floating rate Mexican Government debt securities, known as
Bonos de Desarrollo del Gobierno Federal
(Development Bonds of the Mexican Government, or “BONDES D”). Petróleos Mexicanos then sold the BONDES D to Mexican development banks at market prices.
Petróleos Mexicanos recognized a Ps. 135,439,612 increase in equity as a result of the Ps. 184,230,586 of the promissory notes as of June 29, 2016, minus the Ps. 50,000,000 promissory note received by Petróleos Mexicanos on December 24, 2015, plus a Ps. 1,209,026 increase in the value of the promissory notes from June 29, 2016 to August 15, 2016, the date on which PEMEX received the promissory notes.
During the period from January 1 to November 19, 2020, PEMEX recorded Ps. 7,097,040 in accrued interests from these receivable promissory notes. This amount was recognized as financing income in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of comprehensive income.
On March 31, 2020, Petróleos Mexicanos received the payment of promissory note No. 4 in the amount of Ps. 4,983,670 (Ps. 4,102,622 of principal and Ps. 881,048 of interest), which was transferred to the
Fideicomismo Fondo Laboral Pemex
(“FOLAPE”).
On November 19, 2020, Petróleos Mexicanos and the SHCP agreed to exchange 16 promissory notes in favor of Petróleos Mexicanos (notes 5 to 20) in a total amount of Ps. 128,656,192 for 18 series of Mexican Government local bonds (the “Government Bonds”). The resources from the Government Bonds will be exclusively transferred to the FOLAPE for the payments related to its pension and retirement plan obligations.
The roll-forward related to the promissory notes is as follows:
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| | For the year ended December 31, 2020 (i) | |
Balance at the beginning of the year | | Ps. | 126,534,822 | |
Collected promissory notes | | | (4,102,622 | ) |
| | | 7,097,040 | |
Interests received from promissory notes | | | (881,048 | ) |
Reversal of (impairment) of the promissory notes | | | 8,000 | |
Exchange from promissory notes to Bonds | | | (128,656,192 | ) |
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Balance at the end of the period | | | | |
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